FRANCE · 1956
Dimanche à Pekin
French New Wave
travel essay
mid-century China
urban observation
childhood dreams
cultural documentation
Synopsis
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.
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