The Lovely Month of May
Seen it?1963 | 165 min | Documentary
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Unhurried and epic, at 2 hr 45 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 45 min.
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1963: an older pace and style.
Candid interviews of ordinary people on the meaning of happiness, an often amorphous and inarticulable notion that evokes more basic and fundamentally egalitarian ideals of self-betterment, prosperity, tolerance, economic opportunity, and freedom.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 3K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme
- Yves MontandNarrator (French version) (voice)
- Chris MarkerSelf / Interviewer (voice)
- Jean-Luc GodardSelf (uncredited)
- Anna KarinaSelf (uncredited)
- Edgar MorinSelf (uncredited)
- Alain ResnaisSelf (uncredited)
- Jacques RivetteSelf (uncredited)
- Jean RouchSelf (uncredited)
- Simone SignoretNarrator (English version) (voice)
- Charles de GaulleSelf