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Life Begins Tomorrow

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Calorie Rating: 122
Released: 1950-09-13
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Homepage: https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/6156
Studios: SFP,


Documentary filmmaker Védrès' first semi-fictional feature was released in France in 1949 as La Vie Commence Demain. The film made it to the U.S. in 1952 as Life Begins Tomorrow. Made in cooperation with UNESCO, the film speculates on the future of mankind after the advent of Atomic Energy. Many prominent French artists and intellects contribute to the narration: Jean-Pierre Aumont plays The Man of Today, Andre Labarthe is the Man of Tomorrow, and Jean-Paul Sartre, Daniel Agache, Jean Rostand, Le Corbusier, Pablo Picasso and Andre Gide are respectively seen as "The Existentialist," "The Psychiatrist,' "The Biologist," "The Architect," "The Artist" and "The Author". Film clips of hospitals, schoolrooms, scientific laboratories, and even nightclubs are woven into Védrès' fascinating tapestry.

Director / Directors

Jacques-Laurent Bost
Assistant Director
Oscar Zilber
Assistant Director

Jacques Nahum
Assistant Director


Cast

Pablo Picasso
Character: Self
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Character: The Man of Today
Jean-Paul Sartre
Character: Self

Frédéric Joliot-Curie
Character: Self
Darius Milhaud
Character: Self

Charlie Chaplin
Character: Self (archive footage)
Albert Einstein
Character: Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Character: Self (archive footage)

George Bernard Shaw
Character: Self (archive footage)
Marie Curie
Character: Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Character: Self (archive footage)

Jacques Prévert
Character: Self (uncredited)
Jean Cau
Character: Self - Sartre's secretary (uncredited)
Françoise Gilot
Character: Self - Picasso's companion (uncredited)

André Gide
Character: Self
Jean Rostand
Character: Self
André Labarthe
Character: Self

Daniel Lagache
Character: Self
Irène Joliot-Curie
Character: Self (archive footage)
Marcel Petiot
Character: Self (archive footage)


Production and Crew


André Bac
Cinematography

Fred Langenfeld
Cinematography
Pierre Levent
Cinematography
Maurice Pecqueux
Cinematography

Paul Dufour
Production Manager
Raoul Gonnet
Sound Mixer

Daniel Lander
Assistant Editor
Geneviève Vaury
Assistant Editor
Manuel Rosenthal
Orchestrator