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- In the midst of a midlife crisis, writer Simon Polaris no longer wants to write. One day, his psychoanalyst told him that he had the watch that John F Kennedy would have worn on the day of his death. This watch becomes a fixation for Simon
- Filmed between 1973 and 1975, L'Olivier was produced by the Vincennes Cinema Group. This activist collective of teachers and filmmakers, formed on the occasion of this film, attempts to explain the Palestinian problem through interviews. The Olivier was one of the first films to attempt to give substance to what was still largely ignored in the West: the existence of the Palestinian people and their fight to recover their rights.
- The Algerian War is seen through the eyes of a group of Algerian freedom-fighters who have been captured and incarcerated in French-run military prisons both in France and Algeria. In addition to attempts at escape, this prison drama also includes propaganda and brainwashing attempts by the French and scenes of torture. In what is possibly the most horrible torture of all, the inmates are forced to listen to broadcast speeches by General Charles de Gaulle. Speeches which illustrate the changing relations between the French and the Algerians.
- "A burial, a cemetery made entirely of stones taken from the eroded lands encompassing the village where people lived and died." (James Blue). As usual, he sublimates this state-commissioned documentary on agronomy, bringing his aesthetic and poetic touch. It encompasses the theme of the film, in what touches it from more universal and existential angles; the carelessness of childhood, mourning, social condition... The meaning of life. This first short film in Algeria produced by Les Studios Africa by Georges Derocles, is the first of a series, preludes to his flagship feature film "Les Olives de la Justice".
- Abandoned as a baby, journalist Yue has only resent for the parents she never knew. While covering a tragic story about a woman and her unborn child, Yue receives news that her foster mother is dying. Her final wish is for Yue to meet her birth mother. With only a train ticket as clue, Yue embarks on a sweeping journey through China to find her mother and the truth behind her abandonment.
- Gillo Pontecorvo: the man, the life, the functioning, the passion. Childhood and studies in Pisa. The political momentum with the communist formation in France with Amendola and Negarville, the partisan lotte with the 'Eugenio Curiel' brigade and the military line of the PCI. The first cinematic hope of Yves Allegrét's father, Steno and Mario Monicelli, the Golden Lion and the nomination for the Oscar for "The Battle Of Algiers". Friendship and artistic solidarity with Franco Solinas and the institution of the literary prize in his honor. The 'Cinemavvenire' association, the management of the Mostra del Cinema di Venezia, the presidency of Cinecittà Holding and the creation of the International Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual of the Paesi Latin. It is about the world of a great supporter of Italian cinema and my political and social life from our nostalgic poems linked to family. he collaborated with him in Venice and with his friends from the past, Montaldo, Maselli, Tortorella.