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Raphaël Millet

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Production

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20 titles

Raphaël Millet is a film director, producer, writer and scholar. A graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, he subsequently completed a postgraduate degree with a Master in Film Studies at University Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3. He then successively worked for the French National Centre for Cinema, France Télévisions, before being posted in Singapore as a cultural and audiovisual attaché, and then in Dubai as regional audiovisual attaché. He has also taught film studies at University Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris from 1997 to 2002, and written extensively about movies in magazines, dictionaries and encyclopedias, while penning books like "Cinémas de la Méditerranée, cinémas de la m…

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Behind the camera

Jean-Luc Godard, Disorder Exposed poster
NR

The film retraces Jean-Luc Godard's notorious exhibition at the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou in Paris between 11 May – 14 August 2006.

Jean-Luc Godard, Disorder Exposed

2012

Dramonasc poster
NR

Summer in the French Alps. 15-year-old Lise meets up with her half-brother Simon, who, at 18, has moved back to live in the region with his mother. He fits in well with her group of friends and her boyfriend Kevin. One day Lise takes him to Dramonasc, the abandoned hamlet of their ancestors.

Dramonasc

2018

Italia: Fire and Ashes poster
5.5

The epic and poetic tale of the early years of Italian cinema, from 1896 to 1930: how peplum was born, how the first stars shone, how many daring filmmakers were able to create an original style amalgamating literature, theater, painting and opera; a tale of splendor and decadence.

Italia: Fire and Ashes

2023

Melville-Delon: Honor and Night poster
NR

Documentary exploring the friendship between French director Jean-Pierre Melville and actor Alain Delon, and their collaboration on the 1967 film Le samouraï.

Melville-Delon: Honor and Night

2011

Edgar Morin, chronique d'un regard poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Edgar Morin, chronique d'un regard

2015

Code Name: Melville poster
6.7

Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth during WWII, and how it structured his whole approach to cinema, not only in its thematic but also in its aesthetics.

Code Name: Melville

2010

U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot' poster
6.5

The international success of the film Das Boot by Wolfgang Petersen made U-96 one of the most famous submarines in cinematic history. But the true story of one of Hitler's most fearsome U-boats and its crew goes far beyond fiction. For the first time, this documentary sheds light on the reality behind the fiction through exclusive interviews with the makers and actors of Das Boot, as well as the last survivors of the time. In doing so, this documentary explores how Hitler's propaganda images may have influenced the visual and narrative force of Das Boot.

U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'

2023

U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot' poster
6.5

The international success of the film Das Boot by Wolfgang Petersen made U-96 one of the most famous submarines in cinematic history. But the true story of one of Hitler's most fearsome U-boats and its crew goes far beyond fiction. For the first time, this documentary sheds light on the reality behind the fiction through exclusive interviews with the makers and actors of Das Boot, as well as the last survivors of the time. In doing so, this documentary explores how Hitler's propaganda images may have influenced the visual and narrative force of Das Boot.

U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'

2023

Chaplin in Bali poster
5.8

In 1932, Chaplin, in full midlife crisis, escapes to Bali in search of himself to find the artistic rejuvenation and inspiration to do his difficult transition to sound film.

Chaplin in Bali

2017

Chaplin in Bali poster
5.8

In 1932, Chaplin, in full midlife crisis, escapes to Bali in search of himself to find the artistic rejuvenation and inspiration to do his difficult transition to sound film.

Chaplin in Bali

2017

Chaplin in Bali poster
5.8

In 1932, Chaplin, in full midlife crisis, escapes to Bali in search of himself to find the artistic rejuvenation and inspiration to do his difficult transition to sound film.

Chaplin in Bali

2017

The Capitol of Singapore poster
NR

Inaugurated in 1930, the Capitol has been able to survive through 90 years of successive ownership by prestigious families such as the Namazies or the Shaw brothers, and today by Perennial Holdings, as well as of various historical, cultural and architectural vicissitudes, always reborn like a phoenix, thus mirroring not only the cinematic history of Singapore, but also reflecting the many cycles of change that the city went through.

The Capitol of Singapore

2022

Gaston Méliès and his Wandering Star Film Company poster
NR

In 1912-1913, movie pioneer Gaston Méliès, brother of Georges Méliès, did a ten month long trip around Asia-Pacific, shooting both documentaries and fictions on location in Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia, Java, Singapore, Cambodia and Japan. He wanted the “real” thing” he filmed, with the locals, being one of the first to give Polynesians, Maoris, Aborigines and Khmers a chance to appear on screen. His hybrid cinema dealt with questions of alterity, identity and representation.

Gaston Méliès and his Wandering Star Film Company

2005

Gaston Méliès and his Wandering Star Film Company poster
NR

In 1912-1913, movie pioneer Gaston Méliès, brother of Georges Méliès, did a ten month long trip around Asia-Pacific, shooting both documentaries and fictions on location in Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia, Java, Singapore, Cambodia and Japan. He wanted the “real” thing” he filmed, with the locals, being one of the first to give Polynesians, Maoris, Aborigines and Khmers a chance to appear on screen. His hybrid cinema dealt with questions of alterity, identity and representation.

Gaston Méliès and his Wandering Star Film Company

2005

Halfway There poster
6.0

Samuel comes back to his hometown for a business trip, having not return since leaving for college, almost thirty years ago. On his way to an important meeting, he gets knocked over by a car, driven by a young man. It seems like a harmless accident and Samuel decides to take some rest in a park. Memories from his youth come rushing back as the night falls and the consequences of the accident slowly emerge.

Halfway There

2011

The Voyages of Matisse, Chasing Light poster
8.0

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Matisse's birth and of the exhibition at the Center Pompidou which will be dedicated to him in 2020, this art documentary brings us back to life of the journeys made by Matisse that influenced his art. And particularly his last trip to Polynesia in 1930 which will bring him to the threshold of contemporary art with the invention of his gouache cut-out papers.

The Voyages of Matisse, Chasing Light

2020

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory poster
NR

Pierre Schoendoerffer revisits his life and career, with a strong focus on the impact that his experience as a war cinematographer for the French army during the Indochina War had on him.

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory

2011

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory poster
NR

Pierre Schoendoerffer revisits his life and career, with a strong focus on the impact that his experience as a war cinematographer for the French army during the Indochina War had on him.

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory

2011

Harmony poster
3.5

Lalou works as a shepherd in the mountains with his friend Clara, who came to take care of the herd before her leaving for the army. Next day, Lalou goes to a remote hotel where he secretly meets up with Harmony, an android he madly loves.

Harmony

2022

Berry été 44, une victoire volée ? poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Berry été 44, une victoire volée ?

2024