Cinema Verite

A measured, melancholic look behind the scenes of reality TV's birth, blending family tension with media critique.

Directed by

Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman

Genres

Drama

Starring

Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini

Overview

In 1973, the Loud family became a television sensation of a new kind. It was long before a metal rock star showed his eccentric family on the small screen and decades before housewives had screaming matches with each other on camera in public. CINEMA VERITE tells the behind-the-scenes story of the groundbreaking documentary "An American Family," which chronicled the lives of the Louds in the early 1970s and catapulted the Santa Barbara family to notoriety while creating a new television genre: the reality TV series.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, satirical and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Media, family, identity, betrayal

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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