Jean Rouch Movies
- 1961
Chronicle of a Summer
Chronicle of a Summer7.21961HD
Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking...
- 1973
The Year 01
The Year 016.5251973HD
The film narrates a utopian abandonment, consensual and festive of the market economy and high productivity. The population decides on a number of...
- 1978
Cinématon
Cinématon4.31978HD
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....
- 1995
Son of Gascogne
Son of Gascogne4.81995HD
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...
- 1964
That Tender Age
That Tender Age01964HD
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...
- 1963
The Lovely Month of May
The Lovely Month of May81963HD
Candid interviews of ordinary people on the meaning of happiness, an often amorphous and inarticulable notion that evokes more basic and...
- 1965
Six in Paris
Six in Paris6.51965HD
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...
- 2010
Sodankylä Forever
Sodankylä Forever02010HD
The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets....
- 1966
World Without a Game
World Without a Game01966HD
Documentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.
- 1965
Gare du Nord
Gare du Nord61965HD
In a busy, noisy neighborhood, a frustrated young wife in a failing marriage is offered her freedom by her indifferent husband, but has second...
- 1962
The Doll
The Doll51962HD
An avant-garde political satire that takes place in a mythical country in South America. The dictator has been replaced by a look-alike...
- 1959
I, a Negro
I, a Negro7.3481959HD
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...
- 1968
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...
- 1992
An Egg with No Shell
An Egg with No Shell11992HD
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...
- 1962
Hampi
Hampi01962HD
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...
- 1978
Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend
Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend01978HD
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...
- 1980
Ciné-mafia
Ciné-mafia01980HD
Three pioneers of documentary filmmaking – Joris Ivens, Henri Storck, and the man behind the camera, Jean Rouch – recall the early days...
- 1992
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave3.3331992HD
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...
- 1967
Daouda Sorko
Daouda Sorko01967HD
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...
- 1962
The Punishment
The Punishment71962HD
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.