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Civil Wars in France

Film1978135 min10.0/10 on TMDB

Directed by Vincent Nordon, François Barat, Joël Farges

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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.Read moreLess

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.

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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.

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Cast & crew

Sami FreySami FreyBabeuf (segment "Babeuf")
Brigitte FosseyBrigitte FosseyAndrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Julie DelpyJulie Delpy(segment "La semaine sanglante")
Rosine CadoretRosine CadoretInnkeeper (segment "Premier empire")
Didier BezaceDidier BezaceActor (segment "Premier empire")
Marc de JongeMarc de JongeAllied commissioner (segment "Premier empire")
Philippe CollinPhilippe CollinNapoléon (segment "Premier empire")
Georges AzenstarckGeorges AzenstarckPhotographer (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Anne WiazemskyAnne WiazemskyElisabeth Dimitrieff (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Pierre VialPierre VialThiers (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Albert DelpyAlbert Delpy(segment "La semaine sanglante")
Catherine JourdanCatherine Jourdan(segment "Premier empire") (voice)
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Director
Joël Farges
Producer
Agnès Datin