Far From Vietnam
Loin du Vietnam, documentary feature film, 1967.
DIRECTED BY: Jean-Luc Godard / Alain Resnais / Agnès Varda / Claude Lelouch
CAST:
Anne Bellec,
Karen Blanguernon,
Bernard Fresson (Claude Ridder),
Maurice Garrel,
Jean-Luc Godard
SCRIPT:
Chris Marker,
Jean-Luc Godard (Camera-Eye),
Jacques Sternberg (Claude Ridder)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Jean Boffety,
Denys Clerval,
Ghislain Cloquet,
Willy Kurant,
Alain Levent,
Kieu Tham,
Bernard Zitzermann
Synopsis:
An anti-war omnibus by six directors (Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Agnès Varda, Jean-Luc Godard (segment “Caméra-oeil”) and Alain Resnais ("Claude Ridder" segment), inspired by Chris Marker's ideas and under his direction. Through six different stories, the directors give their views on the Vietnam War while condemning U.S. military intervention. This was an expression of solidarity with the Vietnamese people in their fight against the American aggressor. Documentary pieces, archival footage, interviews and live action sequences alternate in the petition for peace.
35 mm, color, 115 min