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Sans Soleil

Original title: Sans soleil
  • 19831983
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 40m
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Sans Soleil (1983)
A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.
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A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.
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7.8/10
11K
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    • Chris Marker
    • Chris Marker
  • Stars
    • Amilcar Cabral(archive footage)
    • Florence Delay(voice)
    • Arielle Dombasle
    • Chris Marker
    • Chris Marker
  • Stars
    • Amilcar Cabral(archive footage)
    • Florence Delay(voice)
    • Arielle Dombasle
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    • 59Critic reviews
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    Amilcar Cabral
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Florence Delay
    • Narrator (French version)
    • (voice)
    Arielle Dombasle
    Arielle Dombasle
    • Self
    Riyoko Ikeda
    • Narrator (Japanese version)
    • (voice)
    Charlotte Kerr
    Charlotte Kerr
    • Narrator (German version)
    • (voice)
    Kim Novak
    Kim Novak
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
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    Alexandra Stewart
    Alexandra Stewart
    • Narrator (English version)
    • (voice)
    James Stewart
    James Stewart
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • …
    Bin Akao
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    David Coverdale
    David Coverdale
    • Self
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      • Chris Marker
      • Chris Marker
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    • Trivia
      The scenes from Iceland were filmed by Haroun Tazieff in 1965, on the island Vestmannaeyjar. It shows 3 sisters, Kristbjörg Sigríður Kristmundsdóttir, born 1954, Halldóra Kristmundsdóttir, born 1957, and Áshildur Kristmundsdóttir, born 1959. They first found out about being in this film in June 2015.
    • Goofs
      The narration refers to the year 4001 and the 40th century. But the year 4001 will belong to the 41st century, not the 40th.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: I will have spent my life trying to understand the function of remembering, which is not the opposite of forgetting, but rather its lining. We do not remember. We rewrite memory much as history is rewritten. How can one remember thirst?

    • Connections
      Edited into The Green Fog (2017)

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    save this film for a day when you have energy
    I must be brief. This documentary, which splices in cuts from Vertigo and from some guerrilla films, is definitely worth seeing. Though a student of French literature, and therefore habitually and terminally bored by pretentious studies of memory, this movie is remarkable in the way it makes connections across continents through the filmmaker's memory, extended as it is by the visual images he has stored on film. To put it disrespectfully, there is a lot of eye candy in this film, some of which is extremely beautiful ... the computer graphics towards the end might even remind Cocteau fans of some of scenes from Blood of a Poet (these, though, were what I found to be a bit over the top). So far I have only seen this film once, and so many of the memories that it prodded just three weeks ago have faded, like for example the name of the composer whose Bez Solntse inspired the title, and the documentary on volcanic activity I saw somewhere sometime which was echoed in the section filmed in Finland. In any case, this film will give you insight into the fascinating co-existence of traditional and modern culture in Japan. This struck home with me because I lived in Asia during the 80s when the technology of video-games, computers, and stereophonic luxe were exploding in the very same culture in which colorful Hindu and golden Buddhist temples w/ smoking incense, bird-singing contests and kite races were popular Sunday diversions from production. Bref, a fabulous film. As others have suggested, be prepared to suspend the Hollywood mindset for this treat.
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    • flippo
    • Jul 16, 1999

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      • March 2, 1983 (France)
      • France
      • French
      • Japanese
      • English
      • Cantonese
      • Japanese Sign Language
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      • 224 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Argos Films
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
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