Official poster for The Lovely Month of May (1963)

The Lovely Month of May

So, how are you feeling?

May 3, 1963 2h 45mDocumentary
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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.

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Chris Marker
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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.

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May 3, 1963
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French
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France

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