Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven

Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven 2016

6.90

A look at the life and provocative film work of controversial Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven.

2016

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit 2018

7.00

An account of the life of actress Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017), a true icon of the New Wave and one of the most idolized French movie stars.

2018

In and Out of Fashion

In and Out of Fashion 1998

6.00

The legendary photographer William Klein has designed this fascinating book on fashion photography, with a selection of images from throughout his career, including material from his films. Though Klein claims roots in areas as diverse as painting, street photography, the tabloids, and B movies, his fashion work has been known since the fifties and sixties and has been a constant in his career.

1998

444 jours qui ont fait plier l'Amérique

444 jours qui ont fait plier l'Amérique 2022

8.00

On January 20, 1981, 52 members of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran were released after 444 days of captivity. Told by those who lived through it, a crisis that traumatized America and upset the political balance in the Middle East.

2022

Patrice Chéreau, irrésistiblement vivant

Patrice Chéreau, irrésistiblement vivant 2023

1

A biography of creative prodigy Chéreau who ran his first theater aged 22 and went on to fascinate audiences with innovative stage productions and haunting movies, as witnessed by many of his collaborators.

2023

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty 2020

7.90

The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, producer, composer, choreographer, Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977) used his talent to serve an ideal of justice and freedom. But his best scenario was his own destiny, a story written into the political and artistic history of the 20th century.

2020

De Gaulle, the Last King of France

De Gaulle, the Last King of France 2017

8.00

Charles de Gaulle, the first president (1958-1969) of the Vth Republic, France’s current system of government, left his mark on the country . He was statesman of action and has been compared to a monarch. This film depicts the general’s personality through the great events of his presidential term, at a time when the world was undergoing considerable changes.

2017

The Light of Dawn: The Normandy Landings

The Light of Dawn: The Normandy Landings 2014

8.40

The Normandy landings of 6 June 1944 were pivotal to the outcome of WW2. We learn when Churchill and Roosevelt first proposed the operation and how preparations started—finishing with the key events of D-Day and the far-reaching effects of its outcome.

2014

68

68 2008

4.90

From Washington to Saigon, Rome to Mexico, Paris to Prague, a wave of protests shook the world. 68 looks back at the looks back at the Vietnam War, the Prague Spring and the Soviet Invasion, the Paris riots, Dubcek, Che Guevara, De Gaulle, Cohn-Bendrik and more. A dive into the chaos of a turbulent year, featuring fantastic colour footage and the music of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrisson and Bob Dylan.

2008

Fritz Bauer, un procureur contre le nazisme

Fritz Bauer, un procureur contre le nazisme 2019

8.25

Frankfurt, 20 December 1963—For the first time, a German federal court places Nazi war criminals on trial. Fritz Bauer, a previously unknown prosecutor, is on a mission. Against the policy of silence and denial, Bauer wants not only to examine these Nazis but to make the whole of Germany face up to its past. It would be a shock to the nation and a young generation of Germans would be horrified to discover the crimes of their parents. German society would never be the same.

2019

Hitler, My Neighbor

Hitler, My Neighbor 2013

1

German Jewish Edgar Feuchtwanger was a carefree child from Munich, pampered by his parents and his nanny, when Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party, moved into the building across the street in 1929.

2013

The Mole

The Mole 2011

6.50

Pawel, a Polish man in his early 30s, makes a living with his father Zygmunt importing second-hand clothing from the North of France to Southern Poland. On his way back from one of regular "business trips", Pawel is shocked to discover his father's picture on the cover of a Polish tabloid newspaper. The headline "traitor" is written next to his name. Zygmunt is a genuine hero of the struggle against totalitarianism and a recognized member of the "Solidarnosc" labor movement of the 80s. But now, Zygmunt is suddenly accused by the paper of having acted as a secret informer called THE MOLE by the communist regime.

2011

13 novembre : L'Audience est ouverte

13 novembre : L'Audience est ouverte 2021

8.00

The attacks of November 13, 2015 deeply marked France, with 131 dead and thousands injured, at the Stade de France, the Parisian terraces and the Bataclan. For the first time, victims, families, police officers, prosecutors, judges and lawyers recount their quest for truth and justice, from the night of the attacks to the final preparations for the trial that opens on September 8, 2021. For almost six years, the justice system has been on the move to investigate, question suspects, follow up on leads from Paris to Raqqa, and organize the largest terrorism trial France has ever seen.

2021