Sunday in Peking (1956)

Name: Sunday in Peking
Released: 1956-11-01
Rating: 6.39

1956-11-01 · 19 min · Rating 6.39/10 (23 votes)

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.