Nicolas Philibert

Nicolas Philibert

Nicolas Philibert (French: [filibɛʁ]; born 10 January 1951) is a French documentary filmmaker. He has directed films since 1978. At the 73rd Berlinale (2023), he receives the Golden Bear for his film "On the Adamant". Philibert's father was a film lecturer and he attended his talks in his youth. This encouraged him to embark on a film career. He started this with René Allio (1970), as a trainee on Les Camisards as an assistant on Rude Journée pour la reine (1973) and assistant-director on Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma sœur et mon frère... (1975). In 1978 he co-directed with Gérard Mordillat a feature documentary His Master's Voice, in which a dozen bosses of big industrial groups discuss power, leadership, hierarchies and the role of unions. Between 1985 and 1987, he made several films about mountains and adventure for TV, then turned to making feature-length documentaries for theatrical distribution: La Ville Louvre (1990), Le Pays des sourds (1992), Un animal, des animaux (1995), La Moindre des choses (1996) - at the psychiatric clinic of La Borde, as well as an experimental film with the pupils of the theatre school Théâtre national de Strasbourg, Qui sait? (1998). In 2001, Nicolas Philibert made Être et avoir, about daily life in a single class school on a small village in the Auvergne. It won the Prix Louis Delluc 2002, and became a box office and critical success in France and internationally. The film was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. With Retour en Normandie (2007), he revisited the traces of a previous films, made thirty years earlier by René Allio, with local peasants playing the lead roles. With Nénette (2010), made at the Ménagerie du Jardin des plantes in Paris, he produced an intimated portrait of the most famous of its inhabitants a female orang-utang, Nénette, held in captivity for 36 years. La Maison de la radio (2013), takes us into the heart of the French Radio headquarters in Paris, finding out who inhabits the place and discovering the mysteries of its long corridors. Over the last fifteen years there have been more than 120 retrospectives or 'homages' to Philibert organised internationally including the British Film Institute (London) and the Museum of Modern Art (New York). He was one of the directors invited to nominate his favourite films in the British Film Institute's 2012 poll. He explains, in French, his motivations, his influences (including Agnés Varda) and the history of his career as a documentary film maker, especially the 'impermeable' frontiers between documentary and drama in an interview recorded in April 2012.

  • Title: Nicolas Philibert
  • Popularity: 3.07
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1951-01-10
  • Place of Birth: Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
  • Homepage: https://www.nicolasphilibert.fr/
  • Also Known As: Николя Филибер
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Nicolas Philibert Movies

  • 2007
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    Back to Normandy

    Back to Normandy

    5 2007 HD

    A filmmaker returns to Normandy thirty years after a working on a movie based on a local homicide and tries to find the actors who worked on the...

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  • 1972
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    The French Calvinists

    The French Calvinists

    6.333 1972 HD

    A few years after the revocation of theEdict of Nantes, the Camisards, Protestants from the Cévennes region, mostly peasants and silk workers,...

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  • 2012
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    Joseph Morder filme le défilé du Premier Mai

    Joseph Morder filme le défilé du Premier Mai

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2020
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    Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité

    Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité

    8 2020 HD

    This is a peaceful conversation between two filmmakers, Nicolas Philibert and Jean-Louis Comolli. A conversation, or the pleasure of spending time...

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  • 2005
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    Not Like Before

    Not Like Before

    1 2005 HD

    From January to November 2004, as a kind of carnet de voyage alongside our other activities, we asked one and the same question of various people we...

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  • 2007
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    Back to Normandy

    Back to Normandy

    5 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    Back to Normandy

    Back to Normandy

    5 2007 HD

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  • 2002
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    To Be and to Have

    To Be and to Have

    7.26 2002 HD

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  • 2002
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    To Be and to Have

    To Be and to Have

    7.26 2002 HD

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  • 1987
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    Trilogy for One Man

    Trilogy for One Man

    10 1987 HD

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  • 1990
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    Louvre City

    Louvre City

    6.4 1990 HD

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  • 1992
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    In the Land of the Deaf

    In the Land of the Deaf

    5.8 1992 HD

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  • 2010
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    Nénette

    Nénette

    5.8 2010 HD

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  • 1997
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    Every Little Thing

    Every Little Thing

    5.75 1997 HD

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  • 2013
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    La Maison de la Radio

    La Maison de la Radio

    6.3 2013 HD

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  • 1994
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    Animals and More Animals

    Animals and More Animals

    5.5 1994 HD

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  • 1994
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    Animals and More Animals

    Animals and More Animals

    5.5 1994 HD

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  • 1990
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    Louvre City

    Louvre City

    6.4 1990 HD

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  • 1985
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    Christophe

    Christophe

    10 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    The North Face of the Camembert

    The North Face of the Camembert

    10 1985 HD

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  • 1988
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    Baquet's Comeback

    Baquet's Comeback

    10 1988 HD

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  • 1988
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    Go Ahead, Baby!

    Go Ahead, Baby!

    1 1988 HD

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  • 2002
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    The Invisible

    The Invisible

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1997
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    We, France's Undocumented Immigrants

    We, France's Undocumented Immigrants

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1990
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    Louvre City

    Louvre City

    6.4 1990 HD

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  • 1978
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    His Master's Voice

    His Master's Voice

    6.3 1978 HD

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  • 2024
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    At Averroès & Rosa Parks

    At Averroès & Rosa Parks

    6.5 2024 HD

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  • 2002
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    To Be and to Have

    To Be and to Have

    7.26 2002 HD

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  • 2002
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    To Be and to Have

    To Be and to Have

    7.26 2002 HD

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  • 1992
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    In the Land of the Deaf

    In the Land of the Deaf

    5.8 1992 HD

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  • 1997
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    Every Little Thing

    Every Little Thing

    5.75 1997 HD

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  • 2024
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    The Typewriter and Other Headaches

    The Typewriter and Other Headaches

    6.7 2024 HD

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  • 2023
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    On the Adamant

    On the Adamant

    7.1 2023 HD

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  • 2023
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    On the Adamant

    On the Adamant

    7.1 2023 HD

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  • 2023
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    On the Adamant

    On the Adamant

    7.1 2023 HD

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  • 2023
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    On the Adamant

    On the Adamant

    7.1 2023 HD

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  • 1986
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    No Problem

    No Problem

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1987
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    The Measure of the Feat

    The Measure of the Feat

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1991
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    Patrons 78-91

    Patrons 78-91

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1994
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    In the Skin of a Badger

    In the Skin of a Badger

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1994
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    Metamorphosis of a Building

    Metamorphosis of a Building

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1994
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    Family Portraits

    Family Portraits

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1995
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    Pour Catherine

    Pour Catherine

    1 1995 HD

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  • 2002
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    What Drives the Taxidermist

    What Drives the Taxidermist

    1 2002 HD

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  • 2002
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    Emmanuelle Laborit, Sign Shards

    Emmanuelle Laborit, Sign Shards

    1 2002 HD

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  • 2009
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    Nénette, orang-outan de Bornéo

    Nénette, orang-outan de Bornéo

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Screening

    The Screening

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2011
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    La nuit du court 2011

    La nuit du court 2011

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2013
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    Joël comme Collado

    Joël comme Collado

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2013
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    France Culture au Festival d'Avignon: 'Forcenés'

    France Culture au Festival d'Avignon: 'Forcenés'

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2018
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    Y'a quelqu'un?

    Y'a quelqu'un?

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2014
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    Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de Strasbourg

    Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de Strasbourg

    8 2014 HD

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  • 2013
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    La Maison de la Radio

    La Maison de la Radio

    6.3 2013 HD

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  • 2010
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    Night Falls on the Menagerie

    Night Falls on the Menagerie

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2009
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    Nénette, orang-outan de Bornéo

    Nénette, orang-outan de Bornéo

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2010
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    Nénette

    Nénette

    5.8 2010 HD

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  • 2002
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    What Drives the Taxidermist

    What Drives the Taxidermist

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1994
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    Family Portraits

    Family Portraits

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1994
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    Metamorphosis of a Building

    Metamorphosis of a Building

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1994
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    In the Skin of a Badger

    In the Skin of a Badger

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1991
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    Patrons 78-91

    Patrons 78-91

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1999
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    Who Knows?

    Who Knows?

    4.5 1999 HD

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  • 2018
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    Each and Every Moment

    Each and Every Moment

    6.2 2018 HD

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  • 1978
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    His Master's Voice

    His Master's Voice

    6.3 1978 HD

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  • 2013
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    France Culture au Festival d'Avignon: 'Forcenés'

    France Culture au Festival d'Avignon: 'Forcenés'

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2013
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    Joël comme Collado

    Joël comme Collado

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2010
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    Night Falls on the Menagerie

    Night Falls on the Menagerie

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Screening

    The Screening

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    Nénette

    Nénette

    5.8 2010 HD

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  • 2009
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    Nénette, orang-outan de Bornéo

    Nénette, orang-outan de Bornéo

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2002
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    What Drives the Taxidermist

    What Drives the Taxidermist

    1 2002 HD

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  • 2002
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    The Invisible

    The Invisible

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1997
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    Every Little Thing

    Every Little Thing

    5.75 1997 HD

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  • 2013
    imgMovies

    La Maison de la Radio

    La Maison de la Radio

    6.3 2013 HD

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  • 2011
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    La nuit du court 2011

    La nuit du court 2011

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2009
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    Nénette, orang-outan de Bornéo

    Nénette, orang-outan de Bornéo

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2010
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    Nénette

    Nénette

    5.8 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    Night Falls on the Menagerie

    Night Falls on the Menagerie

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Screening

    The Screening

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1997
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    Every Little Thing

    Every Little Thing

    5.75 1997 HD

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  • 2020
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    Nénette's Birthday

    Nénette's Birthday

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2024
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    At Averroès & Rosa Parks

    At Averroès & Rosa Parks

    6.5 2024 HD

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  • 2024
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    At Averroès & Rosa Parks

    At Averroès & Rosa Parks

    6.5 2024 HD

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  • 1989
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    A Tale of the Wind

    A Tale of the Wind

    6.5 1989 HD

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  • 2018
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    Each and Every Moment

    Each and Every Moment

    6.2 2018 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Wonderful Crook

    The Wonderful Crook

    5.8 1974 HD

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  • 1999
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    Who Knows?

    Who Knows?

    4.5 1999 HD

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  • 2018
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    Each and Every Moment

    Each and Every Moment

    6.2 2018 HD

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  • 2018
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    Each and Every Moment

    Each and Every Moment

    6.2 2018 HD

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  • 2010
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    Night Falls on the Menagerie

    Night Falls on the Menagerie

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1976
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    I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother…

    I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother…

    5.9 1976 HD

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  • 1985
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    Télématin

    Télématin

    4.5 1985 HD

    Télématin is a French breakfast television news show, broadcast on France 2 since January 7, 1985. It is broadcast in Metropolitan...

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  • 2022
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    Quelle époque !

    Quelle époque !

    5 2022 HD

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  • 2005
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    Le Cercle

    Le Cercle

    1 2005 HD

    As long as there is cinema, LE CERCLE will be there. It is the only television program of critical debates 100% devoted to cinema. Each week, it...

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  • 1970
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    Le Cercle

    Le Cercle

    1 1970 HD

    Three programs made on the basis of material gathered for the documentary His Master's Voice, where twelve CEOs of large French companies face the...

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  • 1970
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    Le Cercle

    Le Cercle

    1 1970 HD

    Three programs made on the basis of material gathered for the documentary His Master's Voice, where twelve CEOs of large French companies face the...

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  • 1970
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    Le Cercle

    Le Cercle

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Le Cercle

    Le Cercle

    10 1970 HD

    Les Carnets de l'Aventure is a cult French television program of adventure and extreme sports documentaries broadcast on Saturday afternoons on...

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  • 1970
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    Le Cercle

    Le Cercle

    1 1970 HD

    A series of 55 short films made for the 300rd birthday (1712-2012) of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) puts his philosophy into a new context.

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