Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)
The first film of cinéma vérité
85 min
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.
- Release date
- October 20, 1961
- Country of origin
- France
- Music
- Pierre Barbaud
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Cast
- Edgar Morin as Self
- Jean Rouch as Self
- Marceline Loridan Ivens as Self
- Marilù Parolini as Self
- Jean-Pierre Sergent as Self
- Régis Debray as Self - un étudiant
- Nadine Ballot as Self
- Angelo as Self
- Jacques Gautrat as Self - un ouvrier
- Jean as Self - un ouvrier
- Céline as Self - une étudiante
- Jean-Marc as Self - un étudiant
Crew
- Edgar Morin · Director
- Jean Rouch · Director
- Anatole Dauman · Producer
- Philippe Lifchitz · Producer
- Pierre Barbaud · Composer
- Michel Brault · Cinematographer
- Raoul Coutard · Cinematographer
- Roger Morillière · Cinematographer
- Jean-Jacques Tarbès · Cinematographer
- Néna Baratier · Editor
- Françoise Collin · Editor
- Jean Ravel · Editor