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Nothing but Time

1926 · 46 min Documentary Drama
7.3 / 10 · TMDB

Paris stirs as the first trams clatter down wet streets. The lens glides past steaming café windows, through bustling markets where vendors arrange their wares. It trails a postman on his rounds, then a shoeshiner at his corner. Suddenly, we are in opulent parlors where women in furs sip chocolate, only to be plunged into squalid courtyards where children scramble over rubble. The day unfolds: factory whistles, the chaos of railway stations, the glow of music-hall marquees, and solitary figures under gas lamps. The city breathes through a thousand simultaneous lives, indifferent to the watching eye.

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Original Title Rien que les heures
Year 1926
Country France
Genre Documentary, Drama
Director Alberto Cavalcanti
Runtime 46 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.3/10 (19 votes)

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Alberto Cavalcanti crafts not a mere chronicle but an urban symphony, where editing conducts the city's disparate melodies. Scenes of poverty and opulence collide not as judgment, but as natural counterpoints in a single organism's rhythm.

What lingers after viewing is the haunting texture of ephemeral moments—a glance, a gesture, a shadow on cobblestones—that collectively map a metropolis's soul. It’s cinema as a time capsule, breathing. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Alberto Cavalcanti

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