Movie

It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks
2008 · 118 min
A sober, talk-heavy procedural that watches a courtroom argument about speech turn into a live wire of dread.
- Directed by
- Daniel LeConte
- Genres
- Documentary, History, Crime
- Starring
- Philippe Val, Cabu, Charb
- Overview
- The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic extremist in 2004, followed by the publishing of twelve satirical cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed that was commissioned for the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, provides the incendiary framework for Daniel Leconte's provocative documentary, It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks.
- How it feels
- Tense, earnest, satirical and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Politics, media, faith, justice
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Daniel LeConte
- Genres
- Documentary, History, Crime
- Starring
- Philippe Val, Cabu, Charb





