The 6th greatest documentary of all time according to the 'Sight & Sound' poll 2014. The list was compiled after polling from over 200 critics and curators and 100 filmmakers.
The sociologist Edgar Morin, who co-directed Chronicle of a Summer (1961), coined the term Cinéma Vérité in one of his texts shortly before the film was produced.
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #648.