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On the Road in France

2018 · 139 min

A thoughtful, talky road trip through modern France with two veteran observers, more conversation than spectacle.

Directed by
Romain Goupil
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Romain Goupil, Emmanuel Macron
Overview
Fifty years after the events of May 68, Dany Cohn-Bendit and Romain Goupil have decided to start a journey across France. In this "road movie" they explore the territories - at times bewildering - of the Republic. Observing, listening, debating, discovering the state of the country. Its crises and its hopes. Its ordinary heroes, its gravediggers, its innovators...ON THE ROAD IN FRANCE or the tour and detours in France of two old children of 68.

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Directed by
Romain Goupil
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Romain Goupil, Emmanuel Macron
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    • politics
    • class
    • identity
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    • countryside
    • small town
    • road trip
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    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
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    • Language mild
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Romain Goupil
    Starring
    Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Romain Goupil, Emmanuel Macron, Robert Ménard
    Cinematography
    Valéry Gaillard
    Runtime
    139 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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