The Flag (Le Repli)

Name: The Flag (Le Repli)
Director: Joseph Paris
Released: 2023

Joseph Paris 2023

The Flag is a documentary essay that documents the intensification of an identity-based discourse that has become dominant in France and the decline in civil liberties. It goes to meet those who suffer the effects and who together try to resist it: exiles, Muslim citizens, inhabitants of working-class neighborhoods and activists. The film focuses on deconstructing the political and journalistic discourse that has supported this hardening of attitudes over the past thirty years. Confronting current events with archival footage, The Flag is a committed film, written in the first person, which enlightens and alerts.

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Running Time:

93 min.

Spoken Languages:

French

Subtitles:

English, Italian

Directors:

Joseph Paris

Producers:

Audrey Ferrarese

Cinematographers:

Joseph Paris

Editors:

Alejandro Van Zandt-Escobar

Production Companies:

Drôle de Trame

Immigration and Migrat..

Politics

Religion and Spiritual..

Society

Festival Participation

CPH:DOX - 2023
Nominee NEXT:WAVE Award
The Hague Movies that Matter Festival - 2023
Nominee Activist Documentary Award
One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival - 2023
Nominee Best Film Award International Competition

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