Jean Rouch Movies

  • 1961
    Chronicle of a Summer

    Chronicle of a Summer

    Chronicle of a Summer

    7.21961HD

    Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking...

    Chronicle of a Summer
  • 1973
    The Year 01

    The Year 01

    The Year 01

    6.5251973HD

    The film narrates a utopian abandonment, consensual and festive of the market economy and high productivity. The population decides on a number of...

    The Year 01
  • 1978
    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    4.31978HD

    Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

    Cinématon
  • 1995
    Son of Gascogne

    Son of Gascogne

    Son of Gascogne

    4.81995HD

    You're a provincial kid in Paris and suddenly you're the center of attention: Movie stars, famous directors and sexy women are doting on you because...

    Son of Gascogne
  • 1964
    That Tender Age

    That Tender Age

    That Tender Age

    01964HD

    A film in four episodes presenting teenage girls chosen as representative of their country and our time, in Italy, France, Japan and Canada. In spite...

    That Tender Age
  • 1963
    The Lovely Month of May

    The Lovely Month of May

    The Lovely Month of May

    81963HD

    Candid interviews of ordinary people on the meaning of happiness, an often amorphous and inarticulable notion that evokes more basic and...

    The Lovely Month of May
  • 1965
    Six in Paris

    Six in Paris

    Six in Paris

    6.51965HD

    Six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by six directors. St. Germain des Pres (Douchet), Gare du Nord (Rouch), Rue St. Denis (Pollet), and...

    Six in Paris
  • 2010
    Sodankylä Forever

    Sodankylä Forever

    Sodankylä Forever

    02010HD

    The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets....

    Sodankylä Forever
  • 1966
    World Without a Game

    World Without a Game

    World Without a Game

    01966HD

    Documentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.

    World Without a Game
  • 1965
    Gare du Nord

    Gare du Nord

    Gare du Nord

    61965HD

    In a busy, noisy neighborhood, a frustrated young wife in a failing marriage is offered her freedom by her indifferent husband, but has second...

    Gare du Nord
  • 1962
    The Doll

    The Doll

    The Doll

    51962HD

    An avant-garde political satire that takes place in a mythical country in South America. The dictator has been replaced by a look-alike...

    The Doll
  • 1959
    I, a Negro

    I, a Negro

    I, a Negro

    7.3481959HD

    Winner of the prestigious Prix Louis Delluc in 1958, "Moi, un noir" marked Jean Rouch's break with traditional ethnography, and his embrace of the...

    I, a Negro
  • 1968
    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)

    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)

    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)

    01968HD

    Lightning struck the hut of a Fulani shepherd near a village of settled fishermen, Ganghel, in Niger. A yenendi, a purification ceremony to obtain...

    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)
  • 1992
    An Egg with No Shell

    An Egg with No Shell

    An Egg with No Shell

    11992HD

    A male diva sings in a countertenor voice while massacring chickens brought to him by his butler, Jean Rouch, until a slave provides proof of his...

    An Egg with No Shell
  • 1962
    Hampi

    Hampi

    Hampi

    01962HD

    A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Niger in Niamey, during a ritual...

    Hampi
  • 1978
    Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend

    Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend

    Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend

    01978HD

    Jean Rouch filmed this loving and humorous portrait of anthropologist and filmmaker Margaret Mead in September 1977 while he was a guest of the first...

    Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend
  • 1980
    Ciné-mafia

    Ciné-mafia

    Ciné-mafia

    01980HD

    Three pioneers of documentary filmmaking – Joris Ivens, Henri Storck, and the man behind the camera, Jean Rouch – recall the early days...

    Ciné-mafia
  • 1992
    Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

    Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

    Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

    3.3331992HD

    An intimate window into one of the great movements in film history that brought about an evolution in the art of cinema. The documentary portrays the...

    Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
  • 1967
    Daouda Sorko

    Daouda Sorko

    Daouda Sorko

    01967HD

    In the village of Simiri, Niger, fisherman Daouda is also a priest of the cult of Dongo, the god of Thunder for the Songhay people. He tells the...

    Daouda Sorko
  • 1962
    The Punishment

    The Punishment

    The Punishment

    71962HD

    An aimless young woman is sent home from school with nothing to do. Drifting through the streets of Paris, she comes across a variety of people.

    The Punishment