Movies: Point Du Jour

  • 2023
    Draw Me Egypt - Doaa El-Adl, A Stroke of Freedom

    Draw Me Egypt - Doaa El-Adl, A Stroke of Freedom (2023)

    Draw Me Egypt - Doaa El-Adl, A Stroke of Freedom

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    Doaa el-Adl, the first woman to be awarded the esteemed Journalistic Distinction in Caricature, serves as a catalyst for transformation within the predominantly male-dominated realm of Egyptian political cartoonists. Challenging patriarchal norms, sh...

    Draw Me Egypt - Doaa El-Adl, A Stroke of Freedom
  • 2021
    Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!

    Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose! (2021)

    Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!

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    Moscow, January 1996. Boris Yeltsin gets ready to run for a second mandate of the presidency of the young Russian Federation. Polls are in the single digits. A painful economic transition, war in Chechnya, and the rise of criminal groups have left th...

    Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!
  • 2002
    Dark Side of the Moon

    Dark Side of the Moon (2002)

    Dark Side of the Moon

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    A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel which originally aired on Arte in 2002 with the title Opération Lune. The basic premise for the film is the theory that the television footage from the ...

    Dark Side of the Moon
  • 2014
    Afghanistan 1979: The War That Changed the World

    Afghanistan 1979: The War That Changed the World (2014)

    Afghanistan 1979: The War That Changed the World

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    'Afghanistan 1979: the war that changed the world', is a French documentary about the Sovjet invasion in Afghanistan in 1979. It was one of the most crucial events of the 20th century, and changed the world forever. This documentary gives a good insi...

    Afghanistan 1979: The War That Changed the World
  • 2006
    Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

    Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess (2006)

    Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

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    In 1956, actress and Hollywood star Grace Kelly (1929-82), then at the height of her film career, unexpectedly dropped everything to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Jinx, an American journalist and friend of the future princess, accompanied her o...

    Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
  • 2004
    Something About Sydney Pollack

    Something About Sydney Pollack (2004)

    Something About Sydney Pollack

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    In this archival documentary, Sydney Pollack discusses his career and relationship with various actors, directors and producers. A large portion of the documentary examines Pollack and Robert Redford's friendship, as well as the various films they di...

    Something About Sydney Pollack
  • 2023
    Behind the Lines

    Behind the Lines (2023)

    Behind the Lines

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    Amany Al-Ali stands out as one of Syria's few female cartoonists, residing in her father's home in Idlib, the last city unconquered by Assad's forces. Like her remaining neighbours she's submitted to relentless Russian airstrikes and caught between a...

    Behind the Lines
  • 2014
    Revolution, Riot Grrrl Style

    Revolution, Riot Grrrl Style (2014)

    Revolution, Riot Grrrl Style

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    Today, we see a new style of feminism springing up everywhere - young, provocative and radical. To get their message across, these women have decided to rely on rock music! While the Pussy Riot shock Russia and fascinate the West, the concerts of Pea...

    Revolution, Riot Grrrl Style
  • 2024
    Architecton

    Architecton (2024)

    Architecton

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    An extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete and its ancestor, stone. Victor Kossakovsky raises a fundamental question: how do we inhabit the world of tomorrow?...

    Architecton
  • 2016
    Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan

    Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan (2016)

    Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan

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    The story of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, known as the Tokyo Trial, which, just after the Second World War, was established in Japan as a special jurisdiction in 1946 (it was closed in 1948) to judge the war crimes of the Jap...

    Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan
  • 2004
    Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

    Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! (2004)

    Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

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    Documentary about the Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike, where we see him attend film festivals, personal influences and of course the study of his main films, apart from the opinions about him by other filmmakers such as Takeshi Kitano or Kinji Fukas...

    Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
  • 2024
    Congo-Océan, un chemin de fer et de sang

    Congo-Océan, un chemin de fer et de sang (2024)

    Congo-Océan, un chemin de fer et de sang

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    Congo-Océan, un chemin de fer et de sang
  • 2017
    Un jour en Italie

    Un jour en Italie (2017)

    Un jour en Italie

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    Un jour en Italie
  • 2010
    La Nueve, the Forgotten Men of the 9th Company

    La Nueve, the Forgotten Men of the 9th Company (2010)

    La Nueve, the Forgotten Men of the 9th Company

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    The story of the Spanish Republicans of La Nueve, the 9th Company of the Régiment de marche du Tchad, part of the French 2nd Armored Division, known as Leclerc Division, whose troops were the first who entered Nazi-occupied Paris on August 24, 1944....

    La Nueve, the Forgotten Men of the 9th Company
  • 2014
    Pourquoi les femmes sont-elles plus petites que les hommes ?

    Pourquoi les femmes sont-elles plus petites que les hommes ? (2014)

    Pourquoi les femmes sont-elles plus petites que les hommes ?

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    Pourquoi les femmes sont-elles plus petites que les hommes ?
  • 2021
    A Thousand Fires

    A Thousand Fires (2021)

    A Thousand Fires

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    Using their bare hands, married couple Htwe Tin and Thein Shwe draw oil from a pit they drilled themselves on the land next to their house. There are lots of these “artisanal” oilfields dotted around Myanmar, where people have swapped crop cultivatio...

    A Thousand Fires
  • 2007
    In the Mood for Doyle

    In the Mood for Doyle (2007)

    In the Mood for Doyle

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    Christopher Doyle is one of the best known and most acclaimed directors of photography in world cinema. Born in Australia, he sees himself as an Asian citizen rather than a Westerner. His artistic contribution to the films of Wong Kar-wai, Zhang Jimo...

    In the Mood for Doyle
  • 2010
    Malls R Us

    Malls R Us (2010)

    Malls R Us

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    Combining nostalgia, dazzling architecture, pop culture, economics and politics, MALLS R US examines North America's most popular and profitable suburban destination-the enclosed shopping center-and how for consumers they function as a communal, even...

    Malls R Us
  • 1999
    Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend

    Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend (1999)

    Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend

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    Documentary of an underwater archaeological expedition led by French explorer Franck Goddio that explores the sunken ancient city of Alexandria, Egypt, where Cleopatra made her home over 2,000 years ago. The underwater exploration team uses advanced ...

    Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend
  • 2007
    Les Sénégalaises et la Sénégauloise

    Les Sénégalaises et la Sénégauloise (2007)

    Les Sénégalaises et la Sénégauloise

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    Director Alice Diop was born in France of Senegalese parents. After their death, she felt the need to explore her roots. Armed with her camera, she went to spend a month filming the daily lives of the women of her family whom she had never met: Néné ...

    Les Sénégalaises et la Sénégauloise