Biography

1961. Philosopher Hannah Arendt is thrilled when 'The New Yorker' accepts her proposal to cover the trial of Nazi mass murderer A. Eichmann in Jerusalem. With ...

The true story of Otto von Spreckelsen, the Danish architect behind the iconic cube in La Défense, Paris.

The life of French composer Maurice Ravel, who composed *Boléro* in 1928, a work that brought him international acclaim.

American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.

July 23, 2018. An important date for ex-FEMEN leader Oxana Chatchko - the opening of her exhibition of blasphemous icons. So begins a day of wandering ...

BIG EYES tells the scandalous true story of one of the greatest frauds in the history of art.

A chronicle of the life of an 18th-century aristocrat who was denigrated for her extravagant political and personal life.

A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.

The friendship between Mogens Glistrup and Simon Spies keeps Spies Travels thriving, until a tax scandal threatens everything

A man embarks on a political struggle to have the right to euthanasia recognized in Belgium.

The true story of Rocco Granata, an Italian coal miner's son who followed his passion for music against his father's wishes and social barriers.

Born and raised a catholic, Henri Groues is determined to become a priest. WWII begins and decides otherwise : he joins the Resistance. Losing a friend ...

Yves Saint Laurent's life from 1967 to 1976, during which time the famed fashion designer was at the peak of his career.

The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.

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In 1970s Paris, a photographer portrays her ten-year-old daughter Violetta as a seductive Lolita.

A portrait of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra filled with her musical work, her memories, her loves and her hopes.

Through a large number of excerpts from Philippe Schneider's films, Tom Alesch tells the life and career of the Luxembourg filmmaker. After describing ...

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The film traces the main life events of Luxembourg artist Auguste Trémont and traces 60 years of active creation.

Punky biopic about the underground music scene in Leningrad just before perestroika, based on the early years of pop icon Viktor Tsoi and his band.

Control is the biography of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, taking his story from schoolboy days of 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first ...

The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up ...

A journey through the life and career of Fernand Fox, as well as a ride through the Luxembourg theatre, TV and film world from the fifties to now. A portrait ...

The life and career of Luxembourg actor Thiery Van Werveke, told by himself and people who had worked with him. The shooting of the movie was started when ...

The early years of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Jenny Marx, between Paris, Brussels and London.

London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and ...

In 1880, Auguste Rodin shares his life with Rose, his longtime companion, when he meets young Camille Claudel, his most talented student… In Paris, 1880, ...

John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, ...

The last year of Velvet Unserground singer Nico's life, as she tours and grapples with addiction and personal demons.

In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the hometown of Van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter. A year after ...

In 1952, Irish teenager Philomena (Judi Dench) became pregnant out of wedlock and was sent to a convent. When her baby, Anthony, was a toddler, the nuns ...

An unpredictable documentary from a fascinating storyteller, Agnès Varda’s last film sheds light on her experience as a director, bringing a personal insight ...

Emmanuelle Bonmariage directs a portrait of her father Manu, a real-world filmmaker and the spiritual father of "Strip Tease."

The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in ...

Based on the true story of acclaimed music icon "Dalida" born in Cairo, who gained celebrity in the 50s, singing in French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, ...

A genius mathematician is charged by the British government with unlocking the secret of the famous German Enigma encryption machine.

The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist ...

A director and an actress are working together to make a film about the legendary French singer-songwriter Barbara - and are seduced beyond their imagination. An ...

During the Pinochet dictatorship, Jorge Lübbert became an instrument for the Chilean secret services, who forced him to work for them in an extremely violent ...

Hélène writes with biting humor. And yet this poet can't hold a pen, can't speak, and has never learned to read or write.

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. ...

A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.

We all know Jérôme Kerviel, the trader who, from one day to the next, went from anonymity to being the most searched for name online in 2008... The thirty-one-year-old ...

In 1981, Marvin Gaye, the all time champion of soul music, took refuge in Ostend, a little town located on the Belgian coast. Marvin’s choice to lay anchor ...

Winter, 1915. Confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France - where she will never sculpt again - the chronicle of Camille Claudel's reclusive ...

Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark, an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the ...

A documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player.

A dramatization of actual events portraying both the contentious rise and success of Jean Senac in Algeria and a friendship that ends in tragedy.

Summer, 1946. The Cousteau family - Jacques, his wife Simone and their two children Philippe and Jean-Michel - live in their beautiful house by the Mediterranean ...

Robert van Gulik (1910-1967) is one of the world’s most read authors from the Netherlands. This diplomat, Sinologist and scholar is mainly known for his ...

Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg's Minister of Foreign Affairs, attempts to make the voice of his small country heard in a world marked by major political crises ...

1948. Accused by the French judiciary system to have collaborated with the Nazis, Louis-Ferdinand Céline has gone into exile to Denmark with his wife Lucette. ...

Writer Roger Manderscheid described Luxembourg with radical honesty, which brought him acclaim, but also criticism. An hommage. Why write? Roger Manderscheid's ...

The film "Bopebistro Tour" follows Serge Tonnar and his band Legotrip through the Grand-Duchy's bars during his 2012 music tour. The film 'De Bopebistro ...

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Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral ...

The Menno Meyjes directed drama stars Adrien Brody as Spanish bullfighter Manolete, in a film that covers his late life love affair with actress Lupe Sino ...

A look at the history of one-time Gestapo commander Klaus Barbie, infamously known as "The Butcher of Lyon." This documentary's main focus will be on Barbie's ...