Life Begins Tomorrow (1950)
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: Nicole Védrès
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Pablo Picasso as Self |
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Jean-Pierre Aumont as The Man of Today |
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Jean-Paul Sartre as Self |
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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris as Self |
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Frédéric Joliot-Curie as Self |
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Darius Milhaud as Self |
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Charlie Chaplin as Self (archive footage) |
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Albert Einstein as Self (archive footage) |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self (archive footage) |
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George Bernard Shaw as Self (archive footage) |
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Marie Curie as Self (archive footage) |
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Joseph Stalin as Self (archive footage) |
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Jacques Prévert as Self (uncredited) |
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Jean Cau as Self - Sartre's secretary (uncredited) |
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Françoise Gilot as Self - Picasso's companion (uncredited) |
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André Gide as Self |
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Jean Rostand as Self |
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André Labarthe as Self |
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Daniel Lagache as Self |
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Irène Joliot-Curie as Self (archive footage) |
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Marcel Petiot as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Nicole Védrès | Director |
| Writing | Nicole Védrès | Writer |
| Production | Edward Kingsley | Producer |
| Production | Arthur Mayer | Producer |
| Production | Armand Rubin | Producer |
| Editing | Marinette Cadix | Editor |
| Production | Paul Dufour | Production Manager |
| Directing | Jacques-Laurent Bost | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Oscar Zilber | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jacques Nahum | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Raoul Gonnet | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Daniel Lander | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Geneviève Vaury | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Manuel Rosenthal | Orchestrator |
| Camera | André Bac | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Fred Langenfeld | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Maurice Pecqueux | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Pierre Levent | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Darius Milhaud | Original Music Composer |
