Robert Badinter, la vie avant tout
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Robert Badinter, la vie avant tout

9.0 / 10 2021 1h 37mNR French
HistoryDocumentary

Storyline

In September 2021, France will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty. A decision so strong that it will symbolize, in itself, the first seven years of François Mitterrand. For Robert Badinter, it was the fight of a lifetime, rooted in a personal history marked by the rejection of injustice, which began after the arrest of his father by the Gestapo in 1943. A story told through archives and by his family and closest friends.

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Robert Badinter

Robert Badinter

(Archive Footage)

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5.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Romain Icard's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
5.0
Every frame feels alive. Robert Badinter, la vie avant tout is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker