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All the World’s Memory (1956) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1956 · 21 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Alain Resnais
- Starring
- Agnès Varda, Jacques Dumesnil
The documentary explores the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, showcasing the vast building and its intricate processes of cataloguing and preserving a wide range of printed materials. It portrays the library as simultaneously a monument to cultural memory and a seemingly monstrous, alien entity.
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