La jetée (1962)
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Synopsis of La jetée
The movie that inspired Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, Chris Marker's La jetée is a landmark of science-fiction filmmaking, a 28-minute masterpiece told almost entirely in still frames. Set in a post-apocalyptic near-future, it tells the story of an unnamed man whose vivid childhood recollections make him the perfect guinea pig for an experiment in time travel. After a lengthy and nightmarish period of conditioning, he is sent into the past, where he falls in love with a woman whom he once saw on a pier. At the experiment's conclusion, he is visited by an advanced race, who offer him the opportunity to journey into their future world, but he instead requests that they send him permanently into the past, where he can remain with the woman of his dreams. A singular experience. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of La jetée
- Jean Negroni - Narrator
- Helene Chatelain - The Woman
- Jacques Ledoux - The Experimentor
- Etienne Becker
- Davis Hanich - The Man
- Director(s):
- Chris Marker
- Writer(s):
- Chris Marker
- Producer(s):
- Anatole Dauman
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