Je lutte donc je suis
Je lutte donc je suis | |
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Directed by | |
Screenplay by | Maude Youlountas Yannis Youlountas |
Starring | , , Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, Angélique Ionatos, , Dimitris Papachristos, Dimitris Poulikakos, Éric Toussaint |
Music by | Manu Chao, Angélique Ionatos, Léo Ferré, , Killah P (), Alessandro Di Giuseppe... |
Distributed by | Anepos network |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Countries | France, Greece, Spain |
Language | French |
Je lutte donc je suis (French: I fight therefore I am) is a documentary film about social and political struggles in Greece and Spain, realized by , in September 2015, in France. The title is made from the aphorisme of the philosopher René Descartes Cogito ergo sum (I think therefore I am). Although it was not distributed by any mainstream company, it has had a very large success, and has been shown to numerous theaters, festivals, in France and in Europe.[1][2][3] It received two awards. The film is available under a Creative Commons license.[4]
Synopsis[]
- Type: documentary
- Format: 16/9
Speakers[]
People speaking play their own role.
- , Andalusian activist and trade-unionist.
- , professor of economy at Toulouse 1 University Capitole.
- Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, Andalusian politician, mayor of Marinaleda, trade-unionist, and professor of history.
- Angélique Ionatos, Greek singer.
- , professor of political philosophy at the King's College of London, previously member of SYRIZA central committee.
- Dimitris Papachristos, Greek journalist, member of the November 1973 insurrection against the Colonels dictature. .[5]"
- Dimitris Poulikakos, Greek actor and singer, opponent of the Colonels dictature.
- Éric Toussaint, co-founder the international network of the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt and coordinator of the Commission for the Truth on Greek debt in 2015.
Festivals[]
- 12th festival Terres de résistances, Martigues, 3–6 September 2015[6]
- Festival Rencontres AD HOC, Mirabel et Blacons, 9–13 September 2015[7]
- Festival du Livre et du film, Mouans-Sartoux, 2-4 Cctober 2015[8]
- 5th festival du Documentaire Politique et Social, Merlieux, 7–8 November 2015[9]
- 15th festival Cinéma Méditerranéen, Brusels, 4–11 December 2015[10]
- 7th festival of anarchist and activist films, Chambéry, 16–17 January 2016[11]
- 3rd festival Terre et avenir, Salon-de-Provence, 20–27 January 2016[12] · [13]
- Festival Mémoires de Résistance, Digne-les-Bains, 27-30 janvier 2016[14]
- Festival 1,2,3 Soleil, Châteaubriant, 28 February-7 March 2016[15]
- Festival Diversité, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 23 March-8 April 2016[16]
- 8th festival de Saint-Martin, St-Martin-de-Valamas, 25 March-5 April 2016[17]
- 10th festival ciné d'ATTAC, Mont-de-Marsan, 29 March-2 April 2016[18]
- 10th festival du film antifasciste, Reims et Épernay, 3–18 May 2016[19]
- Festival Origines, Vernoux-en-Vivarais et Valence, 3 June-3 July 2016[20]
- 20th festival of Resistances films, Foix, 8–16 July 2016[21]
- 7th international festival for direct democracy, Thessalonique, 7–9 September 2016
Popular success[]
On 21 August 2015, the film is shown to the public for the first time, during a projection for the 600 members of the 52nd congress of the Freinet Pédagogie in Aix-en-Provence, in south of France. It gets a warm welcome, so that the congress adopts the slogan I fight so I am, and the newspaper l'Humanité uses this for its frontline.[22]
On 2 April 2016, the film received the award Ciné d'ATTAC 2016[23] (Grain de sable d'or) à Mont-de-Marsan.
On 19 April 2016, the film is shown during the Nuit debout movement in Nîmes.[24]
On 4 October 2016, the film received the award "Solidarity film" from the Human Rights Ligue in Orly.[25]
Gallery[]
Constantine and Amour, two young girls from the film, at Fourfouras (Crete)
Fragkos, a personage from the film, at Paleia Roumata (Crete)
Kriti, a personage from the film, at Paleia Roumata (Crete).
Tag Lucho luego existo (Spanish), at Jerez de la Frontera (Andalusia)
Tag in Greek, at Chania (Crete).
References[]
- ^ Jean-Luc Le Roux « Crise grecque : le regard de Y. Youlountas », dans Le Télégramme, 24 octobre 2015, consulté sur letelegramme.com le 29 mars 2016
- ^ « Dinan. Le cinéma met un coup de projecteur sur l'écologie », dans Ouest-France, 7 mars 2016, consulté sur ouest-france.fr le 29 mars 2016
- ^ jeluttedoncjesuis.net
- ^ Youtube
- ^ Fabien Perrier, « Face à la gauche divisée, la "déprime" des pro-Syriza », dans Libération, 18 septembre 2015, consulté sur Liberation.fr le 29 mars 2016
- ^ "Martigues. Festival Terres de Resistance". pcf.fr. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "LES RENCONTRES AD HOC". Vimeo. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "Le festival du livre" (PDF). lefestivaldulivre.fr. October 2015. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "Bobines Rebelles 2015 | BOBINES REBELLES dans l'Aisne". bobinesrebelles02.org. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "Archive 2015 – CINEMAMED". www.cinemamed.be. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "Festival du film militant et libertaire à Chambéry". lautre.net. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "Ciné-Festival Terre et Avenir". salontransition.fr. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "Revue de presse sur ?". salontransition.fr. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ L'Humanité, 27 janvier 2016
- ^ "Site officiel du Pays de Châteaubriant. Vivre au pays - Culture - Cinéma - Les Rendez-Vous 1,2,3 Soleil au Cinéma". www.pays-chateaubriant.fr. Archived from the original on 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ [1], consulté le 7 avril mars 2016
- ^ "ST MARTIN FAIT SON FESTIVAL 8e". assocactive.canalblog.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ « Mont-de-Marsan : le festival ciné d'Attac s'ouvre ce mardi soir», dans Sud-Ouest, 29 mars 2016, consulté sur sudouest.fr le 29 mars 2016
- ^ "Festival du film antiraciste" (PDF). canalblog.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "Programme Origines" (PDF). letrouillet.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ « Le cinéma social fait de la Résistance pendant le festival», dans La Dépêche, 24 mai 2016, consulté sur ladepeche.fr le 25 mai 2016
- ^ "Les militants Freinet défendent l'école du Je lutte donc je suis". humanite.fr. L'Humanité. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ^ Un film engagé qui plait aussi à la jeunesse !
- ^ "" Nîmes : "Je lutte donc je suis", le crédo des Nuits debout "". midilibre.fr. Midi-Libre. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ^ "Une soirée cinéma avec la Ligue des droits de l'homme à Orly". leparisien.fr. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
External links[]
- 2015 films
- French-language films
- Documentary films about anarchism
- French political films
- French films
- Films shot in Greece