7.9
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.
Jean Négroni
Narrator (voice)
Hélène Chatelain
Davos Hanich
Jacques Ledoux
André Heinrich
Jacques Branchu
Pierre Joffroy
Étienne Becker
Philbert von Lifchitz
Ligia Branice
Janine Klein
William Klein
Germano Facetti
Director, Screenplay
Chris Marker
September 29, 2019
9
The short film that inspired Terry Gilliam's "Twelve Monkeys" (1995). A man travels through time, to his life before World War III, guided by his persistent memories of the past. The story is thoroughly narrated, almost completely made of still greyscale images.