Chronicle of a Summer

(1961)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 121 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 1961

Runtime: 91 мин

Country: France

Director: Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin

Cast: Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Marilù Parolini, Jean-Pierre Sergent, Régis Debray, Nadine Ballot, Modeste Landry

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.

Real-life individuals discuss topics on society, happiness in the working class among others and with those testimonies the filmmakers create fictional moments based on their interviews. Later on, the individuals discuss the images created with their own words and see if the movie obtained their level of reality.