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La jetée

Synopsis:

The movie that inspired Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, Chris Marker's La jetée is a landmark of science-fiction filmmaking, a 28-minute masterpiece told almost entirely in still frames. Set in a post-apocalyptic near-future, it tells the story of an unnamed man whose vivid childhood recollections make him the perfect guinea pig for an experiment in time travel. After a lengthy and nightmarish period of conditioning, he is sent into the past, where he falls in love with a woman whom he once saw on a pier.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Chris Marker
  • Year: 1962
  • Run Time: 28 minutes
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Science Fiction, Avant-garde / Experimental
  • Filmed in: B&W