Liberation Diaries

Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand, jazz musician and composer extraordinaire, has left his mark on the history of cinema, including the films of Jacques Demy, especially

2024

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

At the end of his life, gravely ill, François Truffaut took refuge with his ex-wife Madeleine Morgenstern. She tried to keep him occupied during his l

2024

Jacques Rozier: From One Wave to Another

Jacques Rozier or the fierce, independent itinerary of a filmmaker in perpetual disarray, admired by his peers and pampered by the critics.

2024

Faye

Through honest reflection, complemented by insight from colleagues and friends, Faye Dunaway contextualizes her life and filmography, laying bare her

2024

Anxious to Return

A wounded soldier of the Northeast Anti-Japanese forces is found and helped by a local girl. They fall in love, but the soldier wants to return to his

1979

SIX MINUTES OF WAR

In the time of WW2 Sgt Holt and his platoon were ordered to clear the forest from the enemy troops, with no mercy. The men experienced the war cruelt

2020

Seven Beauties

Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties" is a petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while claiming t

1975

Sociology Is a Martial Art

"I often say sociology is a martial art, a means of self-defence. Basically, you use it to defend yourself, without having the right to use it for unf

2001

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

Molly is a girl living in the year 1944 and WWII has brought many changes to Molly's life. An English girl comes to live with Molly's family to escape

2006

Profils paysans : l'approche

The first of a documentary serie about rural France.

2001

Profils paysans : le quotidien

Second documentary of a trilogy produced on the long term (together with Profils paysans: l'approche (2001) and Profils paysans: La vie moderne (2008)

2005

McCurry: The Pursuit of Colour

If something of import has taken place in our lifetimes, chances are that Steve McCurry has photographed it, from the wars in the Arab world to the 9/

2022

Let's Get Lost

Documentary about jazz great Chet Baker that intercuts footage from the 1950s, when he was part of West Coast Cool, and from his last years. We see th

1988

36 Hours

Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe o

1964

Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, all persons of Japanese descent in Canada were sent to internment camps. The former Asahi members survived

2003

Cree Code Talker

CREE CODE TALKER reveals the role of Canadian Cree code talker Charles 'Checker' Tomkins during the Second World War. Digging deep into the US archive

2016

Misa's Fugue

The true story of one boy's journey as a victim of Nazi oppression. While exposed to some of the most horrific events of the Holocaust, Misa was able

2012

Turret

A devoted family man and B-17 turret gunner thrust into the perilous skies over WWII Europe. But the danger doesn’t end in the air—his survival sets o

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their

1985

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

A renegade team of World War II soldiers. This time, one of the 12 is a woman and, with a Nazi spy within their midst, they're up against German warti

1988