La Jetée
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| Directed by | Chris Marker |
| Written by | Chris Marker |
| Produced by | Anatole Dauman |
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| Narrated by | Jean Négroni |
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| Edited by | Jean Ravel |
| Music by | Trevor Duncan |
Production company | Argos Films |
| Distributed by | Argos Films |
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Running time | 28 minutes |
| Country | France |
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La Jetée (French pronunciation: [la ʒəte]) is a 1962 French science fiction featurette directed by Chris Marker and associated with the Left Bank artistic movement. Constructed almost entirely from still photos, it tells the stable time loop story of a post-nuclear war experiment in time travel. It is 28 minutes long and shot in black and white.
It won the Prix Jean Vigo for short film. The 1995 science fiction film 12 Monkeys was inspired by and borrows several concepts directly from La Jetée, as does the 2015 TV series of the same name.