Northwest Film Forum

Exactly half a century ago, a small film crew took to the streets of Paris and conducted casual interviews with random people that evolved into a groundbreaking work of nonfiction collage. If you have ever wondered whether an hour or two is enough to capture a society at a fleeting moment in its history, come celebrate this film’s return on its 50th birthday.

"a lovely time capsule of its day, a kind of postcard infused with politics" —Seattle Weekly

"The film has lots and lots to say about politics, religion, communism, atheism, colonialism, music, cinema, money, real and fake flowers, food, transportation, strikes, housing, the youth, the old, the French, the language, the history of civilization." —The Stranger

"In Le Joli Mai, we experience the moving image in its most ideal habitat, the urban. . .Chris Marker is the ghost of the French New Wave." —The Stranger

• Don't miss our post screening discussion with local writer and film programmer Philip Wohlstetter, co-founder of the Cinematheque at the Grand Illusion and curator of Seattle's first Chris Marker retrospective in the 1980s (along with tributes to Godard, Alexander Kluge and Third World Musicals).