This film had a huge influence on Italian neorealism and the the French new wave and one can easily see why. This film really captures "reality" without ever feeling manipulated or forced to tell a story. The joke at the end is the only out of place scene in the whole film. I loved this avant garde film, especially the scene on the lake. Look forward to watching it again.

There were some conflicting emotions watching this. It's lovely to see these young people being carefree and having fun, but we know of the atrocities that follow only a few years later. I'd like to know what became of the people in this film and whether they survived the war.

This is a fictional film that feels more like a documentary than anything else. It's like a time capsule; much like Vertov's Man With A Movie Camera. It's all naturalistic with the actors looking like regular people. That's kind of a weird thing to say but what I mean is that they look like people you'd see today. Or something. The girls are absolutely beautiful.

I didn't realise until after watching that Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann worked on this film. That's super awesome.

Picture this: The Man With a Movie Camera meets Lubitsch. That's pretty much what you get with People on Sunday. It, along with Movie Camera, feel more alive now, 80 years later, than most of the films released today. The film is slightly confusing, is it a documentary, or a fictional film? It is shot like a documentary, but it feels like a fictional film. Whatever it is, it works. The cast of amateurs perform admirably and the impressive names of the crew are not to be forgotten.

It doesn't sound all that exciting, but it feels like real life. It's a slice of nostalghia and it excels beyond expectations. It may not be a great film, but it's quite good.

Love the sped up momentum of the last few seconds, as the title cards rush up on you, which leads in to the same clenched-heart moment that comes with so many early ‘30s German movies, when you realize how completely doomed almost everyone involved would be in a few years time.

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This film had a huge influence on Italian neorealism and the the French new wave and one can easily see why. This film really captures "reality" without ever feeling manipulated or forced to tell a story. The joke at the end is the only out of place scene in the whole film. I loved this avant garde film, especially the scene on the lake. Look forward to watching it again.

A delight. The casting of non-actors works marvellously and the simplicity of the story doesn't matter so much when we're treated to stunning shot upon stunning shot. The close-ups of the main characters' faces were especially beautiful.

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