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Sunday in Peking

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Sunday in Peking — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • November 1, 1956
  • Runtime
  • 19 min
  • Genres
  • Documentary
  • Director
  • Chris Marker

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Gilles Quéant photo Gilles Quéant Narrator

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