Mariana Otero

Directing

Mariana Otero

Born 1963-12-09 · Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Assembly poster
4.5

Just one year ago, citizens joined together at Place de la République in Paris to demonstrate against labor reforms, the El Khomri law. This rapidly became an opportunity to invent another way of handling politics. It was the beginning of Nuit Debout. The film follows closely this social movement's inner core, a new kind of citizen's and democratic parliament, without representatives or leaders, which attempts to allow everyone the chance to speak. How do we speak in unison without speaking with a single voice?

The Assembly

2017

Looking for Gilles Caron poster
7.5

Gilles Caron was at the height of his career as a brilliant photojournalist when he went missing in Cambodia in 1970. He was just 30 years old. Through his iconic photographs, and the gaps between them, this film, constructed like an investigation, aims to restore the photographer’s presence, recount the story of his gaze, and how he managed to cover every high profile conflict of his day in such a short period of time.

Looking for Gilles Caron

2020

Looking for Gilles Caron poster
7.5

Gilles Caron was at the height of his career as a brilliant photojournalist when he went missing in Cambodia in 1970. He was just 30 years old. Through his iconic photographs, and the gaps between them, this film, constructed like an investigation, aims to restore the photographer’s presence, recount the story of his gaze, and how he managed to cover every high profile conflict of his day in such a short period of time.

Looking for Gilles Caron

2020

À ciel ouvert poster
7.0

On the Franco-belgian border, there's a unique place that takes in children with mental and social problems. Day after day, the adults try to understand the enigma that each one of them represents and, without ever imposing anything on them, invent the solutions that will help them to live in peace, case by case. Through their stories, 'Like an Open Sky' reveals their singular vision of the world to us.

À ciel ouvert

2014

À ciel ouvert poster
7.0

On the Franco-belgian border, there's a unique place that takes in children with mental and social problems. Day after day, the adults try to understand the enigma that each one of them represents and, without ever imposing anything on them, invent the solutions that will help them to live in peace, case by case. Through their stories, 'Like an Open Sky' reveals their singular vision of the world to us.

À ciel ouvert

2014

La Loi du collège poster
6.5

In this documentary, director Mariana Otero looks at the daily life of a college in the "difficult" commune of Saint-Denis in the suburbs of Paris.

La Loi du collège

1994

No artwork available
NR

A look at the life of society's outcasts through three locations: the Fleury-Mérogis prison, a low-income housing project in the Paris region, and the shacks of a vacant lot at the gateway to Saint-Ouen. A reflection on the idea and use of freedom.

Non-Lieux

1991

No artwork available
NR

A look at the life of society's outcasts through three locations: the Fleury-Mérogis prison, a low-income housing project in the Paris region, and the shacks of a vacant lot at the gateway to Saint-Ouen. A reflection on the idea and use of freedom.

Non-Lieux

1991

Into Our Own Hands poster
6.3

When confronted with their lingerie factory (Starissima) going bankrupt, the employees attempt to take it over by forming a cooperative. Soon questions about fundamental economic and social issues pop up amidst the bras and panties. Through this adventure together they discover a new freedom.

Into Our Own Hands

2010

Into Our Own Hands poster
6.3

When confronted with their lingerie factory (Starissima) going bankrupt, the employees attempt to take it over by forming a cooperative. Soon questions about fundamental economic and social issues pop up amidst the bras and panties. Through this adventure together they discover a new freedom.

Into Our Own Hands

2010

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

D'un corps à l'autre

Cette télévision est la vôtre poster
7.0

Over a period of several months, director and writer Mariana Otero has been looking through the uncompromising lens of her camera at the realities of life behind the scenes at a commercial TV station: the Portuguese channel SIC.

Cette télévision est la vôtre

1997

Cette télévision est la vôtre poster
7.0

Over a period of several months, director and writer Mariana Otero has been looking through the uncompromising lens of her camera at the realities of life behind the scenes at a commercial TV station: the Portuguese channel SIC.

Cette télévision est la vôtre

1997

History of a Secret poster
9.2

A young woman tries to understand the real circumstances of the death of her mother.

History of a Secret

2003