Sunday in Peking

Name: Sunday in Peking
Director: Chris Marker
Genre: Short, Documentary
Released: 1956-11-01
Rating: 7
Cast: Gilles Quéant

IMDb link: 0049144
IMDb rating: 7 (592 votes)
Genres: Short, Documentary
Director: Chris Marker
Cast: Gilles Quéant and others

Release date: 1 Nov 1956
Release year: 1956
Runtime: 22 minutes
Country: France
Keywords: china, parade, child, school, fog, color, memory, peking china, city, reference to genghis khan

Plot:

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.

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