The Pier
La Jetée
Chris Marker
After the destruction of Paris in the Third World War, a few survivors make the underground caves in Chaillot their home. To save their condemned race, a decision is made to send emissaries into the past and future in search of help. Because of his attachment to a memory, one man is chosen...
With : Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hinich, Jacques Ledoux, André Heirich, Jacques Branchu, Pierre Joffroy, Etienne Becker, Philber von Lifchitz, Ligia Borowczyk, Janine Klein, Bill Klein, Germano Facetti
Avec les voix de : Jean Négroni
Screenplay : Chris Marker
Image : Jean Chiabaud
Sound : Antoine Bonfanti
Music : Trevor Duncan
Editing : Jean Ravel
Avec les voix de : Jean Négroni
Screenplay : Chris Marker
Image : Jean Chiabaud
Sound : Antoine Bonfanti
Music : Trevor Duncan
Editing : Jean Ravel
Distribution: Argos Films, Connaissance du Cinéma
"The Pier (...) demonstrates just how far one can go with ideas, images and words. It uses the annihilation of time and the world simply to film the smile on a woman's face, the only three seconds of movement in the film. It's a poem about cinema, it's the most beautiful love story in the world. At the same time, it's very short, very simple, and cost very little to create." (J.M. Frodon)