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Qui a tué Jaurès ? (2014)

Qui a tué Jaurès ? poster
Directed by
Philippe Tourancheau
Genre
documentary film, docufiction
Country
France
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This docufiction examines the assassination of French socialist leader Jean Jaurès in 1914. It blends historian analysis, archive footage, and dramatized scenes as it follows the arrest of his killer Raoul Villain. The film explores whether Villain acted alone or was part of a larger conspiracy.

investigativeinformativecontemplativeanalyticaldeliberatehistorical

What happens

Qui a tué Jaurès ? est un docufiction réalisé par Philippe Tourancheau. Le docufiction alterne analyses d'historiens, images d'archives et scènes jouées par des comédiens. Construit comme une enquête policière à la suite de l'arrestation de Raoul Villain, l'assassin de Jean Jaurès, il revient sur le contexte historique national et international des heures précédant la mort, le , du leader socialiste, fondateur du journal L'Humanité. Il tente de répondre à la question suivante : "L'assassin a-t-il agit seul, ou son acte était-il commandité ?"Blaise de Chabalier, Le Figaro, samedi 17 / dimanche 18 mai 2014, quotidien (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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