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Un Film Dramatique
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Dir. Éric Baudelaire | 2019, 114min
Filmed over the course of four years, this playful and resonant documentary follows a group of 22 middle schoolers on the outskirts of Paris as they discuss the drama of their daily lives and experiment with cameras and equipment. They are both the film’s subjects, and its makers. With a refreshingly uninhibited approach, Éric Baudelaire (Letters to Max) crafts a lively portrait that offers a new perspective on our sociopolitical moment. As the students debate the approaching elections and the immigration crisis, they also seek to answer a key political question—what are we doing here together?
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