MOVIE
Civil Wars in France
Three episodes from the history of socialism: Babeuf, whose virulent discourse is a radical assessment of the bourgeois revolution of 1789 (Vincent Nordon episode); the legend of Napoleon I, or the formation of the state as it still dominates today (François Barat episode); and the carnage of the Paris Commune, which official history strives to repress and forget (Joël Farges episode). What does it mean to make a historical film today? It means illuminating the present in the light of the past, and therefore adopting the new modes of modern storytelling to challenge what dominates us, structures us, and oppresses us.
Creators
Vincent Nordon — Director · François Barat — Director · Joël Farges — Director
Top cast
Sami FreyBabeuf (segment "Babeuf")
Brigitte FosseyAndrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Julie Delpy(segment "La semaine sanglante")
Rosine CadoretInnkeeper (segment "Premier empire")
Didier BezaceActor (segment "Premier empire")
Marc de JongeAllied commissioner (segment "Premier empire")
Philippe CollinNapoléon (segment "Premier empire")
Georges AzenstarckPhotographer (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Anne WiazemskyElisabeth Dimitrieff (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Pierre VialThiers (segment "La semaine sanglante")KEEP DISCOVERING
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