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The Lives of Others
Why this pick
A rigorously observed state-surveillance drama, driven by accumulating evidence, institutional pressure and one official's increasingly uneasy moral perspective.
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MOVIE2019 2h 12m FRA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's island.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jean Dujardin
Georges Picquart
Louis Garrel
Alfred Dreyfus
Emmanuelle Seigner
Pauline Monnier
Grégory Gadebois
commandant Hubert Henry
Hervé Pierre
Général Charles-Arthur Gonse
Wladimir Yordanoff
Général Auguste Mercier
Didier Sandre
Général Raoul Le Mouton de Boisdeffre
Melvil Poupaud
Me Fernand Labori, avocat d'Émile Zola au civil, puis du capitaine Dreyfus devant le 2e conseil de guerre