email print share on Facebook share on Twitter share on LinkedIn share on reddit pin on Pinterest

LA JETÉE

by Chris Marker

synopsis

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.

international title: La jetée
original title: La jetée
country: France
year: 1962
genre: fiction
directed by: Chris Marker
film run: 28'
release date: FR 16/02/1962, IT 13/07/1963, CH 28/07/1963, DE 10/1963, SE 12/09/1965, UK 03/1966, FI 16/02/1967, DK 09/02/1970, GR 15/10/2006
screenplay: Chris Marker
cast: Étienne Becker, Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain
film editing: Jean Ravel

Privacy Policy