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1962-02-160h 28m

RomanceScience Fiction

A man's obsession with an image of his past.

A man is sent back and forth and in and out of time in an experiment that attempts to unravel the fate and the solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world during the aftermath of WW3. The experiment results in him getting caught up in a perpetual reminiscence of past events that are recreated on an airport’s viewing pier.

Directors
Chris Marker
Writters
Chris Marker
Editors
Jean Ravel

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  1. Jean Négroni

    Jean Négroni

    The Narrator (voice)

  2. Davos Hanich

    Davos Hanich

    The Man

  3. Hélène Chatelain

    Hélène Chatelain

    The Woman

  4. Jacques Ledoux

    Jacques Ledoux

    The Experimenter

  5. André Heinrich

    André Heinrich

  6. Jacques Branchu

    Jacques Branchu

  7. Pierre Joffroy

    Pierre Joffroy

  8. Étienne Becker

    Étienne Becker

  9. Philbert von Lifchitz

    Philbert von Lifchitz

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Cyberknight

Sep 29, 2019

9/10

The short film that inspired Terry Gilliam's "Twelve Monkeys" (1995). A man travels through time, to his life before World War III, guided by his persistent memories of the past. The story is thoroughly narrated, almost completely made of still greyscale images.

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
deja vuexperimentairportparis, francenuclear warmuseumradioaktivityparis orly airporttime travelsurvivalshort film