Laurent Didier

We admire beauty; we recoil from bodies that are marred, disfigured, different. Didier Cros’ moving, intimate film forces us to question what underlies our notions of beauty as we join a talented photographer taking stunning portraits of several people with profound visible scars which have dictated certain elements of their lives but have not come to define their humanity. The subjects' perceptions of themselves are dynamic, unexpected, and even heartwarming. This is an unforgettable journey to be shared with the world.

In response to the call of the Front de libération nationale (F.L.N., the National Liberation Front), thousands of Algerians from Paris and its surroundings march on October 17, 1961, to protest against the curfew imposed on them. This peaceful demonstration will be violently put down by the police. 50 years on, the filmmaker sheds light on this still taboo subject. Blending testimony and unseen archive footage, history and memory, past and present, the film relates the different stages in these events and reveals the strategy and methods applied at the highest level of the French state: manipulation of public opinion, the systematic challenge of every accusation, the censoring of information in order to prevent investigation.

Inspirado en el fenómeno francés de la clase única, "Ser y Tener" muestra la vida de una pequeña clase de un pueblo a lo largo de todo un curso, mostrándonos una cálida y serena mirada a la educación primaria en el corazón de la Landa francesa. Una docena de alumnos entre 4 y 10 años, reunidos en la misma clase, se forman en todas las materias bajo la tutoría de un solo profesor de extraordinaria dedicación. Maestro de la autoridad tranquila, el profesor Georges López conduce a los chicos hacia la adolescencia, mediando entre sus disputas y escuchando sus problemas.