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Military Documentary Documentary Romance War

The French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. She searches the internet for information on the battle, and in... Read allThe French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. She searches the internet for information on the battle, and interviews Japanese experts and witnesses. The extraordinary circumstances of the Battle of ... Read allThe French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. She searches the internet for information on the battle, and interviews Japanese experts and witnesses. The extraordinary circumstances of the Battle of Okinawa lead Laura to reflect deeply on her own life and humanity in general, particularly... Read all

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Catherine Belkhodja

Laura

Kenji Tokitsu

Self

Nagisa Ôshima

Self

Junichi Ushiyama

Self
(as Ju'nishi Ushiyama)

Kinjo Shigeaki

Self

Chris Marker

Self
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Chris Marker
Writer
- Chris Marker
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Trivia
Director Chris Marker's last feature film.

Goofs
In one scene Laura imagined the historical possibility of The 9th Division of the United States Army landed in Formosa (Taiwan) rather than Okinawa. But the 9th division was active in Northern Africa and Southern Europe during the World War II, not in East Asia.

Connections
Edited from Dokyumento: Jinsei no gekijô: Shisha wa itsumademo wakai (1977)

Soundtracks
Un Jour, tu Verras...
Music by Georges Van Parys
Lyrics by Marcel Mouloudji
Sung by Marcel Mouloudji

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5/10

Great documentary with a huge flaw

For the documentary genre, this film might be an interesting attempt. In this one, narrative is not a faceless, lifeless voice but a woman who shares details about her thoughts and feelings, along with the information about the main subject of the movie. Despite its originality in handling the narrative, the film doesn't offer too much.

Basically, it's a well-done documentary loosely attached to a storyline about a woman who longs for the person she loved. The former part is an outstanding documentary about Okinawa and World War II, and it deserves 5 alone. However, the latter is filled with some mysterious yet lame "cyberspace" themes and mostly unrelated rantings of a woman, and it deserves a zero.

If the movie was able to connect these two parts in a more meaningful way, I would definitely consider it a masterpiece. However, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was watching two completely unrelated movies that cobbled together in the last minute.