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The Lovely Month of May

The Lovely Month of May

★ 8.0/10•1963•2h 45m•Documentary

So, how are you feeling?

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.

Chris Marker · Director

Catherine Winter · Writer

Pierre Lhomme · Director

Chris Marker · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 45m
LanguageFR
Release DateMay 3, 1963

Actors

Yves Montand

Yves Montand

Narrator (French version) (voice)

Chris Marker

Chris Marker

Self / Interviewer (voice)

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

Self (uncredited)

Anna Karina

Anna Karina

Self (uncredited)

Edgar Morin

Edgar Morin

Self (uncredited)

Alain Resnais

Alain Resnais

Self (uncredited)

Jacques Rivette

Jacques Rivette

Self (uncredited)

Jean Rouch

Jean Rouch

Self (uncredited)

Simone Signoret

Simone Signoret

Narrator (English version) (voice)

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

Self

Ferdinand Lop

Self

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