Sunday in Peking (1956)
Dimanche à Pekin
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.
- Date of release
- 1956-11-01
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (24)
- Runtime
- 19m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Chris Marker
Casting
- Gilles Quéant — Narrator
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Beijing
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