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A Summer + 50

Key participants discuss the making of influential cinéma vérite documentary Chronicle of a Summer. Includes unused footage from the film.

Documentary 2011 75 mins Not rated

Director: Florence Dauman

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Overview

Fifty years after Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin’s original experiment in cinéma vérite, Chronicle of a Summer, Florence Daumon – daughter of the film’s producer – interviewed key participants. Their frank reflections on both the film and their younger selves shed new light on the film and are combined with fascinating footage that didn’t make the final cut of Chronicle of a Summer.

Director

Florence Dauman

Featuring

Edgar Morin

Genres

Documentary

Certificate

Not rated

Country

France

Language

French with English subtitles

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