Sunday in Peking

(1956)

★ 6.4 IMDb · 24 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 1956

Runtime: 19 мин

Country: France

Director: Chris Marker

Cast: Gilles Quéant

Plot

Chris Marker’s travel essay Sunday in Peking transforms a long-held childhood dream into a cinematic journey through Beijing. Blending documentary observation with reflective narration, Marker captures the city’s rhythms, traditions, and everyday life in mid-1950s China with his signature curiosity and lyricism.