Sunday in Peking

19m
Documentary
6.3

Chris Marker’s travel essay Sunday in Peking transforms a long-held childhood dream into a cinematic journey through Beijing. Blending documentary observation with reflective narration, Marker captures the city’s rhythms, traditions, and everyday life in mid-1950s China with his signature curiosity and lyricism.

Cast

Gilles Quéant
Narrator

Crew

Chris Marker
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Paul Paviot
Producer
Georges Delerue
Conductor

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