Documentary

Sunday in Peking

Name: Sunday in Peking
Director: Chris Marker
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1956-11-01
Duration: 19 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Gilles Quéant

November 1, 1956

19m

TMDB6.4· 23

Chris Marker’s travel essay Sunday in Peking transforms a long-held childhood dream into a cinematic journey through Beijing. Blending documentary observation with reflective narration, Marker captures the city’s rhythms, traditions, and everyday life in mid-1950s China with his signature curiosity and lyricism.