Level Five (film) explained

Level Five
Director:	Chris Marker
Producer:	Anatole Dauman Françoise Widhoff
Starring:	Catherine Belkhodja
Cinematography:	Yves Angelo Gérard de Battista Chris Marker
Runtime:	106 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French
Gross:	$24,751^[1]

Level Five is a 1997 French pseudo-documentary or fake documentary film, directed by Chris Marker and starring Catherine Belkhodja.

Plot

Laura, the widow of a computer programmer. Attempts to overcome her grief by completing her late husband's last work, a video game reconstruction of the Battle of Okinawa in which she hopes to simulate an alternative outcome to the historical tragedy. All the while she documents the process, intending to provide the material for a new film by her late husband's friend Chris Marker.

Cast

• Catherine Belkhodja as Laura
• Chris Marker as himself and narrator
• Kenji Tokitsu, martial artist, interviewed as himself
• Nagisa Oshima, cineast, interviewed as himself
• Ju'nishi Ushiyama as himself
• Kinjo Shigeaki as himself

Reception

Keith Uhlich of The A.V. Club named the re-release of Level Five the sixth-best film of 2014, tying it with The Congress.^[2]

External links

• • • • Level Five Transcripts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Level Five . 30 November 2014 . Box Office Mojo.
2. News: 2014 Favorites With Keith Uhlich (Part 1). The Cinephiliacs. 4 January 2015. 30 June 2020.