The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 2h 45m.
Synopsis
Candid interviews of ordinary people on the meaning of happiness, an often amorphous and inarticulable notion that evokes more basic and fundamentally egalitarian ideals of self-betterment, prosperity, tolerance, economic opportunity, and freedom.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
42 audience votes
Key crew
- Chris MarkerDirector
- Catherine WinterWriter
- Pierre LhommeDirector
- Chris MarkerWriter
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Yves MontandNarrator (French version) (voice)
- Chris MarkerSelf / Interviewer (voice)
- Jean-Luc GodardSelf (uncredited)
- Anna KarinaSelf (uncredited)
- Edgar MorinSelf (uncredited)
- Alain ResnaisSelf (uncredited)
- Jacques RivetteSelf (uncredited)
- Jean RouchSelf (uncredited)
- Simone SignoretNarrator (English version) (voice)
- Charles de GaulleSelf
- Ferdinand LopSelf
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Themes
paris, francecity portraitinterviewcinéma véritédirect cinemaobservational cinemaindigenous peoplespeople changeobservational documentarystreet interviewdaily lifegenerational portrait