Sans Soleil

1983 "He wrote me..."
7.7| 1h40m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 26 October 1983 Released
Producted By: Argos Films
Country: France
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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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.

Genre

Documentary

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Director

Chris Marker

Production Companies

Argos Films

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Sans Soleil Audience Reviews

Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Boobirt Stylish but barely mediocre overall
Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
valadas This movie begins by an unusual narrative process: a woman tells us about what a traveler thinks, says and films while travelling from one country to another although focusing himself mainly in Japan. His views are very personal and subjective, poetical and philosophical but I doubt that they are shared by most viewers. The movie shows us several scenes of Japan, Cape Verde, San Francisco, Guinea Bissao and Iceland trying to establish some parallels. The only positive aspect is that some of these images are interesting and even beautiful.
Jackson Booth-Millard Featuring in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die was this film, I did not understand what the title meant, alternatively called Sunless, and I certainly did not know anything about prior to reading the book, but that's what made it more worth trying. Basically this is an experimental documentary from the thoughts of a woman travelling, meditating and expressing herself in beautiful and distinct parts of the world. We see her thoughts, images and scenes mainly in parts of Japan and Guinea-Bissau, but also with parts of Iceland, Paris and San Francisco, and apparently it is her readings with the cameraman following her routes. The English version is narrated by Alexandra Stewart. There is no story as it is more thought of as a documentary, but with the element of thoughts and ideas throughout the narration it can be seen as some kind of travel guide, or rather a travelogue from the narrator's point of view. You may get a little lost with what the narrator is saying about whatever you are seeing, but what makes the film work is all the fascinating scenery and brightly coloured imagery throughout wherever the camera takes us, so for that it is a worthwhile documentary. Very good!
Chris Barry Visionary filmmaker Chris Marker creates a portrait of ever encroaching globalization in this 100 minute odyssey between the 'two poles of survival'.Probably one of the greatest 'avant-garde' films of all time, don't let its classification dissuade you. This is a very simple film with a very simple message: though time changes, what nourishes humanity remains constant, namely love, memory, hope, understanding, recognition and belonging. The only frustrating thing about this film is that one viewing is not enough. This is a work you will cherish re-watching for years to come. Direct cinema science-fiction set on Planet Earth.
catchdog A response to the reviewer who called the film pretentious claptrap: This movie is not for everyone and I can easily understand the sentiments of one who finds it pretentious. But when one says "Assumptions include that the east is superior to the west, television is bad, capitalism evil,etc." you are so thoroughly missing the point of the film that I have to wonder if you watched it out of the corner of your eye while doing a crossword puzzle. Perhaps one doesn't hear "Capitalism is good" and understands "capitalism is evil," but that all occurs within the viewer. I for one never saw any of these "assumptions" being made here.