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Le Joli Mai ("The Lovely Month of May") is a 1963 French documentary film by Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme. Beginning in the spring of 1962, just after the close of the Algerian War and the Évian Accords, Marker and his cinematographer Pierre Lhomme shot 55 hours of footage interviewing people on the streets of Paris.
Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme's LE JOLI MAI (The Lovely Month of May) is a portrait of Paris and Parisians during May 1962, the first springtime of peace after the ceasefire with Algeria and the first time in 23 years that France was not involved in any war.
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- Documentary
- Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme
- 1963-05-01
Le joli mai (The Lovely Month Of May) appears at first glance to be a simply essay documentary on happiness for the French public. Or, as it is dedicated, “to the happy many”. Capturing Paris in May of 1962, Marker and Lhomme conduct a series of candid on the street interviews of common Parisian folk, asking them a variety of questions on…
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- Sofracima
- Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme
Time Out says. A marvellous, highly influential cinéma-vérité examination of a specific time and place: Paris in May 1962, going through its first spring of peace since 1939 (the signing of the...
Sep 20, 2013 · “Le Joli Mai” examines the nature of personal happiness amid political upheaval in nineteen-sixties France.
Films Im-Le. Le Joli Mai - Film (Movie) Plot and Review. France, 1963. Director: Chris Marker. Production: Sofracima; black and white, 35mm; running time: 110 and 140 minutes, American version 124 minutes. Released May 1963, Paris. Filmed spring 1962 in Paris.
Filmed just after the March ceasefire between France and Algeria, LE JOLI MAI documents Paris during a turning point in French history: the first time since 1939 that France was not involved in any war.
