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Title: La Jetée (1962)
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Jean Négroni | ... | Narrator (voice) (as Jean Negroni) |
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Hélène Chatelain | ... | The Woman |
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Davos Hanich | ... | The Man |
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Jacques Ledoux | ... | The Experimenter |
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Janine Klein | ... | A woman from the future |
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William Klein | ... | A man from the future (as Bill Klein) |
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Germano Facetti | ... | (as Germano Faccetti) |
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Time travel, still images, past, present and future and the aftermath of World War III. The tale of a man, a slave, sent back and forth, in and out of time, to find a solution to the world's fate, to replenish its decreasing stocks of food, medicine and energies, and in doing so, resulting in a perpetual memory of a lone female, life, death and past events that are recreated on an airport jetty. Written by Cinema_Fan
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still frame technique | time traveler | time traveller | narrator | human experimentation |Parents Guide:
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Country:
FranceRelease Date:
16 February 1962 (France) See more »Also Known As:
La Jetée See more »Filming Locations:
Galerie De Paléontologie Et D'Anatomie Comparée Du Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle - 2 Rue Buffon, Paris 5, Paris, France See more »Company Credits
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Narrator: [English version] This is the story of a man marked by an image of his childhood. The violent scene which upset him, and whose meaning he was to grasp only years later, happened on the main pier at Orly, Paris Airport, sometime before the outbreak of World War Three.
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(uncredited)
Music by Trevor Duncan
Plays during the park scene
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd
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This short film was the inspiration for the Terry Gilliam film Twelve Monkeys (1995). See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: [English version] This is the story of a man marked by an image of his childhood. The violent scene which upset him, and whose meaning he was to grasp only years later, happened on the main pier at Orly, Paris Airport, sometime before the outbreak of World War Three.
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In the opening titles it states "Avec la participation du Service de la Recherche de la R.T.F.". For one frame, this changes into "Avec la participation du Service de la Trouvaille de la R.T.F.". See more »Soundtracks
The Girl (Prologue)(uncredited)
Music by Trevor Duncan
Plays during the park scene
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd
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If you can find this rare film, you must see it. Unique in film history, this experimental short film consists of a series of still shots tied together by narration. It is the story of a post-apocalyptic Earth and time travel. Each still shot is a work of art, and the plot is compelling. A man with a strong memory of a past event witnessed as a small child (a person being shot at an airport), is periodically sent back into that pre-war period by "experimenters" with devious purposes. While visiting the past, the hero falls in love with a woman from that past.
Watch for the one and only scene that contains any movement and natural sounds (birds in the background, while the woman wakes up next to her lover). Coming in the midst of the relentless still shots, it is one of the most sublime moments in all cinema. You are doing yourself a disservice if you do not see this film.