Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Jean Rouch: Self
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Quotes
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[first lines]
Jean Rouch, Himself : This film was made without actors, but lived by men and women who devoted some of their time to a novel experiment of "cinéma vérité."
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Jean Rouch, Himself : You've just seen yourself on-screen. Edgar and I would like your opinion. Children first. Véro? Did you like what you saw?
Véro - 12 Year Girl : Charlie Chaplin's better.
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Jean Rouch, Himself : We wanted to make a film about love, but it turns out to be about indifference, or, if not indifference, one that triggers off a reaction, not necessarily a sympathetic one.
Edgar Morin, Himself : It's the difficulty to communicate.
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Jean Rouch, Himself : When you leave home in the morning, do you have a plan for the day?
Marceline Loridan Ivens, Herself : Sometimes, when I leave home, I have things to do. But I don't necessarily do them. I never know what I'll do the next day. I live by the principle that tomorrow's another day. For me, adventure is always just around the corner.
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Marceline Loridan Ivens, Herself : I'd never marry a black.
Nadine Ballot, Herself : Me neither. Because of the kids.
Jean Rouch, Himself : Why?
Marceline Loridan Ivens, Herself : For me, there's no connection whatsoever. I'm not a racist, I can understand marrying a black; but...
Angelo, Factory Worker : But you don't like Negroes!
Jean Rouch, Himself : You're a racist sexually.
Marceline Loridan Ivens, Herself : I'm not. It's not racism. I can have sex with someone I fancy, not with someone I don't.
Jean Rouch, Himself : So, you don't fancy blacks?
Marceline Loridan Ivens, Herself : I still don't think it's possible. Just because I don't feel like it. But I remember, two years ago, on Bastille Day.
Angelo, Factory Worker : You weakened?
Marceline Loridan Ivens, Herself : I didn't; but, I remember it was the first time at a July 14th ball, that I danced with a black.
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Jean Rouch, Himself : Landry, have you noticed the number on Marceline's arm?
Landry, African Immigrant : Yes.
Jean Rouch, Himself : What do you think it is?
Landry, African Immigrant : I've no idea.
Jean Rouch, Himself : No idea? How about you, Raymond?
Raymond, African Immigrant : I know that sailors wear tattooed numbers, but she's not sailor. I don't know what it means. A tease?
Landry, African Immigrant : Why a number?
Marceline Loridan Ivens, Herself : A heart would look better.
Raymond, African Immigrant : It's not a phone number, too long.
Marceline Loridan Ivens, Herself : First of all, it's not a V, it's a triangle. Half of the Jewish star. The Jewish symbol is the six-pointed star. On the other hand, it isn't my phone number. I was sent to a concentration camp because I'm a Jew. This is the number I was given in the camp.
Nadine Ballot, Herself : Do you know what a camp is?
Raymond, African Immigrant : Yes. Yes, I've seen a film about them. "Night and Fog."