A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.
Casts Florence Delay, Amílcar Cabral, Arielle Dombasle, Bin Akao, David Coverdale, Chris Marker
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
The Endless Summer
Mediterranean Holiday
Call Me Captain
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
Koyaanisqatsi
Baraka
Chanson de gestes
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Malakand, Kapurthala and Dehra Dun
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior and Delhi
A Day in Tokyo
MARCIANO
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Bikaner, Lucknow, Benares, Nepal and Great Tiger Shoot
Moscow Calling
Mysore
Naqoyqatsi
Chronos
Powaqqatsi
Circumcision
SIMILAR MOVIES
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 1927
A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time. Germany had just recovered a little from the worst consequences of the First World War, the great economic crisis was still a few years away and Hitler was not yet an issue at the time.The Endless Summer
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1966
Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.Mediterranean Holiday
IMDB 8 | Dec , 1962
A 1962 West German documentary film directed by Hermann Leitner and Rudolf Nussgruber.Call Me Captain
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1961
The Norfolk Broads tourist film promotes the pleasures of boating.Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
IMDB 6.8 | Apr , 1938
Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, Riefenstahl covers twenty-one athletic events in the first half of this two-part love letter to the human body and spirit, culminating with the marathon, where Jesse Owens became the first track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympics.Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
IMDB 6.7 | Jun , 1938
Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave the main stadium and venture into the many halls and fields deployed for such sports as fencing, polo, cycling, and the modern pentathlon, which was won by American Glenn Morris.Koyaanisqatsi
IMDB 7.9 | Apr , 1983
Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.Baraka
IMDB 8.2 | Sep , 1992
A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.Chanson de gestes
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 1966
Choreography of familiar gestures that the author was able to spice up with a peculiar and original perspective.Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Malakand, Kapurthala and Dehra Dun
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1922
The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra DunEdward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior and Delhi
IMDB 0 | Feb , 1922
The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty.A Day in Tokyo
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1968
A Day in TOKYO in 1968, Nostalgic bygone era. Planned by Japan National Tourism Organization. Produced by Koga Production. This film was produced to explain Tokyo for foreign tourists.MARCIANO
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2023
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Bikaner, Lucknow, Benares, Nepal and Great Tiger Shoot
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1922
The future Edward VIII enjoys receptions, playing polo and hunting tigers on his royal tour.Moscow Calling
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2022
The animated corpse of Moscow goes on after its inhabitants left. Filled with weeps and whispers of the mourning ghosts, torn apart with phone calls from distant countries and unfamiliar sounds, emotionally devastated and deserted, the city attempts to reconcile with its own voice.Mysore
IMDB 0 | Jun , 1940
Two sides of Mysore: down to earth with the field workers and an Indian spectacle for the Maharaja.Naqoyqatsi
IMDB 6.1 | Sep , 2002
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.Chronos
IMDB 7.5 | May , 1985
Carefully picked scenes of nature and civilization are viewed at high speed using time-lapse cinematography in an effort to demonstrate the history of various regions.Powaqqatsi
IMDB 7.3 | Apr , 1988
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.Circumcision
IMDB 3.5 | Jan , 1949
Rites and operation of the circumcision of thirty Songhai children on the Niger. Material of this film has been used to make "Les Fils de l'Eau".