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Right to the city

1974 · 25 min

A quiet, cerebral essay film that asks you to think alongside it about cities and who they belong to.

Overview
Lefebvre's Le Droit à la Ville as visualised by Jean-Louis Bertucelli

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • politics
    • class
    • power
    • identity
    • freedom
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
    Written by
    Henri Lefebvre
    Starring
    Michael Lonsdale
    Runtime
    25 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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