Screening-Meeting: The damned of the Commune
THE DAMNED OF THE COMMUNE
Co-production: ARTE France, Cinétévé (2021). Directed by: Raphaël Meyssan Tout public. Duration: 1h27. On reservation.
At the end of the 1860s, Paris rumbled. To deflect social anger, the rulers targeted an external enemy, Prussia. But the conflict turned into a fiasco and, in September 1870, the capital was surrounded. The Empire collapsed, a provisional government was instituted. The Parisians refuse to surrender and organize the election of a Commune...
«Animation documentary of a new genre» (Liberation), «Great graphic poem» (Telerama), «The non-conformism of the idea, the virtuosity of the cutting, take us with a tremendous breath» (France Inter), this UFO had the largest documentary audience of the 2020-2021 ARTE season, with three million spectators. He received the Laurier award for best documentary