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Sans Soleil

Original title: Sans soleil
  • 1983
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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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.

  • Director
    • Chris Marker
  • Writer
    • Chris Marker
  • Stars
    • Amilcar Cabral
    • Florence Delay
    • Arielle Dombasle
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    12K
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    • Director
      • Chris Marker
    • Writer
      • Chris Marker
    • Stars
      • Amilcar Cabral
      • Florence Delay
      • Arielle Dombasle
    • 44User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins

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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)
    • …
    Alexandra Stewart
    Alexandra Stewart
    • Narrator (English version)
    • (voice)
    James Stewart
    James Stewart
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • …
    Bin Akao
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    David Coverdale
    David Coverdale
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    • Director
      • Chris Marker
    • Writer
      • 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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    10/10
    A film that can make earth seem like a strange and foreign planet
    A poetic and rambling essay film, in the form of a letter from a lost and lonely traveller. Chris Marker lets his mind and camera roam through the landscape of early eighties Japan, and his imagination drift across the world. Memory history and emotion blend into a loving study of human existence. The film's form is loose and sprawling and it it almost impossible to try to follow it in any linear fashion. Instead it washes across the surface of you conscious mind, occasionally burrowing deep with images you can never forget. It is a completely unique film and is inspiring in its ability to bring the political, the philosophical and the poetic together on screen. Chris Marker is one of the unsung greats of film history.
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    • Jun 30, 2005

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 2, 1983 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Languages
      • French
      • Japanese
      • English
      • Cantonese
      • Japanese Sign Language
    • Also known as
      • Sun Less
    • Filming locations
      • 224 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, California, USA(Florist is Podesta Baldocchi Grant Street shop)
    • Production company
      • Argos Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $30,878
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,460
      • Oct 12, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $30,878
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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