Chronicle of a Summer

1961 · 91 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 3,786 VOTES · DIR. Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch

Chronicle of a Summer poster

Overview

Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope with life's misfortunes.

Dialogue Timeline — 832 lines

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00:00:57 a MAI HARRIS TITLE Version
00:03:36 Analyse and report on the interviews.
00:06:24 I've been happy, I've been sad. I've had a bit of everything...
00:09:40 Henri, I hear you're happy?
00:12:00 We rented a studio in an old house... in the Camargue.
00:15:03 Lots leave and find themselves job-hunting so they come back.
00:24:56 An African in France is...must adapt.
00:27:46 He scrimped and saved for that suit.
00:30:37 It comes to the same, because with money you can do as you like.
00:33:11 But he's still a prisoner...
00:36:35 Sometimes I'm happy to be in Paris...
00:40:44 Accepting that I can't change things
00:43:35 I know you mean me.
00:46:36 Something we take for granted.
00:49:20 For the first time at a July 14th ball I danced with a coloured man...
00:52:16 The number on Marceline's arm?
00:56:28 When I came back... it was hard.
01:01:40 I'll find myself alone again...cut off...
01:07:32 St. Tropez is a town... in some ways a village.
01:10:03 Because if you've...if you've your own inner life you're never bored.
01:14:12 Go on, put your foot up higher!
01:18:43 I can't agree, because at the time I didn't know anything about Landry.
01:21:40 For example ,Jacques accuses Angelo of acting a part with Landry...
01:24:16 We're in for trouble...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed832
Dialogue density9.1 lines / min
First line00:00:57
Final line01:24:16

Production Record

DirectorEdgar Morin, Jean Rouch
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes3,786