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Civil Wars in France

1978 · 2h 15m · Drama, War, History

Three episodes from the history of socialism: Babeuf, whose virulent discourse is a radical assessment of the bourgeois revolution of 1789 (Vincent Nordon episode); the legend of Napoleon I, or the formation of the state as it still dominates today (François Barat episode); and the carnage of the Paris Commune, which official history strives to repress and forget (Joël Farges episode). What does it mean to make a historical film today? It means illuminating the present in the light of the past, and therefore adopting the new modes of modern storytelling to challenge what dominates us, structures us, and oppresses us.

Cast

• Sami Frey as Babeuf (segment "Babeuf")
• Brigitte Fossey as Andrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")
• Julie Delpy as (segment "La semaine sanglante")
• Rosine Cadoret as Innkeeper (segment "Premier empire")
• Didier Bezace as Actor (segment "Premier empire")
• Marc de Jonge as Allied commissioner (segment "Premier empire")
• Philippe Collin as Napoléon (segment "Premier empire")
• Georges Azenstarck as Photographer (segment "La semaine sanglante")
• Anne Wiazemsky as Elisabeth Dimitrieff (segment "La semaine sanglante")
• Pierre Vial as Thiers (segment "La semaine sanglante")
• Albert Delpy as (segment "La semaine sanglante")
• Catherine Jourdan as (segment "Premier empire") (voice)

Details

Director

François Barat, Joël Farges and Vincent Nordon

Released

March 15, 1978

Runtime

2h 15m

Genres

Drama, War, History

Studio

Cinéma 9 and P.I.P.A.

Status

Released

TMDB score

10.0 / 10 from 2 votes