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.

References

External links

Level Five at IMDb Level Five at Rotten Tomatoes Level Five at Metacritic Level Five Transcripts