Chris Marker Movies

  • 2004
    The Case of the Grinning Cat

    The Case of the Grinning Cat

    The Case of the Grinning Cat

    6.92004HD

    Paris 2002. Yellow cats appear on the walls. Chris Marker is looking for these mysterious cats and captures with his camera the political and...

    The Case of the Grinning Cat
  • 1953
    Statues Also Die

    Statues Also Die

    Statues Also Die

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    Short documentary commissioned by the magazine Présence Africaine. From the question "Why is the African in the anthropology museum while...

    Statues Also Die
  • 1993
    The Last Bolshevik

    The Last Bolshevik

    The Last Bolshevik

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    A documentary on Soviet filmmaker Aleksandr Medvedkin, examining his tumultuous career, the rediscovery of his masterpiece Happiness, and Russia's...

    The Last Bolshevik
  • 1979
    The Battle of Chile: Part III

    The Battle of Chile: Part III

    The Battle of Chile: Part III

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    Guzmán’s final installment shifts from covering the actions of Allende’s opponents to those who battled to revive & promote their...

    The Battle of Chile: Part III
  • 2011
    In Chris Marker's Studio

    In Chris Marker's Studio

    In Chris Marker's Studio

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    Two friends (and legendary French New Wave filmmakers) meet in real and virtual worlds.

    In Chris Marker's Studio
  • 1970
    Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella

    Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella

    Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella

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    On November the 4th 1969, Carlos Marighella is caught in an ambush and killed by the bullets of 80 policemen armed with revolvers and machine guns....

    Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella
  • 1967
    Far from Vietnam

    Far from Vietnam

    Far from Vietnam

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    In seven different parts, Godard, Ivens, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy for the North-Vietnamese army during the...

    Far from Vietnam
  • 1978
    When the Century Took Shape (War and Revolution)

    When the Century Took Shape (War and Revolution)

    When the Century Took Shape (War and Revolution)

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    In 1978, just after Le fond de l'Air Est Rouge, which mercilessly analyzed the previous ten years of the revolutionary left's momentum until its...

    When the Century Took Shape (War and Revolution)
  • 1960
    Description of a Struggle

    Description of a Struggle

    Description of a Struggle

    7.31960HD

    Working primarily in the arena of nonfiction, Marker rejected conventional narrative techniques, instead staking out a deeply political terrain...

    Description of a Struggle
  • 2020
    The Invention of Chris Marker

    The Invention of Chris Marker

    The Invention of Chris Marker

    02020HD

    A desktop documentary about the online afterlife of the late French filmmaker, Chris Marker.

    The Invention of Chris Marker
  • 2019
    Lluvia de jaulas

    Lluvia de jaulas

    Lluvia de jaulas

    6.12019HD

    Popular neighborhoods that are open-air prisons. Where beauty flirts with violence. The kingdom of the insubordinate children, veterans of the lead....

    Lluvia de jaulas
  • 2004
    Green Vinyl

    Green Vinyl

    Green Vinyl

    6.62004HD

    A mother gives her daughter a box full of old, coloured little vinyl records. The daughter may listen to them, but she should never, ever, play the...

    Green Vinyl
  • 1990
    An Owl Is an Owl Is an Owl

    An Owl Is an Owl Is an Owl

    An Owl Is an Owl Is an Owl

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    From Chris Marker's collection Bestiaire aka Petit Bestiaire (1990), consisting of three video haikus.

    An Owl Is an Owl Is an Owl
  • 2023
    Ten Lives of a Cat: A Film about Chris Marker

    Ten Lives of a Cat: A Film about Chris Marker

    Ten Lives of a Cat: A Film about Chris Marker

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    Ten years after the death of iconic French filmmaker, Chris Marker. A filmmaker, hoping to rediscover that unique sensibility against the uncertainty...

    Ten Lives of a Cat: A Film about Chris Marker
  • 1966
    If I Had Four Dromedaries

    If I Had Four Dromedaries

    If I Had Four Dromedaries

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    Composed entirely of still photographs shot by Marker himself over the course of his restless travel through twenty-six countries, If I Had Four...

    If I Had Four Dromedaries
  • 1999
    Eclipse

    Eclipse

    Eclipse

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    During the solar eclipse of August 11, 1999, Chris Marker documents the French public looking up to the skies, with many of them wearing eclipse...

    Eclipse
  • 1968
    Cinétracts

    Cinétracts

    Cinétracts

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    A series of 43 documentary shorts, directed (without credit) by several famous French filmmakers and each running between two and four minutes. Each...

    Cinétracts
  • 1999
    One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich

    One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich

    One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich

    71999HD

    A documentary about the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was an episode of the French documentary film series Filmmakers of our time. The...

    One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich
  • 1966
    The Forbidden Volcano

    The Forbidden Volcano

    The Forbidden Volcano

    01966HD

    Set in Zaire, the film follows an expedition exploring the crater of the Niragongo volcano of the Virunga chain, whose eruptions are known for their...

    The Forbidden Volcano
  • 1973
    We Maintain It Is Possible

    We Maintain It Is Possible

    We Maintain It Is Possible

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    In 1973, after the failure of wage negotiations with the management of the Lip watch factories, the workers went on strike. Marker was responsible...

    We Maintain It Is Possible