©Argos Films
Invitation à la flânerie /“Il m’écrivait…”
Sans Soleil
1982 / France / 104min / Color / 16mm
Director / Editor : Chris Marker
Music : Modeste Moussorgski, Michel Krasna
Special Effects : Hayao Yamaneko
Song : Arielle Dombasle
Narration (in Japanese) : Riyoko Ikeda
Distributor : Tamasa Distribution
Made up of poetic narration and a montage of still photographs, this documentary was created by a cinéaste with a unique aesthetic vision. Using Africa as a symbol of the south and Japan as a symbol of the east, the French director approaches these two contrasting regions with an objective view.
A letter from a cameraman who traveled all over the world―the narrative begins with a woman’s recitation of the letter, and continues with the dreamlike figures of Icelandic girls, and a collage of fertile images from Japan and Africa. Created by Chris Marker, an artist who maintained a love of travel throughout his life, the work is a paean to time and place, existence and history, and oblivion and prayer.