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2020 · ★ 9.3 · Documentary, History, War
Directed by Emmanuelle Nobécourt · Written by Olivier Wieviorka
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Je Veux Le Soleil Debout · 1985Je Veux Le Soleil Debout
★ 10.01985
MovieDocumentary
There was a child, Stéphane Hiroz, who dreamed of birds, a child among many others, a child however very different from the others because he has Down syndrome. Integrated into his small mountain village, he lives like an ordinary boy. Thanks to his mother who refuses to exclude her disabled child and his brother the director Pierre-Antoine Hiroz who do everything to make him a fulfilled person, Stéphane discovers passions which become reality thanks to the love which surrounds him: the Opera, ski touring...
Ballade à Devil's Tower · 1992Ballade à Devil's Tower
★ 10.01992
MovieDocumentaryAdventure
At the peak of her career as a rock climber, Catherine Destivelle goes to the United States to get away from the competitions and to recharge batteries. There, Destivelle travels by car through Utah and Wyoming to make spectacular free solo ascents in Indian Creek, where she soloes 'Supercrack' (5.10d), in Dead Horse Point State Park, and on the iconic Devil's Tower, where she climbs unroped the second half of the classic 130-foot route 'El Matador' (5.10d).
Histoire Immédiate · 2011Histoire Immédiate
★ 10.02011
SeriesDocumentary
Le temps d'une histoire · 2020Le temps d'une histoire
★ 10.02020
SeriesDocumentary
L’épopée des vignerons · 2022L’épopée des vignerons
★ 9.02022
MovieDocumentaryHistory
La Case du Siècle · 2010La Case du Siècle
★ 8.22010
SeriesDocumentary
La Case du Siècle is a French television program launched in 2010 and broadcast on France 5. Hosted by Fabrice d'Almeida, it airs documentaries every Sunday that aim to shed light on the history of the 20th century, both in France and around the world. Through these documentaries, viewers can deepen their knowledge of a specific subject or simply discover a particular era. *La Case du siècle* offers an in-depth look at the events that changed the course of history.
Trees, a Global Superpower · 2020Trees, a Global Superpower
★ 8.02020
MovieDocumentary
Humanity would not exist without trees. They are the backbone of the biosphere, fertilizing the earth, regulating the climate and water cycles, indispensable to our survival on earth. But just as science is starting to understand the true importance of this little-known genius, its very existence is menaced by man-made disruption. This film provides a science-based exploration into the superpowers of trees, a first-of-its-kind journey below the surface, to better understand them, and also the challenge that we face together in the struggle against global warming – a journey into a new dimension.
Sherlock Holmes Against Conan Doyle · 2018Sherlock Holmes Against Conan Doyle
★ 7.42018
MovieDocumentaryHistory
130 years after he was created, Sherlock Holmes is a literary character who exceeded his author's expectations and is known throughout the world. Find out the true story behind the author, Conan Doyle, and his struggle to come to terms with the phenomenon that is Sherlock Holmes.
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita · 2021Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
★ 7.32021
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The film city was solemnly inaugurated in 1937 by Mussolini. Here, propaganda films would be produced to strengthen the dictator's position.
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret · 2019Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
★ 7.22019
MovieDocumentary
How a young and wild tomboy Tunisian girl became a great actress by accident. Claudia Cardinale : the fanciful destiny of a paradoxical movie star, who appeared in Federico Fellini's, Luchino Visconti's, Blake Edwards' and Sergio Leone's films.
Charles Pathé and Léon Gaumont: The First Giants of Cinema · 2016Charles Pathé and Léon Gaumont: The First Giants of Cinema
★ 7.22016
MovieDocumentary
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian · 2015Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
★ 6.62015
MovieDocumentaryHistory
A portrait of the mythical Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-96), a unique performer who was one of the kings of European cinema.
Infrarouge · 2006Infrarouge
★ 6.02006
SeriesDocumentary
French current affair show
Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson · 2019Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson
★ 5.92019
MovieDocumentary
In a Hollywood career spanning more than 50 years and with 60 movie credits to his name, Jack Nicholson has conquered everyone, becoming the archetypal star who lives according to his own rules. Unmoved by critical approval and conventions he remains the most elusive of American actors.
Dracula, l'éternel · 2018Dracula, l'éternel
★ 5.02018
MovieDocumentary
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Escape from Sobibor · 1987Escape from Sobibor
★ 7.21987
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Tobruk · 1967Tobruk
★ 6.41967
MovieDramaHistory
In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.
Slaughterhouse-Five · 1972Slaughterhouse-Five
★ 6.51972
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.
Jane · 2017Jane
★ 7.52017
MovieDocumentary
Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives, director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane Goodall, a woman whose chimpanzee research revolutionized our understanding of the natural world.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
★ 7.51943
MovieWarDrama
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
Why We Fight: Prelude to War · 1942Why We Fight: Prelude to War
★ 6.41942
MovieDocumentaryWar
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.
In Enemy Hands · 2004In Enemy Hands
★ 5.92004
MovieWar
At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a small group of American survivors will find their loyalties put to the ultimate test when they're forced to join their German captors to fight for their very lives.
