As a child, filmmaker Chris Marker always dreamed of visiting Beijing. In Dimanche à Pekin, he takes us on a journey through the city. He elegantly interweaves his thoughts and observations about Chinese traditions with the urban banalities of everyday life.
Time travel, still images, a past, present and future and the aftermath of World War III. The tale of a man, a slave, sent back and forth, in and out of time, to find a solution to the world’s fate.
