Mehdi Lallaoui's documentary begins where it all ended, in New Caledonia, with images of the ruins of the penal colony where many Commune insurgents were deported, including Louise Michel. The director thus tracks down all the still visible traces of the insurrectional movement, in the South Pacific but especially in Paris, by following Alain Dalotel, author of numerous works on the Commune (and who died on May 29, 2020 in Bagnolet). He also tracks down all the archives, allowing us to understand, with the means of communication and information of the time (and with a voice-over by Bernard Langlois), what contemporaries experienced between March and May 1871: their hopes, their dreams, their fears, their anger.
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Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French docto...
The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marr...
After serving as an embassy secretary in London at the end of 1787, a position he didn't exactly enj...
1911. Lenin organizes the first Bolshevik party school near Paris, in the small town of Longjumeau. ...
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...
Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French docto...
Grace Dalrymple Elliot is a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determ...
Set in July 1793 during the outbreak of the French Revolution and the unleashing of the Reign of Ter...
This MGM Tabloid Musical short tells the story of how France's national anthem, "La Marseillaise", c...
Nostradamus writes a letter to his young son, and his prophecies are compared to events of the Frenc...
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 ...
At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of seve...
A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene...