The Lovely Month of May
So, how are you feeling?
1963 · 2h 45m · Not Rated
Documentary
Directed by
Chris Marker
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The Lovely Month of May
Overview
Candid interviews of ordinary people on the meaning of happiness, an often amorphous and inarticulable notion that evokes more basic and fundamentally egalitarian ideals of self-betterment, prosperity, tolerance, economic opportunity, and freedom.
Director and cast
- Chris Marker Director
- Yves Montand as Narrator (French version) (voice)
- Chris Marker as Self / Interviewer (voice)
- Jean-Luc Godard as Self (uncredited)
- Anna Karina as Self (uncredited)
- Edgar Morin as Self (uncredited)
- Alain Resnais as Self (uncredited)
- Jacques Rivette as Self (uncredited)
- Jean Rouch as Self (uncredited)
- Simone Signoret as Narrator (English version) (voice)
- Charles de Gaulle as Self
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