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- Today, all anybody needs to run is the determination and a pair of the right shoes. But just fifty years ago, running was viewed almost exclusively as the domain of elite male athletes who competed on tracks. With insight and propulsive energy, director Pierre Morath traces running�۪s rise to the 1960s, examining how the liberation movements and newfound sense of personal freedom that defined the era took the sport out of the stadiums and onto the streets, and how legends like Steve Prefontaine, Fred Lebow, and Kathrine Switzer redefined running as a populist phenomenon.
- In October 2021, Jean-Luc Godard presented his idea for Scénarios, a 34' film combining still and moving images, halfway between reading and seeing.
- Hopkins' career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him back into the context of each period and will be helpful in understanding his role in the history of cinema, because he was far from following the trends. He never belonged to any film movement; he is a chameleon that has always preferred natural acting, 'non-acting' when method acting was the fashion.
- This is the story of a man who climbed the Hollywood ladder, one rung at a time, until he reached the top and became the most prominent American actor of his era.
- On November 13, 2015, terrorists killed 130 people in several locations in Paris through attacks and suicide bombings. In the Bataclan club, 90 terror victims died. ARTE once again documents the international police investigations on the occasion of the beginning of the trial against the only surviving terrorist Salah Abdeslam and 19 other suspects. The Islamist attacks of November 13, 2015 shook Paris and the rest of the world. The system's weak points that effectively enabled the attacks were investigated in 2016 by a parliamentary study group, finally summarizing its finds in a dossier. Francis Gillery's documentary "Les ombres du Bataclan" is based on this dossier. It details the investigations and the course of events. For this documentary, the director cooperated with Georges Fenech, the former president of the parliamentary study group. Shortly before the beginning of the trial against the Bataclan attackers in September 2021, the documentary details the facts and the context of the attacks and tries to find out, what actions were taken by European politicians and intelligence services as a result of the attacks.
- Based on archive material, the film reveals the final years of Israel's founder, David Ben-Gurion. Excluded from leadership, he allowed himself a hindsight perspective on the Zionist enterprise.
- How do dictatorships like Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan launder their reputations from despotic to democratic? This investigative series exposes how Lady Gaga, luxury gifts and scandalous private wealth are used to wield a new "caviar diplomacy" around the world.
- A look into the lives of teenage male prostitutes working the area known as the "Electricity Garden" in Tel Aviv.
- The town and Abbey of the Mont Saint-Michel built on a tiny rocky tidal island overlooking the Bay has captured the imagination of millions of visitors. The settlement on the island dates back to the 8th Century. The maze-like constructions overlapping one another unfold over centuries.
- A French documentary about the English rock band The Who, formed in London 1964. Their classic lineup consisted of Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon.
- He was the first (blond) fallen angel of rock. By disappearing at the age of 27, drowned in his swimming pool on July 3, 1969, Brian Jones inaugurated the macabre list of rock's shooting stars: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, all decimated at the same age by a too toxic lifestyle. Mounted very early in London, one of the first "slide guitar" players recruits beginners named Mick Jagger, Keith Richards or Charlie Watts, chooses the name "Rolling Stones", defines the garage sound and blues, and inspires the bad boy side of the band. But endowed with a shy, insecure temperament, Brian Jones is gradually crushed by the creative power of the Jagger/Richards duo.
- At the end of January 1857, Gustave Flaubert was sitting in the dock of the sixth correctional chamber of Paris, accused of insulting public morality and religion because of his novel "Madame Bovary". However, it is above all Emma Bovary, the character of the book who is accused and, through her, all women who dare to follow their desires in a conservative patriarchal society. Flaubert will be acquitted and the success of his novel assured. It will leave a great imprint in the society, discussed by writers or interpreters of the role of Emma Bovary, whose story has given rise to numerous film adaptations.
- ISIS is waging a merciless war against Culture in portions of Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Egypt with the goal of creating a new world order by destroying centuries-old libraries and archaeological sites, places that conserve our heritage.
- An America plunged into a permanent heat wave, where nature has disappeared. Mostly homeless, its inhabitants are fed only by strange plankton-based biscuits distributed by a sprawling company. In 1973, Richard Fleischer's "Soylent Green", starring Charlton Heston, was the first science-fiction film to evoke not an exogenous threat (attack by Martians, nuclear war), but a climatic and environmental catastrophe for which man is solely responsible. A true ecological plea, the film also marked the beginnings of environmental awareness on the big screen and was followed by many emulators in Hollywood. But what lessons have been learned over the past fifty years?
- Short biography of the great actress, Julie Andrews. From her childhood in London to her later roles.
- They are hackers, programmers, developers, ministers. Their project: to make Taiwan the world laboratory of direct democracy.
- Details the relationship of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, and highlights the place that the couple and Casa Azul took in the days of Communists fleeing to Mexico. Leon Trotsky's exile to Mexico City and Casa Azul affected the couple and their circle. Rare footage of Frida, Diego, Trotsky, and stock footage of Casa Azul and the couple's shared home are mixed to delight fans of art and Frida.
- The captivating story of the genesis of "American Psycho" and the immense controversy that this bloody and visionary novel by Bret Easton Ellis provoked, taken at face value when it was released in 1991.
- Twelve years in the making, Republic of Silence bears witness to a tragedy on an epic scale, accompanied by an ever-expanding mosaic of fragile, deeply embedded moments from the filmmaker's life
- More than 2.000 years ago, Narbonne in today's Département Aude was the capital of a huge Roman province in Southern Gaul - Gallia Narbonensis. It was the second most important Roman port in the western Mediterranean and the town was one of the most important commercial hubs between the colonies and the Roman Empire, thus the town could boast a size rivaling that of the city that had established it: Rome itself. Paradoxically, the town that distinguished itself for its impressive architecture, today shows no more signs of it: neither temples, arenas, nor theaters. Far less significant Roman towns like Nîmes or Arles are full of ancient sites. Narbonne today is a tranquil town in Occitania. For the past 20 years, archaeological excavations have been unearthing what once constituted the importance of Narbo Martius: The excavations have brought to light the remains of a monumental Capitol, an amphitheater and of subterranean storerooms. In 2019, a large Roman necropolis of 1.500 graves was discovered at the outskirts of Narbonne. The history of the inhabitants of Narbo Martius is narrated in light of these spectacular finds. The inhabitants' origins, customs and way of life are reconstructed. Further excavations unearthed living quarters, ancient streets, wine-growing estates, docks and even a huge and extravagant villa of 2.500 square meters. Narbo Martius was Rome's first colony in Gaul and became a town of first rank importance when Cesar's legions arrived. Later, on account of Emperor Augustus' order, it was made the capital of the region: as "Rome's eldest daughter", or as second Rome, the town exercised its immense influence on the Mediterranean region for more than 300 years.
- Two Aboriginal elders set out to save their community from cultural extinction. Combining traditional knowledge and contemporary scientific expertise, they created an economic impetus for younger Aborigines to return to their ancestor's lands.
- ISIS forces were driven out of Mosul in July 2017. How to rebuild the city after more than 3 years of occupation?
- The story of the birth of a novel that has become a monument of world literature and of the political metamorphosis of its author, converted to social progress.
- In 2018, Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing populist candidate, was elected to lead Brazil. At the time, former President Lula was serving a prison sentence for corruption. But during the 2022 election, the two men clashed: cleared by the Supreme Court, Lula returned to the presidential race and was the favorite in the polls. Filmed for four months before the election, the first round of which takes place on October 2, this documentary analyzes the forces present and places the issue of the election in the high-tension context of the time.
- Ludivine, 15, is facing the juvenile court system. Her judge offers an alternative to being placed in foster care: embark on a three-month walk across Spain. It's the beginning of a 1700-kilometer journey on foot.
- It is one of the West's most powerful myths. The story of how the American West was won - by great heroes and white men. BLACK WEST tells the flip side of that myth. In 1875, one of four American cowboys was Black - Black sheriffs, Black trappers and Black soldiers. Some were adopted by Native American tribes, while others became slaves. These anonymous heroes were the inspiration for many great Westerns; yet Hollywood has erased them from the silver screen. Pieced together from archives, carefully crafted re-enactments and first-hand historical accounts, BLACK WEST restores these invisible heroes to their rightful place in history.
- Las Vegas isn't the only city adorned with architectural replicas. Today, you can admire the London Bridge near Shanghai, visit St. Peter's Basilica in Côte d'Ivoire, or take selfies with one of China's Eiffel Towers. These large-scale copycat monuments can seem like mirages conceived by clever real estate investors, but what do they say about imaginary geographies, modern tourism and globalized urban planning? Do they herald a world where travellers won't cross borders, or are they proof of heightened cultural exchange and new transnational identities? A captivating and poetic meditation, THE REAL THING elegantly journeys from one corner of the globe to the next-capturing a strange postcard here, an unexpected slice of life there-and collects philosophical musings from the people who design and inhabit those places. It creates an intriguing mirror game that plays with the viewer's perception and reflects an unexpected image of the world.
- Discovered in 1951 by Colette, who chose her to play her Gigi on Broadway, Audrey Hepburn immediately imposed her sparkling smile and her slender figure. From "Sabrina" in 1954 to "Diamants on the sofa" in 1961, her unequaled charm, between elegance, lightness and melancholy makes her an icon. This portrait proposed by Emmanuelle Franc lifts the veil on the cracks of the actress, which have shaped her incomparable style. From the abandonment of her father when she was only 6 years old to her forced renunciation of a dancing career, through her years of poverty and deprivation during the Second World War, which permanently damaged her health, the Audrey Hepburn's youth was marked by hardships.
- A documentary showing the proceedings around a French castle, turned luxury hotel, over a year.
- Based on dozens of interviews and other recordings this documentary tries to create the portrait of chanson legend Serge Gainsbourg through his own words.
- This film raises important questions about the nature of tradition and technology, localization and globalization, in order to save both the environment and ethnic cultures.
- This documentary about Polish cineaste Krzysztof Kieslowski follows the filming of The Double Life of Véronique (1991) and attempts to identify the personality of the filmmaker.
- When it was published in 1782, the novel "Les Liaisons dangereuses" scandalized and unleashed passions. It was read under the cloak and in the alcoves to better offend its scent of sulfur and its sexual allusions. Composed of 175 letters from a Machiavellian duo of aristocrats - partners then enemies -, the novel, a brilliant treatise on libertinism, intertwines love, revenge and scheming in a refined language. Judged immoral, the book is especially condemned as a corrupter of souls, especially that of young girls. Even more than the Viscount de Valmont, a debauched seducer, the diabolical Marquise de Merteuil stuns and disturbs. A manipulator with a formidable intelligence, this widow and wounded lover, who aspires to the power of men, fights to conquer it in a merciless war of the sexes.
- On June 22, 1944, Himmler signed the official order delegating to the SS leaders of the concentration camps located in the territories occupied by the Reich in the East the evacuation of the prisoners fit for work to camps far from the front. Caught between the offensive of the Anglo-American troops and that of the Red Army, the Nazi regime wanted to keep its military-industrial machine running with its captive workforce. More than 700,000 prisoners, men and women judged fit for work, were transferred on foot or sometimes by truck to train stations where they were crammed into convoys of goods. They took to the road throughout the last year of the world conflict to reach Germany and Austria, from camp to camp. More than a third of them died during these terrible "death marches".
- In the later part of his oeuvre, the famous Japanese filmmaker Yasujirô Ozu looks at the society of post-war Japan through family stories from the lower middle class. Arte has compiled a decalogy of 10 films from this period from the director's creative work. This short documentary film, created in this context, explains the film works using fragments of Ozu's notes, which he wrote between 1933 and 1963, elegant drawings and film clips. A fine insight into the themes and aesthetics of this moving cinema about intimacy and the passage of time and a fascinating journey into the moving final part of the Japanese master's work.
- Sexual abuses, mental manipulation and embezzlement: Tibetan Buddhism is shaken by serious scandals. An in-depth account that lifts the veil on the unspiritual underbelly of a religion venerated in Europe.
- Re-reading of Marguerite Duras' novel "A dam against the Pacific", 70 years after its publication, while the French colonial past is still debated.
- Boris Vian. A novelist? A songwriter? A playwright? A poet? A trumpet player? A music publishing company producer? A singer? A visual artist? An engineer? Well, this man was all of that, without being a Jack of all trades as he was often accused of being. For what united all those various activities was a way of being, what could be called his "jazz attitude". Vian's passion for this style of music indeed inspired his style in all the categories he covered. It even dictated his relation to life and death.