A Grin Without a Cat
Chris Marker’s A Grin Without a Cat is an epic political essay tracing the rise and decline of the global left from the 1960s to the 1970s. Through archival footage and commentary, the film examines revolutionary movements in France, Latin America, and beyond, reflecting on the ideals, failures, and fading hopes of a generation.
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Salvador Allende
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Zhou Enlai
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Augusto Pinochet
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Davos Hanich
Narrator (voice)
Yves Montand
Narrator (voice)
Jorge Semprún
Narrator (voice)
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mao Zedong
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles de Gaulle
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Georges Pompidou
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
François Maspero
Narrator (voice)
Võ Nguyên Giáp
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Simone Signoret
Narrator (voice)
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Qing Jiang
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
François Périer
Narrator (voice)