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Sunday in Peking (1956)

Original title: Dimanche à Pékin

1956-01-01 · 19m · FR
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Director Chris Marker begins by recounting his childhood dream of visiting the city of Peking - a city he was once only able to admire in books. The viewer is taken on a journey through this city, as if experiencing it from the mind and through the eyes of Marker. His thoughts and observations about the traditions, history, and banalities of everyday life in Peking are woven together in elegant fashion.

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Chris MarkerDirector, Writer

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Gilles QuéantGilles QuéantNarrator

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Communist china

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Genre affinityDocumentaryTheme affinityCommunist ChinaPacingShortDirector preference414737Actor preference230949Country preferenceFr

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Director Chris Marker begins by recounting his childhood dream of visiting the city of Peking - a city he was once only able to admire in books. The viewer is taken on a journey through this city, as if experiencing it from the mind and through the eyes of Marker. His thoughts and observations about the traditions, history, and banalities of everyday life in Peking are woven together in elegant fashion.

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Sunday in Peking has a runtime of 19 minutes.

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