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By the Series department
Published on October 17, 2024 at 5:57 p.m.
Series
“Rematch” : the Kasparov-Deep Blue duel replayed in a fascinating miniseries
Photo Leo Pinter
In 1997, Garry Kasparov agreed to face, in six games, the IBM supercomputer that he had beaten a year earlier. Who, genius or machine, will keep the other in check? An intense thriller, which finely reconstructs this disturbing face-to-face encounter.
Available until November 23, 2024. 3 × 50 mins.
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“Rematch”
“The world does not exist”: a disturbing and atypical thriller
Photo Sarah Alcalay/Arte/Image&Compagn
A journalist leads a fierce investigation in his hometown into a news item that affects him closely. With this thriller, a successful adaptation of the eponymous book by Fabrice Humbert, Erwan Le Duc renews the codes of the genre.
Available until January 19, 2025. 4 × 50 min miniseries.
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“The world does not exist”
“Those who blush”: Shakespeare and the dizziness of adolescence
Peach Films/Art
In a high school, the arrival of a replacement teacher causes an earthquake among the theater option students, who are forced to give in. A powerful series by and with Julien-Gaspar Oliveri, to be seen from 12 years old.
Available until February 22, 2027. 8 x 10 min miniseries.
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“Those who blush”
“The world is mine”: rap, marivaudage and quest for identity
Photo Helge Skodvin
In Bergen, Odile, rapper, lesbian, mixed race, tries to find a place for herself. A refreshing series where intimacy and politics mingle, written and performed by Amy Black Ndiaye.
Available until January 20, 2025. A season of 6 x 25 minutes.
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“The world is mine”
“The Mafia only kills in the summer”: an incredible child-height fresco on Cosa Nostra
Wildside/Rai Fiction
Through the memories of little Salvatore, this tragicomic series retraces the destiny of a Sicilian family confronted with organized crime in the 1970s. A hymn to resistance and freedom.
Available until July 31, 2025. A season of 12 x 50 minutes.
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“The Mafia only kills in the summer”
“Shokuzai” : a fantasy revenge story by Kurosawa
Wowow/Django Movies
Four little Japanese girls, now women, haunted by the murder of their friend. And cursed by the latter’s mother… Kiyoshi Kurosawa signs a superb saga, on the borders of the fantastic.
Available until June 13, 2025. Miniseries of 75 mins + 3 × 50 mins + 75 mins.
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“Shokuzai”
“Headhunters”: a delightful satire of the world of work
Photo Lillian Julsvik
A series adapted from the eponymous novel by Norwegian Jo Nesbo, thriller specialist: a headhunter from a large company finds himself the target of a mysterious individual, who attacks his family and his career. A story full of dark humor, skillfully orchestrated.
Available until 1is September 2025. A season of 6 x 45 minutes.
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“Headhunters”
Documentaries
“The Berlusconi Saga”: the thrilling story of a meteoric rise
Photo Thierry Orban/Sygma via Getty Images
A year after the disappearance of Knightdirector Simone Manetti is making a gripping documentary series on the journey of the young Milanese entrepreneur who became a media mogul, before governing Italy.
Available until December 16, 2024. 3 x 52 mins.
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“The Berlusconi Saga”
“Pompeii, its new secrets”: a thrilling documentary series
Lion Television
Like a police investigation, this moving triptych documents unprecedented excavations in the heart of the ancient city, which still hides mysteries beneath its ashes.
Available until November 17, 2024. 3×55 min.
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“Pompeii, its new secrets”
“ABBA Dabba Dooo!!” : a vintage documentary about the young Swedish gods
Photo Bo Aje Mellin
This film was the first filmed about the group, on the occasion of the release of its fourth album, in 1976. Agnetha, Benny, Björn and Frida express themselves with a rare freedom of tone. A curiosity to discover.
Available until December 31, 2024. 57 min.
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“ABBA Dabba Dooo!!”
“Mothers in Perpetuity”, a documentary of great finesse
The lady of hearts/Arte
On the rarely discussed subject of infanticide, Sofia Fischer creates a sensitive and strong documentary, admirably edited by Virginie Messiaen. He draws his power of revelation from words, that of the presence of violent men in the history of these women.
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“Mothers for life”
“Camille Claudel, sculpt to exist”: delicate portrait of a pioneer, thirsty for freedom
Photo Karen Bengall
Far from the conventional clichés on the decline of Camille Claudel, a beautiful portrait of the sculptor who opened the way for Germaine Richier and Louise Bourgeois.
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“Camille Claudel, sculpting to exist”
“White Power, at the heart of the extreme right”: brilliant investigation into its breakthrough in Europe
Wrong Men/CibleProd
A rich panorama of European far-right movements, this doc delivers an impeccable demonstration. Explaining that, behind the façade of normalization of these formations, the racist theses on which they are based have remained the same.
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“White Power: at the heart of the far right”
“Forced Labor under Nazi Germany”: the documentary trilogy of sacrificed peoples
Photo United States Holocaust Memor
Fitting into a very clear historical commentary, this choral story combines period testimonies with those of current descendants. A transgenerational approach which offers successful insight into a little-known aspect of the history of the Third Reich.
Available until December 9, 2024. Documentary series 3 x 52 mins.
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“Forced Labor under Nazi Germany”
“Francisco de Goya, the sleep of reason”: the latest documentary by Jean-Claude Carrière
Francisco de Goya / www.lacollection.eu
After his doc on Hieronymus Bosch, producer Stéphane Sorlat tackled Francisco de Goya. With Jean-Claude Carrière as an exceptional guide, who died before the end of filming of the long version, intended for the cinema.
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“Francisco de Goya, the sleep of reason”
Films
“Saint Omer”: incandescent metaphor for infanticide or boring dissertation?
SRAB-FILMS/ARTE-France-CINÉMA-2022
The documentary maker turns to fiction to explore the abysses of infanticide. Virtuoso metaphysical fable or immature dissertation? Alice Diop’s film divides the editorial staff.
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“Saint Omer”
“Women Do Cry”: Bulgarian women on the verge of a nervous breakdown
Activist38 – Here and La Prod. – Arte Fr. Cinema
The women of a somewhat crazy Bulgarian family unite against machismo. A feminist film on the verge of a nervous breakdown, radically endearing.
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“Women Do Cry”
“Simply black”: a hilarious comedy in search of black identity in France
Gaumont
Actors full of self-deprecation in a mockumentary that sends clichés about black people and communitarianism flying. Bold and biting.
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Simply black
“Lemmings 1 & 2”: Haneke Bresson and Bergman style
ORF/SFB
The (anti)heroes of the first part of this diptych are high school students from Wiener Neustadt, the small town near Vienna where Michael Haneke grew up. In the fall of 1959, which marks the beginning of the story, the future filmmaker was himself 17 years old. Suffice it to say that Lemmings, his most ambitious television project is perhaps his most personal work. The future director of Hidden was inspired by people he knew to write this portrait of a generation disenchanted before even reaching adulthood.
Available until January 31, 2025. 1h53 and 1h47.
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“Like father, like son”: Kore-eda’s tender paternal chronicle
The Pact
Two babies were swapped at birth. The families, one rich, the other modest, learned of it six years later. Life is a long quiet riverJapanese version, where the director sensitively questions the role of the father.
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“Like father, like son”
“Intervista”: Fellini, the testamentary self-portrait
Aljosha – Cinecitta – RAI Italian Radio and Television – Fernlyn
The shock of finding Anita Ekberg, twenty-five years later The Dolce Vitathe touching emotion of Mastroianni, a trip to Cinecittà and a lot of self-parody: a devilishly Fellinian patchwork that echoes the entire work.
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“Interview”
“Elevator to the scaffold”: Louis Malle, Jeanne Moreau and Miles Davis, sublime
New Film Editions
Jeanne Moreau wanders in the darkness of the neon-filled streets, waiting for her criminal lover, trapped in a fatal elevator. Miles Davis’ trumpet accompanies his wandering with a long complaint which conveys an indescribable dismay. A classic.
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“Elevator to the scaffold”
BONUS POP CULTURE
“DJ Mehdi: Made in France”: a French Quincy Jones
Photo Taylor Hill/GettyImages-Arte
This thrilling documentary series retraces the journey of the brilliant musician who died in 2011, a precursor who became an icon of the French Touch. A story closely linked to that of pop culture, explains director Thibaut de Longeville, who was his friend.
Available until July 31, 2027. Documentary series of 6 x 50 minutes.
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“DJ Mehdi : Made in France”
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