Documentary
Sunday in Peking(1956)
6.4(23)
19m
1956-11-01
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.
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Criterion Channel
DocAlliance FilmsKeywords
communist china
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