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Yuri Gagarin

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Yuri Gagarin

Born March 9, 1934 · Klushino, Soviet Union

Died March 27, 1968 · aged 34

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin  was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human travel into outer space: his capsule, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.

Known For

Gagarin, I Loved YouGagarin, I Loved You · 1991
Gagarin, I Loved You
1991
MovieDocumentary
Personal view of the era that left its mark on an entire generation of Soviet people, a look at euphoria and hero worship.
On a grandi ensembleOn a grandi ensemble · 2022
On a grandi ensemble
2022
MovieDocumentary
In Ivry sur Seine, in the Parisian suburbs, the Gagarin housing estate was a symbol. Destroyed in 2020, this film brings it back to life, through the eyes of Adnane Tragha, who grew up across the street, and through the words of its former inhabitants. Back in the deserted city, they evoke their memories of the place. Daniel, Loïc, Karima, Yvette, Foued, Samira and Mehdy tell us about their lives, their experiences and their feelings. The difficulties as well as the solidarity, the stigmatization as well as the mutual aid, the good memories as well as the bad. Crossing temporalities and experiences, "We grew up together" paints, through small subjective touches, the story of a city like so many others. This film is a "counter-history", the rehabilitation of a word that is too rare, a hymn to working-class neighborhoods. "At the same time documentary, fiction, archival work, We grew up together is multifaceted, like the city.

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On a grandi ensembleOn a grandi ensemble · 2022
On a grandi ensemble
2022
MovieDocumentary
In Ivry sur Seine, in the Parisian suburbs, the Gagarin housing estate was a symbol. Destroyed in 2020, this film brings it back to life, through the eyes of Adnane Tragha, who grew up across the street, and through the words of its former inhabitants. Back in the deserted city, they evoke their memories of the place. Daniel, Loïc, Karima, Yvette, Foued, Samira and Mehdy tell us about their lives, their experiences and their feelings. The difficulties as well as the solidarity, the stigmatization as well as the mutual aid, the good memories as well as the bad. Crossing temporalities and experiences, "We grew up together" paints, through small subjective touches, the story of a city like so many others. This film is a "counter-history", the rehabilitation of a word that is too rare, a hymn to working-class neighborhoods. "At the same time documentary, fiction, archival work, We grew up together is multifaceted, like the city.