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A City at Chandigarh

1966 · 50 min

A thoughtful, essayistic gaze at a planned city rising, asking who it serves and who it leaves out.

Overview
Documentary on the construction of Chandigarh, the new capital of the Indian Punjab region, planned by Albert Mayer and Swiss architect Le Corbusier.

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • power
  • identity
  • work
  • politics
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Alain Tanner
Written by
John Berger
Starring
John Berger
Runtime
50 min
Country
Switzerland
Languages
French

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