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Mood:
- AtmosphericBleakContemplativeStylizedMind BendingThought Provoking
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Plot:
- Changing the Past or FuturePsychologicalApocalypseFuture DystopiaMemory LossTime TravelDangerImaginary more...
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Genres:
- Sci-FiForeignFuturisticNew WaveExperimentalFantasyRomance
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century21st CenturyFuture
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Place:
- EuropeFranceParis
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Praise:
- Critically AcclaimedEssentialOriginal
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Style:
- Twists and TurnsVoice OverSurrealTalky
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Attitudes:
- SeriousFantastic
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Look:
- B&W
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La Jetée, 1962
French, German
France
Profile of La Jetée
La Jetée can be described as mind bending, bleak, and contemplative. The plot revolves around changing the past or future, memory loss, and time travel. The main genres are foreign, sci-fi, and romance. In terms of style, La Jetée is New Wave, is experimental, and is futuristic. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. It is located in Paris. La Jetée takes place in the 20th century. Visually, it is black and white. The short film has received attention for being original, essential viewing, and critically acclaimed.
Summary of La Jetée
After a global holocaust, humanity's hopes for survival hinge on time-travel experiments conducted upon a man whose dreams reveal a clarion recall of a defining moment in his childhood, when he witnessed a murder. The narrative is revealed through a montage of stills and inspired the American film 12 MONKEYS.
Details
| Language: | French, German |
| Country: | France |
| Release date: | 10 October 2003 |
| Runtime: | 28 min |
Users Reviews
- 24.May.2011
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- by: Jim T
- Jim T rated this movie
4/10Disappointing
