We spend the evening with Daniel Craig and “Quantum of Solace”. Followed, still on France 3, by a documentary on the chlordecone scandal, or, for insomniacs, by “L'Écho”, a hypnotic documentary on Arte.
By Augustin Pietron-Locatelli
Published on November 4, 2024 at 6:30 a.m.
Funny Bond: “Quantum of Solace”
Daniel Craig et Olga Kurylenko.
MGM – Columbia Pictures – Danjaq – Eon Prod. – United Artists
Quantum is both the poor relation of a superb pentalogy (Daniel Craig's Bond) and a curiosity: staging to the bone, convoluted plot in the middle of the Bolivian desert, heterogeneous assemblage of faces (Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric , Gemma Arterton)… Broken mouth but mouth all the same!
At 9:05 p.m. on France 3. Film by Marc Forster (GB / United States, 2008). 1h45. With Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric.
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“Quantum of solace”
Scandal dissected: “The poisoned West Indies”
Since 1972, the banana, a flagship of the local economy, has been protected. But what about the soil, the water and the inhabitants…. 13Prods
Same channel, same continent, completely different program: this documentary summarizes the health scandal of chlordecone, a pesticide widely used in Guadeloupe and Martinique. Without forgetting, and this is its strength, its colonial roots, since this toxic product was kept away from the metropolis…
At 11 p.m. on France 3. Documentary by Nicolas Glimois (France, 2024). 50 mins. Unpublished.
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“The poisoned West Indies, the banana and chlordecone”
Ethereal parenthesis: “The Echo”
L'Echo, a remote village in the Mexican highlands, is a land of elemental life where people live in harmony with nature. Radiola Films/Catarina Oliveira
It's a documentary about a Mexican village and its inhabitants, but edited like fiction. An ethereal interlude, on the highlands of Mexico, and horizons that we rarely see on screen. All scheduled at the perfect time to dream…
At 12:30 a.m. on Arte. Documentary by Tatiana Huezo (Mexico, 2023). 1h35. Unpublished.
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“The Echo”
And if you don't find what you're looking for… check out tonight's TV schedule. Or draw from our latest recommendations among the platform offers (Netflix, Apple TV +, MyCanal, Arte.tv, Disney +…).
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