A GRIN WITHOUT A CAT (its title refers to Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat) is Marker's magnum opus: a three-hour overview of the worldwide political upheavals during the Sixties and Seventies.
Marker interweaves footage from the Vietnam War and the antiwar protests in the U.S., May 68 in Paris, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Salvador Allende and the coup in Chile, Che Guevara and Regis Debray in Bolivia, the Shah of Iran, Fidel Castro, et alia.
Official images, film clips, news coverage trims and neglected reels comprise the basic materials of this major fresco, which concludes with the following credit: "The true authors of this film are the countless cameramen, technical operators, witnesses and activists whose work is constantly pitted against that of governments, who would like us to have no memory."

3 stars "Monumental and unforgettable!" John Anderson, Newsday

5 stars "Towering and extraordinary! Staggering in its depth and scope. An event of major importance." Phil Hall, Film Threat

"Magnificent. The energy and optimism and tragedy of decades of political activism are rendered with that mental restlessness and ingenious pathos typical of Marker's great films." Susan Sontag

PART ONE: Fragile Hands
1. From Vietnam to Che's death
2. May 1968 and all that

PART TWO: Severed Hands
1. From the Prague Spring to the so-called "Union of the Left" in France
2. From Chile to - to what?

With the voices of Jim Broadbent, Cyril Cusack, Robert Kramer, Francois Maspero, Yves Montand, Francois Perier, Jorge Semprun and Simone Signoret.

BONUS! A 16-page booklet with text by Chris Marker, including the essay SIXTIES, written May, 2008.

A GRIN WITHOUT A CAT
Editing & soundtrack: Chris Marker
Music for credits: Luciano Berio
180 min. / B&W + Color / 4:3 / 1977
English, French & German versions (with partial subtitles)
Spanish and Portuguese subtitles (over French audio)
© 1977 ISKRA-Ina-Dovidis

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