Sans Soleil (1983)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 44min
- Documentary, Drama
- 02 Mar 1983 (France)
- Movie
A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.
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Awards:
- 7 wins.
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Cast
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Amilcar Cabral | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Florence Delay | ... |
Narrator (French version) (voice)
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| Arielle Dombasle | ... |
Self
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Riyoko Ikeda | ... |
Narrator (Japanese version) (voice)
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| Charlotte Kerr | ... |
Narrator (German version) (voice)
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| Kim Novak | ... |
Self / Madeleine Elster / Judy Burton (archiveFootage)
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| Alexandra Stewart | ... |
Narrator (English version) (voice)
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| James Stewart | ... |
Self / John 'Scottie' Ferguson (archiveFootage)
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Bin Akao | ... |
Self (uncredited)
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| David Coverdale | ... |
Self / Deep Purple singer (uncredited)
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| Chris Marker | ... |
Self (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Chris Marker | ... | (as Chris. Marker) |
Written by
| Chris Marker | ... | () (as Chris. Marker) |
Produced by
| Anatole Dauman | ... | producer |
Music by
| Chris Marker | ... | (as Michel Krasna) |
Cinematography by
| Chris Marker | ... | (as Sandor Krasna) |
Editing by
| Chris Marker | ... | (as Chris. Marker) |
Editorial Department
| Catherine Adda | ... | assistant editor |
| Anne-Marie Lhote | ... | assistant editor |
| Marcel Mazoyer | ... | colorist (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Pierre Camus | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Paul Bertault | ... | sound mixer |
| Antoine Bonfanti | ... | sound mixer |
Visual Effects by
| Chris Marker | ... | visual effects (as Hayao Yamaneko) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Arthur Cloquet | ... | assistant camera |
| Eric Dumage | ... | assistant camera |
| Dominique Gentil | ... | assistant camera |
Additional Crew
| Manuela Adelman | ... | advisor: San Francisco |
| Martin Boschet | ... | titles |
| Ghislain Cloquet | ... | advisor: Paris |
| Yuko Fukusaki | ... | advisor: Tokyo |
| Jimmy Glasberg | ... | advisor: Paris |
| Roger Grange | ... | titles |
| Ichirô Hagiwara | ... | advisor: Tokyo |
| Kazuko Kawakita | ... | advisor: Tokyo |
| Kazue Kobata | ... | advisor: Tokyo |
| Pierre Lhomme | ... | advisor: Paris |
| Tom Luddy | ... | advisor: San Francisco |
| Keiko Murata | ... | advisor: Tokyo |
| Anthony Reveaux | ... | advisor: San Francisco |
| Hayao Shibata | ... | advisor: Tokyo |
Thanks
| Eugenio Bentivoglio | ... | (segment "Guerrilla in Bissau") acknowledgment: archive footage |
| Jean-Michel Humeau | ... | (segment "Graduation Ceremony") acknowledgment: archive footage |
| Mario Marret | ... | (segment "Guerrilla in Bissau") acknowledgment: archive footage |
| Sana Na N'Hada | ... | (segment "Bissau Carnival") acknowledgment: archive footage |
| Haroun Tazieff | ... | (segment "Iceland 1970") acknowledgment: archive footage |
| Danièle Tessier | ... | (segment "Death of a Giraffe") acknowledgment: archive footage |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Athénéé Français Culture Centre (1986) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Aurora (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Canal+ (1987) (France) (tv)
- New Yorker Films (1983) (United States) (dubbed)
- Ripley's Home Video (2007) (Italy) (DVD) (boxed set)
- The Criterion Collection (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2015) (Australia) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1987) (Finland) (tv)
- trigon-film (2020) (Switzerland)
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Storyline
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"He wrote me...." A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.
Written by George S. Davis |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The scenes from Iceland were filmed by Haroun Tazieff in 1965, on the island Vestmannaeyjar. It shows 3 sisters, Kristbjörg Sigríður Kristmundsdóttir, born 1954, Halldóra Kristmundsdóttir, born 1957, and Áshildur Kristmundsdóttir, born 1959. They first found out about being in this film in June 2015. See more » |
| Goofs | The narration refers to the year 4001 and the 40th century. But the year 4001 will belong to the 41st century, not the 40th. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into The Green Fog (2017). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Sunless See more » |
| Quotes |
Narrator:
I will have spent my life trying to understand the function of remembering, which is not the opposite of forgetting, but rather its lining. We do not remember. We rewrite memory much as history is rewritten. How can one remember thirst? See more » |