ARCHIVE December2025
Stories, Memory and Cinema
A critical roundup of highlights from London’s French Film Festival, exploring films that engage with memory, trauma, and moral ambiguity—from psychological thrillers and literary adaptations to urgent works of contemporary cinema.
Le Tarzan de Manisa
Figure emblématique de Manisa, Ahmet Bedevi, surnommé le « Tarzan de Manisa », fut un écologiste avant l’heure. Survivant des bouleversements du début du XXᵉ siècle, il consacra sa vie à reboiser une ville détruite par la guerre et à transmettre un profond respect de la nature. Son héritage vert marque encore aujourd’hui l’identité de Manisa.
Lee Miller, la femme qui a changé l’histoire en la photographiant
La Tate Britain consacre une vaste rétrospective à Lee Miller, mannequin, muse surréaliste et photojournaliste de guerre. Un parcours fulgurant et méconnu, révélé à travers plus de 230 images bouleversantes.
Sudan Retold
Sudan Retold offers a powerful, deeply human retelling of Sudan’s history through a decade-long collaboration of artists, writers, and curators. While the nation continues to endure political turmoil and civil war, the project highlights Sudan’s greatest strength—its people—through a hauntingly beautiful art exhibition and book. Drawing on personal archives, oral histories, and forgotten objects, Sudan Retold opens a window onto a rich cultural heritage, offering a layered and compelling narrative beyond the headlines.
Rewriting Amanda Knox
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox revisits one of the most sensationalized cases of the 2000s. By blending fiction and first-person perspective, the series restores humanity to a young woman long defined by media narratives — and reveals how society constructs the myth of the “dangerous woman.”