Sunday in Peking

Name: Sunday in Peking
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1956-11-01
Duration: 19 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Gilles Quéant

Criterion Channel

DocAlliance Films

6.3(22 votes)

1956

0h 19m

Documentary

communist china

Overview

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.