Dimanche à Pékin
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Dimanche à Pekin
director:
Chris Marker
playwright:
Chris Marker
actor:
Gilles Quéant
genre:
Documentary
region:
France
language:
French
length: 19m
release date: 1956-11-01
IMDb: tt0049144
Dimanche à Pekin
overview
Chris Marker’s travel essay Sunday in Peking transforms a long-held childhood dream into a cinematic journey through Beijing. Blending documentary observation with reflective narration, Marker captures the city’s rhythms, traditions, and everyday life in mid-1950s China with his signature curiosity and lyricism.