Journal de France main poster

Journal de France

Visit website

6.8/10 • 19

2012-05-221h 40m

Documentary

A journal, a voyage through time. He photographs France, she rediscovers the unseen footage he has so carefully kept: his first steps behind the camera, his TV reports from around the world, snatches of their memories and of our history.

Directors
Raymond Depardon, Claudine Nougaret

Top Billed Cast

View Credits
  1. Raymond Depardon

    Raymond Depardon

  2. Claudine Nougaret

    Claudine Nougaret

Reviews1

View Reviews
CinemaSerf Avatar

CinemaSerf

May 25, 2024

7/10

If you're at all interested in global history with a French slant to it, then this is a must watch. Though her narration is a little on the descriptive side, Claudine Nougaret takes us on quite a fascinating look at events filmed over his extensive career by acclaimed photo-journalist Raymond Depardon. We feature just about everything here from the French colonial events in Africa - the much medalled Bokassa included, through a succession of French Presidents dealing with issues across their country from immigration and industrial relations to poverty and urban troubles. Clearly as time progresses, so does the camera technology used allowing us even greater and more intimate access to his subjects as Nougaret incorporates occasional sound-bites from contemporaries to put some extra meat on the bones of these frequently quite potent images. For the most part, the photography was self-filmed by Depardon and in some of the more hostile or less developed environments, you do realise quite effectively just how perilous his projects were as he accessed areas and people in his quest for honest journalism. It's certainly a journal of France's recent history, but there's plenty for others to get from the narrative and the well constructed use of the archive.

Media

    Recommendations

    • Heavy Metal main backdrop

      Heavy Metal

      6.5

    • Hal main backdrop

      Hal

      7.0

    • No Backdrop

      La Guerre des Graines

      5.3

    • The Lion King main backdrop

      The Lion King

      7.1

    • Parasite main backdrop

      Parasite

      8.5

    • Zombieland main backdrop

      Zombieland

      7.3

    • Suicide Squad main backdrop

      Suicide Squad

      5.9

    • The Fantastic 4: First Steps main backdrop

      The Fantastic 4: First Steps

      7.2

    • La La Land main backdrop

      La La Land

      7.9

    • Rear Window main backdrop

      Rear Window

      8.3

    • The Blind Side main backdrop

      The Blind Side

      7.7

    • Big Fish main backdrop

      Big Fish

      7.8

    • Wonder Woman main backdrop

      Wonder Woman

      7.2

    • Deadpool main backdrop

      Deadpool

      7.6

    • Pocahontas main backdrop

      Pocahontas

      6.9

    • Inception main backdrop

      Inception

      8.4

    • Grease main backdrop

      Grease

      7.4

    • Spider-Man: Homecoming main backdrop

      Spider-Man: Homecoming

      7.3

    • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets main backdrop

      Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

      7.7

    • In Time main backdrop

      In Time

      7.0

    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    French
    Budget
    --
    Revenue
    --
    Keywords
    woman director