Sans Soleil

Sans Soleil
Film poster
Directed by	Chris Marker
Written by	Chris Marker (as Sandor Krasna)
Narrated by	Florence Delay (French version) Riyoko Ikeda (Japanese version) Charlotte Kerr (German version) Alexandra Stewart (English version)
Cinematography	Chris Marker (as Sandor Krasna)
Edited by	Chris Marker
Music by	Chris Marker (as Michel Krasna)
Distributed by	Argos Films
Release date	1983 (1983)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Sans Soleil (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃ sɔlɛj]; "Sunless") is a 1983 French documentary film directed by Chris Marker. It is a meditation on the nature of human memory, showing the inability to recall the context and nuances of memory, and how, as a result, the perception of personal and global histories is affected. The title Sans Soleil is from the song cycle Sunless by Modest Mussorgsky, a brief fragment of which features in the film. Sans Soleil is composed of stock footage, clips from Japanese movies and shows, excerpts from other films as well as documentary footage shot by Marker.

In a 2014 Sight and Sound poll, film critics voted Sans Soleil the third best documentary film of all time.^[1]