The Lovely Month of May (1963)

05/01/1963 (FR) • 2h 45m

Documentary

So, how are you feeling?

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.

Top Billed Cast

Yves Montand

Narrator (French version) (voice)

Chris Marker

Self / Interviewer (voice)

Jean-Luc Godard

Self (uncredited)

Anna Karina

Self (uncredited)

Edgar Morin

Self (uncredited)

Alain Resnais

Self (uncredited)

Jacques Rivette

Self (uncredited)

Jean Rouch

Self (uncredited)

Simone Signoret

Narrator (English version) (voice)


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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

interview

cinéma vérité

direct cinema

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