Three episodes from the history of socialism: Babeuf, whose virulent discourse is a radical assessment of the bourgeois revolution of 1789 (Vincent Nordon episode); the legend of Napoleon I, or the formation of the state as it still dominates today (François Barat episode); and the carnage of the Paris Commune, which official history strives to repress and forget (Joël Farges episode). What does it mean to make a historical film today? It means illuminating the present in the light of the past, and therefore adopting the new modes of modern storytelling to challenge what dominates us, structures us, and oppresses us.
Top Cast
Sami Frey as Babeuf (segment "Babeuf")
Brigitte Fossey as Andrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Julie Delpy as (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Rosine Cadoret as Innkeeper (segment "Premier empire")
Didier Bezace as Actor (segment "Premier empire")
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