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“𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨? 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 - 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨. 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙨. 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙, 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙.” 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙞𝙡 is what I would best describe as a '𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆', rather than watching it purely for entertainment. Chris Marker's French documentary details the narration of several recollections to some places around the vastness of the world, only to extend its diversification of exploring its reflections, perspectives, vicissitudes, and memories that remained intact in history. The film's philosophical vision extends to understanding the culture, life, and traditions of people to grasp just how vast and distinct the world, people, and ideologies that we live in are. With references to other esteemed film directors such as Tarkovsky and Coppola, it is an alluring film yet profound in its theme, immersed in experiences that differ, politics that separates, and exploring what is unknown to us that is kept buried in the past history. A film that I honestly find too deep to comprehend, but a treasured watch that leaves us to ponder and analyze.