Drama · Romance · Science Fiction
French
1962 · Directed by Chris Marker · 29 min
After a devastating war, survivors live underground beneath Paris, and their rulers experiment on a prisoner whose mind holds one unusually vivid image. Told through photographs and a calm voice-over, this 29-minute film is part science fiction, part love story, part meditation on memory.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of the French Left Bank current beside the New Wave, and a key moment in the history of the essay film and of intellectual science fiction.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a story about how images become memories, and notice how each photograph holds the weight of a remembered moment.
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