The Lovely Month of May

The Lovely Month of May

1963/05/01 • Released • French

Documentary
8.0
2h 45m

So, how are you feeling?

Overview

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.

Director : Chris Marker

Casts
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)

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