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Our Defeats

2019 · 94 min

A quiet, cerebral essay that moves between archival clips and young people's reflections, asking you to think rather than feel.

Directed by
Jean-Gabriel Périot
Genres
Documentary
Overview
By going back into the cinema of the 1968 era and going forward with present-day interviews of young people who replay excerpts of films jumping out from the past, Our Defeats draw the portrait of our current relations with politics. Our Defeats, or do we keep enough forces to confront ourselves with the chaos of today?

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Directed by
Jean-Gabriel Périot
Genres
Documentary
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • politics
    • memory
    • identity
    • rebellion
    • media
    Places
    • school
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension2
    Darkness4
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Jean-Gabriel Périot
    Cinematography
    Amine Berrada
    Runtime
    94 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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