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Sometimes, places are timeless. For example? Paris.

Le joli mai / The Lovely Month of May (1966)

Weirdly almost fifty years old and still fresh.

The day of the huge demonstration for peace in Algeria.

Ironically, little about the film has to do with this. It shows the utter indifference of these events to daily life.

At the time this was a huge disconnect between the people and the government. Now, it is a curiosity.

A tragic curiosity but still a strange time.

I watched it because it was reported to be an example of fine black and white documentary art. True.

It is also profoundly human. People, people, people. Wall to wall people.

Delightful.

It is pretty clear that the daily life in Paris is independent of the rest of the world.

I will give it a 3 because I would not want to watch it again but it is a wonderful experience for one show only.

Labels: documentary