Le joli mai
Subtitle: The lovely month of May
By: Sofracima ; a film by Chris Marker & Pierre Lhomme
Contributors: L'Homme, Pierre, 1930- film director, director of photography; Varlin, Catherine, screenwriter; Signoret, Simone, 1921-1985, narrator; Montand, Yves, 1921-1991, narrator; Becker, Étienne, 1936- director of photography; Clerval, Denys, director of photography; Villemin, Pierre, director of photography; Zora, Eva, editor of moving image work; Meunier, Annie, editor of moving image work; Lecompère, Madeleine, editor of moving image work; Legrand, Michel, 1932- composer (expression); Icarus Films; Sofracima (Firm)
Edition: Widescreen ed., 2-disc DVD deluxe edition.
Published: 2013
Language: fre
Format: [videorecording] =
Number of pages: 146
Subjects: History
Other titles: Lovely month of May; Playtime in Paris.; Distant gaze.; Exercise in direct cinema.
Description: "Filmed just after the March ceasefire between France and Algeria, Le Joli Mai documents Paris during a turning point in French history: the first time since 1939 that France was not involved in any war."--www.icarusfilms.com
Notes: Originally issued as a motion picture in France in 1963.

Title from disc surface, container and booklet.

Includes booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) in English.

Screenwriter, Chris Marker, Catherine Varlin ; executive producer, Gisèle Rébillon ; photography, Etienne Becker, Denys Clerval, Pierre Villemain, Pierre Lhomme ; film editor, Eva Zora, Annie Meunier, Madeleine Lecompère ; music, Michel Legrand.

Narration by Simone Signoret (English version) and Yves Montand (French version).

DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.66:1); mono.

In English and French versions.
Table of contents: title: Booklet. Chris Marker: "passionate objectivity"; title: Pierre Lhomme's account; title: Sound engineer Antoine Bonfanti's account; title: Chris Marker; title: Interview with Pierre Lhomme; title: A discussion of the restoration work on Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme's 'Le joli mai'; title: Points of reference 1962; title: Credits; title: Thank you; title: Chris Marker, 1921-2012 [filmography]; title: Pierre Lhomme, born in 1930-cinematograher [filmography].; title: Disc 1. Le joli mai: Part I. A prayer from the Eiffel Tower ; Part 2. The return of Fantomas; title: Disc 2. Bonus features: Playtime in Paris / Catherine Varlin (1962, 27 min.) ; A distant gaze... / Jean Ravel (1964, 12 min.) ; Exercise in direct cinema / featuring Pierre Lhomme (1962, 5 min.) ; deleted scenes