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The End of Kings

2020 · 39 min

A quiet, observant documentary that watches young people find their voice through theatre, carrying the weight of history without raising its own.

Directed by
Rémi Brachet
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jules Sagot, Soumaye Bocoum, Daouda Diakhaté
Overview
The riots that were to spread across the whole of France in 2005 began in Clichy-sous-Bois outside the gates of Paris. What has happened since then? A school class in the Banlieue rehearsing a play discover the subversive power of appropriation.

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Directed by
Rémi Brachet
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jules Sagot, Soumaye Bocoum, Daouda Diakhaté
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • race
  • identity
  • power
  • art
Places
  • suburbs
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Rémi Brachet
Starring
Jules Sagot, Soumaye Bocoum, Daouda Diakhaté
Runtime
39 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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