La Jetée

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La Jetée

"A man's obsession with an image of his past"

1962

0h 29m

7.9(942 votes)

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Romance

Science Fiction

Overview

A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.

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13 members

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Jean Négroni

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Hélène Chatelain

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Davos Hanich

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Jacques Ledoux

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André Heinrich

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Jacques Branchu

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Pierre Joffroy

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Étienne Becker

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Philbert von Lifchitz

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Ligia Branice

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Janine Klein

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William Klein

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Germano Facetti

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