Chronicle of a Summer (1961)

Name: Chronicle of a Summer
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 1961-10-20

1h 31m

Running Time

October 20, 1961
Release Date

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Plot.

Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope with life's misfortunes.

Where to Watch.

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Currently Chronicle of a Summer is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel

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This Movie Is About.

friendship ·

paris france ·

summer vacation ·

french colonialism ·

working life ·

cinéma vérité ·

concentration camp survivor ·

film and cinema ·

saint tropez ·

traumatized woman

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Details.

Release Date
October 20, 1961

Original Name
Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 31m

Filming Locations
Saint-Tropez · Paris, France

Wiki.

Chronicle of a Summer (French original title: Chronique d'un été) is a 1961 French documentary film shot during the summer of 1960 by sociologist Edgar Morin and anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch, with the technical and aesthetic collaboration of Québécois director-cameraman Michel Brault.

The film is widely regarded as structurally innovative and an example of cinéma vérité and direct cinema. The term "cinéma vérité" was suggested by the film's publicist and coined by Rouch, highlighting a connection between film and its context, a fact Brault confirmed in an interview after a 2011 screening of Chronique d'un été at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto.

In a 2014 Sight & Sound poll, film critics voted Chronicle of a Summer the sixth-best documentary film of all time.