How French cinema explained the protests in the last decade - a selection by Vladimir Kocharian 18+. This material (information) is produced, distributed and (or) sent by a foreign agent of the Internet publication "NOVAYA GAZETA" or relates to the activities of a foreign agent of the online publication "NOVAYA GAZETA". Images of burning boutiques, street fights and demonstrations sparked renewed interest in France. For many, the country, associated with a bourgeois and aesthetic style, has become the focus of clashes on the street. Many commentators and experts on the "French Revolution" immediately appeared, ready to give their explanation of the situation. People rushed to re-read Hugo, re-watch Kasovich's classic "Hate" and Bertolucci's "The Dreamers" trying to understand what was going on. Culture is not always able to give clear answers or offer the right solutions, but it is one way to see a nation's artistic reflection on events whose roots are rooted in complex processes of social discontent. Film researcher Vladimir Kocharian compiled a list of recent films in which the writers recorded and analyzed "protest" as a national idea and tried to understand whether there is a way out of the eternal French rebellion. The link doesn't open? Read here, subscribe to weekly newsletters from Novaya Gazeta editors, they will not be blocked ⤵.

How French cinema explained the protests in the last decade - a selection by Vladimir Kocharian 18+. This material (information) is produced, distributed and (or) sent by a foreign agent of the Internet publication "NOVAYA GAZETA" or relates to the activities of a foreign agent of the online publication "NOVAYA GAZETA". Images of burning boutiques, street fights and demonstrations sparked renewed interest in France. For many, the country, associated with a bourgeois and aesthetic style, has become the focus of clashes on the street. Many commentators and experts on the "French Revolution" immediately appeared, ready to give their explanation of the situation. People rushed to re-read Hugo, re-watch Kasovich's classic "Hate" and Bertolucci's "The Dreamers" trying to understand what was going on. Culture is not always able to give clear answers or offer the right solutions, but it is one way to see a nation's artistic reflection on events whose roots are rooted in complex processes of social discontent. Film researcher Vladimir Kocharian compiled a list of recent films in which the writers recorded and analyzed "protest" as a national idea and tried to understand whether there is a way out of the eternal French rebellion. The link doesn't open? Read here, subscribe to weekly newsletters from Novaya Gazeta editors, they will not be blocked ⤵.