Short film

La Jetée

1962 · 29 min

A haunting, meditative experience built from still images that lingers like a half-remembered dream.

Tagline: A man's obsession with an image of his past
Overview: A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak, eerie and romantic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Memory, fate, love, survival
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
fate
love
survival
isolation
Places: big city
home
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none