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Sans soleil

Turkish title: Güneşsiz

“He wrote me...”

1983 · 1 h 40 min
Directed by Chris Marker
DocumentaryDrama

Cast

Alexandra Stewart (narrator) Arielle Dombasle

Plot

A female narrator reads letters from a traveller, a fictional cameraman, on memory, Japan, Africa and Guinea-Bissau.

Sinekatalog’s take

Chris Marker's essay film is a dreamy collage of travel, memory and politics narrated through letters. Hypnotic and endlessly rewatchable, it reflects on time and images with poetic intelligence.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (13,300 votes)
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