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Mourir à trente ans

Romain Goupil / FR, 1982 / 95 min.

Goupil, a former Trotskyist and a convinced soixante-huitard, provided a moving portrait of a friendship based on political idealism. The revolution as a friendship project: Goupil and Michel Recanati met in 1965 and experienced the events of 1968 side by side. The friendship ended ten years later when Recanati committed suicide. Goupil looks back in a personal and political essay. The barriacdes were sexy: the young protesters climbed them to impress the girls…

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Director

Romain Goupil

Production year

1982

Country

FR

Original title

Mourir à trente ans

Length

95 min.

Format

DCP

Part of

1968

Fifty years ago, students, factory workers and filmmakers challenged the Establishment, from Paris to Mexico City, carrying not only bricks but also agile and light 16mm cameras.

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