A Grin Without a Cat
Le fond de l'air est rouge
Rating: 7.9 · 1977 · Documentary · France · 3 ч
Description
Chris Marker’s A Grin Without a Cat is an epic political essay tracing the rise and decline of the global left from the 1960s to the 1970s. Through archival footage and commentary, the film examines revolutionary movements in France, Latin America, and beyond, reflecting on the ideals, failures, and fading hopes of a generation.
Information
- Original title
- Le fond de l'air est rouge
- Year
- 1977
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 3 ч
- TMDB
- 7.9
- IMDb
- 7.9
Director
Cast
- Laurence Guvillier — Narrator (voice)
- Davos Hanich — Narrator (voice)
- François Maspero — Narrator (voice)
- Yves Montand — Narrator (voice)
- François Périer — Narrator (voice)
- Sandra Scarnati — Narrator (voice)
- Jorge Semprún — Narrator (voice)
- Simone Signoret — Narrator (voice)
- Fidel Castro — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Salvador Allende — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Vladimir Lenin — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Joseph Stalin — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Mao Zedong — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Qing Jiang — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Zhou Enlai — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Võ Nguyên Giáp — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Charles de Gaulle — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Georges Pompidou — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Richard Nixon — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Augusto Pinochet — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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