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La face cachée de l'homme en noir
6.8 / 10• 2025• 1h 39m•NR• French
DocumentaryHistory
Storyline
You've seen him interview Mikhail Gorbachev, Angelina Jolie, Robbie Williams, Mariah Carey, Brad Pitt, Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro... You know him, but you don't really know him. Everyone has talked about Ardisson without ever getting close to the truth about him. My ambition: to reveal the man behind the costume of "The Man in Black." I thought to myself: if anyone can figure him out, it's me, a journalist and portraitist who has lived with him for 15 years. Who is the private Thierry behind the spectacular Ardisson? What we discover is how much Ardisson's personal history reflects the eras he has lived through, their contradictions, their utopias, their excesses, their violence. Like so many facets of a man and of society at the turn of the century.
Cast & Crew
Audrey Crespo-Mara
Self (Thierry Ardisson's wife) : Interviewer
Lead
Thierry Ardisson
Self (Audrey Crespo-Mara's husband) : Interviewed
Manon Ardisson
Self (Thierry Ardisson's daughter) : Interviewed
Ninon Ardisson
Self (Thierry Ardisson's daughter) : Interviewed
Gaston Ardisson
Self (Thierry Ardisson's son) : Interviewed
Patrick Ardisson
Self (Thierry Ardisson's brother) : Interviewed
Catherine Barma
Self (Thierry Ardisson's producer) : Interviewed
Anne Méaux
Self (Thierry Ardisson's friend) : Interviewed
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Audrey Crespo-Mara's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. La face cachée de l'homme en noir is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
