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La Jetée (1962)

NR ★ 7.9/10 29 min Drama, Romance, Science Fiction France French
Director: Chris Marker
Screenplay by: Chris Marker
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A man's obsession with an image of his past

Description

A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.

Trailer

Top Cast

Jean Négroni
Jean Négroni Narrator (voice)
Hélène Chatelain
Hélène Chatelain
Davos Hanich
Davos Hanich
Jacques Ledoux
Jacques Ledoux
André Heinrich
André Heinrich
Jacques Branchu
Pierre Joffroy
Pierre Joffroy
Étienne Becker

La Jetée Appears on 11 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #638
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #385
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #71

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films
BBC #86
Paste Magazine The 100 Best French Films of All Time
Paste Magazine #04
Rolling Stone - The 150 Greatest Science Fiction Movies
Rolling Stone #31

Filmmaker Curation

Agnes Varda's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #32

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1960-1969 Films
Letterboxd #17
Showdown Free Radicals
Letterboxd Showdown #05
Showdown Get Shorty
Letterboxd Showdown #01

Movements

French New Wave
Letterboxd #34

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