Marseille, a city with a dual identity, is seen both as the setting of Pagnol’s films and as a hub for powerful organized crime. Often labeled France’s crime capital, its contemporary history is marked by recurring violence and media portrayals that clash with political leaders’ responses. Jérôme Pierrat examines the roots of this violence, exploring two centuries of social and political challenges that have shaped the city.

In May of 1982 Julio Cortázar, the Argentinean writer and his companion in life, Carol Dunlop set ou...

For the third time, HBO cameras go inside Trenton State Maximum Security Prison--and inside the mind...

What are we talking about when we talk about negotiations? About the state's concessions to the Mafi...
A documentary focused on the proliferation of bedbugs in Marseille.

January 6, 1980. President of the Sicily Piersanti Mattarella is going to Mass with his family when ...

In the streets of Marseille, René Allio encounters, once again, the spaces of his childhood, and rem...

A shocking investigation into the illegal rhino trade and the international crime syndicates pushing...

Valérie Jouve is a weel-known photographer, and Grand Littoral is her first film. Out the outskirts ...

80 years ago, Marseille's Old Port was the scene of a tragic event that is still largely unknown tod...

A powerful story of an ultra-violent world and the courage of one young woman against all odds.

"Standing for something" took on a whole new meaning for Mario Facione when he stood face to face wi...

In this documentary we meet five children in Sweden and see what happened in their lives. Robin was ...

Songs and singers from Naples, musicians and poets, real and legendary characters are the protagonis...

The film follows the former mayor of Palermo for several weeks as he goes about his daily activities...