Chronicle of a Summer
The first film of cinéma vérité
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.
- Year : 1961
- Country : France
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : Argos Films
- Keyword : friendship, paris, france, cinema on cinema, saint-tropez, france, summer vacation, french colonialism, cinéma vérité, observational cinema, human interest, working life, traumatized woman, personal relationships, being human, human condition, french society, street interview
- Director : Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin
- Cast : Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Marilù Parolini, Jean-Pierre Sergent, Régis Debray