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An Officer and a Spy
J'accuse
2019 · Film · 132 min
Directed by Roman Polanski
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.
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Not all American movies but most:
Have you watch Pig (2021)? It wasn't even nominated to the Oscars. Also IMHO Tar (2022) is an excellent movie. J'Accuse (An Office and a Spy...) (2019), The Father (2020), Also liked The Northman (2022). IMHO The House of Gucci (2021) is the best acting of Adam Driver that made me forget he acted in Star Wars.
Sorry but I need to continue with Boiling Point (2021), Dune (2021), Riders of Justice (2020), The Mauritanian (2021).
Sounds like Henri would not like pure FP but would approve of moands.
p.s. more seriously, if you are interested in this period of France, Polanski's An Officer and a Spy affords a look at a slice of French society at the time. Interestingly, the very specific charge of "emasculation of French Culture" was also voiced by concerned elder gentlemen in that film, as the film is about the Dreyfus affair.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2398149
[This isn't my favorite Polanski but he is as usual very competent and delivers an interesting film.]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_affair
I like to follow a thematic thread with books and movies. Here are a few recent ones that might interest the HN crowd:
* water issues/climate change in the Southwest:
- *Chinatown* (film) - *The Water Knife* by Paolo Bacigalupi (sci-fi novel, described as "*Chinatown* meets *Mad Max*)
- *The Cadillac Desert* by Marc Reisser (nonfiction, part of a plot element in *The Water Knife*
- *Cadillac Desert* PBS documentary[1]
* Dark espionage thrillers:
- *The Night Manager* by John LeCarre (novel, honestly not one of his best)
- *The Night Manager* (TV miniseries--much better than the book!)
- *The Ghost Writer* by Robert Harris (novel)
- *The Ghost Writer* (movie)
- *An Officer and a Spy* by Robert Harris (excellent and extensively researched historical novel, based on the Dreyfus Affair in Paris circa 1900)
- *J'Accuse (An Officer and a Spy)* (movie)
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkbebOhnCjA