
Writing
Serge July
Born
1942-12-27 (83)
Place of birth
Paris, France
Known for
Writing
Credits
51 titles
Serge July (born 27 December 1942) is a French journalist, founder of the daily Libération, and a prominent figure in French politics from the 1970s through the 1990s. In recent times, he has been active in French organizations working in support of journalists taken hostage in Syria. In 1978, he published an article criticizing the television series Holocaust, invited Pierre Guillaume, negationist founder of the bookstore, La Vieille Taupe and supports the freedom of speech of Robert Faurisson. On July 4, 1983, he was condemned by the 17th chamber of the Paris judicial tribunal, following the complaint of the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA), of having publishe…
Known for
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Champs-Elysées
1982
8.5Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
Apostrophes
1975
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Aujourd'hui la vie
1982
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Un film et son époque
2003
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Ambitions
1986
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2005 : Quand les Français ont dit non à l'Europe
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Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
NRThis film attempts to reveal the reasons behind the death of Pierre Goldman and the identities of his murderers. Reviewing each of the unexplained elements surrounding the murder, the director questions friends and witnesses, travels to Venezuela, Guadeloupe, and Poland and uncovers certain rare archives. In so doing, he illuminates the many shadow zones of an unusual personality, symbol of a generation who thought to change to world. 30 years later, will this film disentangle the complex web of an unsolved mystery?
L'Assassinat de Pierre Goldman
2005
6.5Television documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
2007
Series credits
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Champs-Elysées
1982
8.5Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
Apostrophes
1975
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Aujourd'hui la vie
1982
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Un film et son époque
2003
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Ambitions
1986
Behind the camera
NRDocumentary about the making of James Gray's 1994 film Little Odessa.
Once Upon a Time... Little Odessa
2014
6.3At 35 years old, photographer JR is a street art worldwide star. Discovered after the Paris’ suburb riots of 2005 for his portraits of young people, his collages have adorned the galleries of the Louvre, the Pompidou Center, the Pantheon, the National Assembly ever since … From New York to Shanghai, and the Israeli-Palestinian wall to the US-Mexico border, he has stuck or exhibited giant photos on the walls of dozens of countries and associated hundreds of thousands of unknown artists with his projects. With the active collaboration of the artist himself, the documentary “# JR” tells the extraordinary adventure of this art activist whose spectacular interventions are all clear expressions of humanism, pacifism or remembrance relayed by his very strong involvement in social networks. For JR, art can help change the world.
#JR
2018
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Il était une fois... « Le petit monde de Don Camillo »
2010
6.0Documentary on Oliver Stone's Wall Street.
Once upon a time on Wall Street
2017
8.0Shot in 1999, "All About My Mother" is Pedro Almodóvar's thirteenth feature film. The director was a key figure in the turbulent Movida (the movement for cultural renewal and liberation in post-Franco Spain), explores Barcelona society at the turn of the millennium through the lives of five women.
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
2012
NRDocumentary about the 1960 film LA DOLCE VITA directed by Federico Fellini. Using archival photos and film footage, as well as interviews, this documentary looks back on Federico Fellini's film and places it in the historical context of its time.
Once Upon a Time… La Dolce Vita
2009
7.0A documentary on the making of Tchao Pantin (1983), featuring interviews with writer-director Claude Berri, novelist Alain Page, stars Richard Anconina, Mahmoud Zemmouri, Agnès Soral, cinematographer Bruno Nuytten and others.
Once Upon a Time... Tchao Pantin
2003
6.5In 2014, the movie « Mommy » directed by Xavier Dolan, got the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. This was a great achievement for this director prodigy from Quebec, who had just turned 25. The script - a tumultuous relationship between a single mother and his hyperactive and violent son - and the bold direction electrified the audience. Shot in Montreal, the documentary by Tessa Louise Salomé tells the genesis of this family drama. It also reveals the failures of the society in Quebec : the failure of the mental institution and the impoverishment of the middle class.
Il était une fois... « Mommy »
2017
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Anaïs Nin, vivre sans entraves
2022
NRThe making of Pialat's masterpiece.
Il était une fois... À nos amours
2012
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Il était une fois... « King Kong »
2010
NROnce upon a time in 1962, « Lawrence of Arabia », a film by David Lean. Inspired by the life of T.E Lawrence, the film tells the epic story of the British officer who led, between 1916 and 1918, the rebellion of the Bedouin tribes against the Ottoman Empire. When the film is released at the very beginning of the 1960’s, Great-Britain and France are painfully withdrawing from their colonies, as Arab nationalism is experiencing a renaissance around the world. Five years after the French and British humiliating Suez expedition the film remains the proud, nostalgic counterpoint of political events of the 1950's when a British officer was encouraging Arab nationalism.
Once Upon a Time... Lawrence of Arabia
2008
6.0A documentary about the making of Le Havre
Il était une fois... Le Havre
2014
8.5A behind the scenes look at Bernardo Bertolucci’s classic film about the dark side of the sexual revolution: Last Tango in Paris, starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider.
Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris
2004
8.5A behind the scenes look at Bernardo Bertolucci’s classic film about the dark side of the sexual revolution: Last Tango in Paris, starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider.
Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris
2004
7.7The documentary, filmed in England in autumn 2020, sheds light on the genesis and background of the social drama.
Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"
2021
6.0A documentary about the Russian movie "Loveless" by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Once Upon a Time... "Loveless"
2020
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Il était une fois... « Les trois jours du Condor »
2012
NRThirty-eighth documentary in the "Un film et son époque" series. It retraces the genesis, shooting and unexpected success of "Rosetta", a film by Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Palme d'Or winner in 1999, "Rosetta" recounts the daily struggle of a young girl, played by Emilie Dequenne, who lives in a caravan with her alcoholic and depressive mother, struggling from one odd job to the next. All she wants is a normal life.
Il était une fois... « Rosetta »
2015
6.5Television documentary about the making of Jacques Tati's 1958 film "Mon oncle".
Il était une fois... « Mon Oncle »
2008
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
2011
7.3No synopsis available yet.
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
2010
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
2011
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Il était une fois... « Marius et Jeannette »
2014
6.0A documentary about the making of Lost in Translation.
Once Upon a Time... Lost in Translation
2015
4.5This 2015 documentary by Amine Mestari delves deep into Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s film MUSTANG, featuring extensive interviews with the director and cast, as well as exploring the film in the context of the politically volatile situation in Turkey.
Once Upon a Time... MUSTANG
2018
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »
2008
6.5Television documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
2007
6.5Television documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
2007
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Il était une fois... « La Haine »
2012
7.0Television documentary about the making of Roberto Rossellini's 1945 film "Rome, Open City".
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
2006
NRDocumentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film "Notorious."
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009
6.4No synopsis available yet.
Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »
2011
Released in 2006, British filmmaker Stephen Frears' "The Queen" dramatizes the brief but intense conflict between Prime Minister Tony Blair and Elizabeth II in 1997, following the death of Princess Diana. The documentary underlines the film's boldness. By taking the living royal family as its subject, it breaks a taboo in British cinema and reveals a deeply human queen. Blending freedom of tone with documentary rigor, it offers a lesson in how fiction can serve historical truth.
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017
NRThe final part of a family trilogy by Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz. It follows Viviane Amsalem's grueling legal marathon to obtain a divorce.
Il était une fois... « Le procès de Viviane Amsalem »
2016
8.0Television documentary about the making of Jacques Demy's 1964 film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg".
Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
2008
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Il était une fois… « La Reine Margot »
2013
8.5How did an intimate film made on a modest budget win a Palme d'Or and attract 4 million viewers in Japan? With its principal craftsmen, including one-man band Hirokazu Kore-eda, we take a look back at a little gem of cinema made... with the family.
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"
2021
NRFrench documentary showing the making of the iranian oscar-winning film A Separation
Il était une fois... Une séparation
2014
No synopsis available yet.
Hommage à Gérard Fromanger
2015

