Le joli mai
English version with partial English subtitles and French version with English subtitles; optional French subtitles for the hearing impaired and optional audio description in French.
Originally issued as a motion picture in France in 1963.
Includes booklet in English.
Includes versions with and without an interlude sung by Yves Montand.
Restored with the support of CNC; 20 minutes from the original have been cut with the permission of Chris Marker.
Original mono soundtrack remastered in Dolby digital 2.0.
Executive producer, Gisèle ReÃŒÂbillon ; photography, Etienne Becker, Denys Clerval, Pierre Villemain, Pierre Lhomme ; film editor, Eva Zora, Annie Meunier, Madeleine Lecompère ; music, Michel Legrand ; ; librettiste, Catherine Varlin.
Narration by Simone Signoret (English version) and Yves Montand (French version).
2 videodiscs (146 min.). DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages ; illustrations ; 19 cm)
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby digital 2.0 mono.
Disc 1. Le joli mai: Part I. A prayer from the Eiffel Tower ; Part 2. The return of Fantomas --
Disc 2. Bonus features: Jouer à Paris = Playtime in Paris / un film de Catherine Varlin (1962, 27 min.) ; D'un lointain regard. = A distant gaze. / un film de Jean Ravel (1964, 12 min.) ; Methode 1, exercice de cinêma en 1962 = Exercise in direct cinema / featuring Pierre Lhomme (1962, 5 min.) ; deleted scenes Booklet. Chris Marker: "passionate objectivity" --
Pierre Lhomme's account --
Sound engineer Antoine Bonfanti's account --
Chris Marker --
Interview with Pierre Lhomme --
A discussion of the restoration work on Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme's 'Le joli mai' --
Points of reference 1962 --
Credits --
Thank you --
Chris Marker, 1921-2012 [filmography] --
Pierre Lhomme, born in 1930-cinematographer [filmography].
Lovely month of May
Jouer à Paris.
Playtime in Paris.
D'un lointain regard.
Distant gaze.
Methode 1, exercice de cinêma en 1962.
Exercise in direct cinema.
Sofracima preÌsente ; un film de Chris Marker et Pierre Lhomme.
"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."--www.icarusfilms.com
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