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A Grin Without a Cat(1977)

November 23, 19773h

79%User score 79 percent

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26 votes

Overview

Chris Marker’s A Grin Without a Cat is an epic political essay tracing the rise and decline of the global left from the 1960s to the 1970s. Through archival footage and commentary, the film examines revolutionary movements in France, Latin America, and beyond, reflecting on the ideals, failures, and fading hopes of a generation.

Director: Chris Marker
Writers: Chris Marker

Top Billed Cast

Davos Hanich
Narrator (voice)
François Maspero
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Yves Montand
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François Périer
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Jorge Semprún

Narrator (voice)

Simone Signoret

Narrator (voice)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Salvador Allende

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Vladimir Lenin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mao Zedong

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Qing Jiang

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Zhou Enlai

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Võ Nguyên Giáp

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Georges Pompidou

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Augusto Pinochet

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Laurence Guvillier

Narrator (voice)

Sandra Scarnati

Narrator (voice)

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Facts

Status: Released
Original title: Le fond de l'air est rouge
Original language: French
Production: ISKRA, Dovidis

Keywords

1970s
political activism
archive footage
social activism
historical society
revolutionary war
1960s
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historical images
armed forces revolutionary government
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