Chic, le sport ! Ⅺ / L’olympiade oublié
Regard neuf sur Olympia 52
2013.11.2 – 11.30
2013 / France / 80 min / Color / Digital
Director/Writer: Julien Faraut
Producer: Emmanuel Laurent, Luis Delgado, Serge Guemard, Bruno Deloye, Anne Grolleron
Nrration: Clementine Domptail, Philippe Collin
Cinematography: Etienne de Grammont, Nicolas Thibault, Scott Lachance
Editor: Camille Carrow
Subtitles: Yoko Matsuoka
Distribution: Tamasa Distribution
In 1952, Chris Marker was contracted by the government to create a documentary recording the Helsinki Olympics. His first feature length film, “Olympia 52,” however, has been forgotten with the passing of time.
Then, in 1960, director Julian Fellowes shed new light on Marker’s work. The Cold War government edited and proofed, while Marker worked magic… Along with fragments of history that bubbled up in myriad documents and letters, a secret hidden in “Olympia 52,” whose source was the master Chris Marker, was gradually unraveled