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8.5/10   183 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Chris Marker (writer)
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Release Date:
23 November 1977 (France) more
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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What's the point? more (6 total)

Cast

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Laurence Guvillier ... Récitante (voice)
Davos Hanich ... Récitant (voice)
François Maspero ... Récitant (voice)

Yves Montand ... Récitant (voice)
François Périer ... Récitant (voice)
Sandra Scarnati ... Récitante (voice)
Jorge Semprún ... Récitant (voice)

Simone Signoret ... Récitante (voice)
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Jim Broadbent ... Speaker (voice)
Cyril Cusack ... Speaker (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Grin Without a Cat (USA)
The Base of the Air Is Red (International: English title)
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Runtime:
240 min | 177 min (1993 version)
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Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)
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Trivia:
The untranslatable French title is a play on words suggesting that revolution was in the air but not on the ground. The English title, "A Grin without a Cat", has a similar meaning. Director Chris Marker has given it the subtitle "Scenes from the Third World War 1967-1977". more

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1 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
What's the point?, 2 June 2009
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Author: lastliberal from Florida

I know that I am supposed to like this film. Unfortunately, as it is almost strictly for the political converts, I didn't.

It is basically a collection of unused film footage from the late 60s and early 70s, showing significant moments in the leftist revolution, and how they dropped the ball, i.e. a "grin" without a cat. Yawn! Watching home movies of a leftist movement that compromised itself out of existence is not very satisfying.

Film students may find appreciation of this work, but after watching Marker's most famous creation, "La Jetée", I expected more.

Despite the fact that it was reworked, it just didn't measure up to my expectations.

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