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Jean Ziegler, l'optimisme de la volonté

Jean Ziegler, The Optimism of Willpower
Jean Ziegler, Der Optimismus des Willens

Switzerland, August 2016
FILM, Documentary, 90 min.

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directed by
Nicolas Wadimoff
Written by
Emmanuel Gétaz, Nicolas Wadimoff
Status
In distribution

In 1964, Jean Ziegler was asked by Che Guevara to fight the “capitalist Monster”. Former collaborator of Kofi Annan, professor and writer, Ziegler’s books still act as a manifesto to left-wing intelligentsia. At the UN Human Rights Council, he fights against “vulture funds”, a new avatar of the “Monster”. He goes back to Cuba, in his opinion the mother of all anticapitalist forces. The visit becomes a dialogue between reality and symbolism, confronting his thinking with today’s Cuban destiny. What is the future of anticapitalism? Is Ziegler amongst the winners or losers against the “Monster”?

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World Premiere
August 2016
Original Version
French, English, Spanish, German (french subtitles),  couleur, DCP, 90 min.
ISAN
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Production
Dreampixies, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR, ARTE G.E.I.E.
Producer
Emmanuel Gétaz
directed by
Nicolas Wadimoff
Written by
Emmanuel Gétaz, Nicolas Wadimoff
Cinemato­graphy
Camille Cottagnoud, Joseph Areddy
Editing
Karine Sudan
Sound Editing
Carlos Ibañez Diaz
Sound Design
Denis Séchaud
Re-Recording Mix
Denis Séchaud
Music
Bill Laswell
Location Sound Mix
Carlos Ibañez Diaz

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Autlook Filmsales GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Austria
Thimfilm GmbH Distribution
Release date: 02.06.2017
France
Urban Distribution International Distribution
Release date: 18.04.2018
Germany
W-Film Distribution Distribution
Release date: 23.03.2017
Switzerland
Frenetic Films Distribution
Release date: 23.11.2016
United States
Icarus Films Distribution
Release date: tba

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