Jean Rouch | Edgar Morin Chronique d'un été

(Paris 1960)

In the summer of 1960, ethnographic filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist Edgar Morin sent two women out into the streets of Paris to ask passersby, "Êtes-vous heureux?" (Are you happy?) Out of this simple question, the inner lives of the characters are revealed in this provocative documentary. They include a Holocaust survivor; a worker who does grueling shifts in a Renault factory; a student from Côte d'Ivoire; and a young, beautiful, and deeply depressed Italian immigrant. A landmark in film...

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