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Sans Soleil

Sans Soleil

"He wrote me..."

7.4(248 votes)
1983
1h 40m
Documentary

A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.

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Production

Revenue:$30,878
Companies:
Argos films

Languages

Original:fr
Spoken:
French

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