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The Lovely Month of May (1963)

So, how are you feeling?

  • May 3, 1963
  • 2h 45m

8.0/10

TMDB user score
42 votes on TMDB

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About This Movie

The Lovely Month of May is a 1963 documentary film directed by Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme. Its leading cast includes Yves Montand, Chris Marker and Jean-Luc Godard. It runs for 2 hours 45 minutes. Its original language is French.

Synopsis

Candid interviews of ordinary people on the meaning of happiness, an often amorphous and inarticulable notion that evokes more basic and fundamentally egalitarian ideals of self-betterment, prosperity, tolerance, economic opportunity, and freedom.

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Before You Pick

Time needed
2 hours 45 minutes
Language
French (subtitles or a dub may be needed)
Audience signal
8.0/10 from 42 TMDB votes

Official Trailer

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Cast

  • Yves Montand Narrator (French version) (voice)
  • Chris Marker Self / Interviewer (voice)
  • Jean-Luc Godard Self (uncredited)
  • Anna Karina Self (uncredited)
  • Edgar Morin Self (uncredited)
  • Alain Resnais Self (uncredited)
  • Jacques Rivette Self (uncredited)
  • Jean Rouch Self (uncredited)
  • Simone Signoret Narrator (English version) (voice)
  • Charles de Gaulle Self
  • Ferdinand Lop Self

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