Simone de Beauvoir

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.

In the 70s, actress Delphine Seyrig and director Carole Roussopoulos, both militant feminists, were the pioneers of video activism in France. They documented the demonstrations of French feminists and used the new technologies to counter the poor representation of women in the public media.

Documentary about one of the greatest French thinkers of the twentieth century, Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009).

Hôtel La Louisiane is, at its core, a film about freedom and dignity. Freedom for those who wish to live in a place where they are able to feel inspired. Dignity for the hotel owner to stand by his promise to his father and keep their mission alive: to provide an affordable sanctuary for artists and students in search of fulfilling employment, which they certainly won’t find at other hotels. Freedom, too, to be in an environment of tolerance and rid of prejudice. This film is not just a story about a mythical setting in Paris; it portrays the microcosm of a lifestyle in which collective values reign supreme. A film where what’s real and true is placed above national borders or cultural barriers.

Two interviews, recorded 16 years apart, illuminating the historic role, personality and thoughts of the novelist, philosopher and political activist who paved the way for Second-Wave Feminism.

Melodrama about a man cursed with immortality, who tries to declare his undying love for a depressed actress.

Ernesto Che Guevara foi um dos protagonistas da história do século XX. Passados décadas de sua morte, ele continua mais vivo do que nunca no imaginário coletivo e nas lendas da América Latina, como a esperança de libertação para todos os povos oprimidos do mundo. Utilizando raras imagens de arquivo, incluindo todo o material disponível no acervo estatal de Cuba, Ernesto Che Guevara é um excelente filme histórico que acompanha todas as etapas da vida desse grande mito: da sua juventude na Argentina à sua trágica morte no interior da Bolívia, passando por sua legendária campanha como revolucionário. Além disso, muitos aspectos de sua vida pessoal são revelados. A trilha do filme é composta de um belíssimo cancioneiro de músicas latinas e internacionais, dedicadas a Che.

In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection.

Em 1976, Delphine Seyrig perguntou a 24 atrizes francesas e americanas sobre suas experiências profissionais enquanto mulheres, seus papéis e relações com os diretores. Uma análise preocupante de uma indústria que só atribui papéis com base em clichês e estereótipos.

Documentary on writer/philospher Simone de Beauvoir via interviews of herself and friends supplimented with archive footage resulting in an intimate portrait avaoiding the usual clichés.

A documentary directed by Marianne Ahrne, based on the French writer Simone de Beauvoir's Essay of the Age. The film discusses whether older people are really treated as human beings or not

Michel Contat is Emeritus Director of Research at the CNRS, ITEM/CNRS/ENS and a specialist of Jean-Paul Sartre whose novels and theater he has edited in the Pléiade edition and about whom he has written several books. With Alexander Astruc, he made the film Sartre par lui-même (1976) and, with Antoine Burnier, co-wrote the script of Claude Garretta’s TV film Sartre, L’Age des passions (2006). As a journalist, Contat contributed literary columns for Le Monde since 1978, and as an amateur musician, he was the jazz columnist for the magazine Télérama. His most recent books are Pour Sartre (2006) and André Gorz; vers la société libérée (2009).

Pasolini parte da obra de Sade e revisita o episódio histórico da República de Salò para apresentar sua visão sobre o poder, a sexualidade, o conformismo e a juventude italiana dos anos 1970, em um filme de quatro partes: Ante-Inferno, Círculo das Manias, Círculo da Merda e uma última, Círculo de Sangue.

Simone de Beauvoir cede uma entrevista.

O ano de 1975 é declarado “o ano da mulher,” e Bernard Pivot convida Françoise Giroud, então Secretária do Estado, para o seu programa de TV. Confrontando uma série de declarações misóginas, o coletivo de cineastas femininas “Les Insoumuses” faz uma paródia provocadora dos temas apresentados.

Variations on the cultural and intellectual explosion in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district in 1946.