Sunday in Peking

Original title: Dimanche à Pekin
Duration: 19 min
Release date: 1956-11-01
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Chris Marker’s travel essay Sunday in Peking transforms a long-held childhood dream into a cinematic journey through Beijing. Blending documentary observation with reflective narration, Marker captures the city’s rhythms, traditions, and everyday life in mid-1950s China with his signature curiosity and lyricism.

Documentary

Dimanche à Pekin

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