{"id":23,"date":"2017-01-01T02:55:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T02:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/duplamx.com\/isidore\/wp\/?p=23"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:36:34","slug":"of_men_and_war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/fr\/projects\/of_men_and_war\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Men and War &#8211; 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Une douzaine de jeunes soldats tentent de retrouver une vie normale apr\u00e8s leur retour du front.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1176997179?h=ecca158c93\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; mont\u00e9 et produit (en tant qu\u2019associ\u00e9) par Isidore Bethel&nbsp;\/ aussi mont\u00e9 par Sophie Brunet et Charlotte Boigeol&nbsp;\/\u00a0r\u00e9alis\u00e9 et produit par Laurent B\u00e9cue-Renard (France)&nbsp;\/ produit (en tant qu\u2019associ\u00e9) par Thierry Garrel&nbsp;\/ co-produit par Heinz Dill et Elisa Garbar (Suisse)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Alice Films, Louise Productions,\u00a0Why Not Productions (distribution fran\u00e7aise), Kino Lorber (distribution \u00e9tats-unienne)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; diffus\u00e9 sur POV (\u00c9tats-Unis), 25 nuances de doc (France 2), TVOntario (Canada), en streaming sur Netflix, Amazon, iTunes (\u00c9tats-Unis), T\u00ebnk (Francophone Europe)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Festival de Cannes (s\u00e9lection officielle), Documentary Fortnight au <em>Museum of Modern Art<\/em>, AFI Docs, Full Frame Documentary FF, Visions du R\u00e9el, Cin\u00e9ma du R\u00e9el, DOK.fest M\u00fcnich, Moscow IFF, DocumentaMadrid, G\u00f6teborg IFF (Su\u00e8de), It\u2019s All True (Br\u00e9sil), Riviera Maya FF (Mexique), Jerusalem FF, Sydney FF, Istanbul FF, ZagrebDox (Croatie), DocPoint (Finlande), DocPoint Tallinn (Estonie), Guth Gafa IDF (Irlande), Belfast FF, DOXA (Canada), Dokufest (Kosovo), Human Rights AFF (Australie), Human Rights Watch FF (NYC), Docudays (Ukraine), TRT (Turquie), Open City DF (Royaume-Uni), Docs against Gravity (Pologne), Rendezvous with Madness FF (Canada), Erasmus \u2013\u00a0Jakarta DFF (Indonesie), Ambulante Colombia, COLCOA (\u00c9tats-Unis), Faito DOC (Italie), Foundation for Knowledge and Liberty screening (Ha\u00efti), entre autres<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;\u00a0Grand Prix \u00e0 IDFA, <em>New York Times Critics\u2019 Pick<\/em>, nomination du meilleur documentaire aux <em>European Film Awards<\/em>, mention sp\u00e9ciale au San Francisco IFF, Prix du documentaire de cr\u00e9ation au Little Rock FF<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; 142 minutes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PRESSE&nbsp;:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/11\/06\/movies\/review-of-men-and-war-chronicles-the-trauma-of-combat-veterans.html?smid=url-share\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a>: \u201cThis devastatingly raw documentary shows that for some the fighting may stop, but the suffering continues&#8230;Empathetic and rigorous, [<i>Of Men and War<\/i>] burns low and slow. It\u2019s not an easy watch, but it is an enlightening one.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/movies\/la-et-mn-of-men-and-war-review-20151113-story.html\"><em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>: <i>Of Men and War<\/i>, \u201cfollowing the v\u00e9rit\u00e9 documentary style, refrains from identifying the men with on-screen text, save the times they refer to one another by name on camera, and the effect is shrewd. It serves to present what these veterans go through as less a spotlight on one corner of the war and a few of its sufferers, but something systemic we all should be thinking about.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2015\/11\/men-and-war-depicts-the-horror-of-ptsd.html\"><em>New York Magazine<\/em>\u2019s <em>Vulture<\/em><\/a>: \u201c<i>Of Men and War<\/i>\u2019s compassion is matched only by its relentlessness.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/men-war-des-hommes-de-704332\/\"><em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>: \u201cA remarkable chronicle of Iraq War veterans suffering from the devastating effects of PTSD&#8230;[this] engrossing study of soldiers coping with trauma through intensive group therapy offers a rare look at real men shaken by real experiences, underlining the monumental courage it takes for them to get their lives back on track&#8230;[The film] has the depth and emotional weight of true fiction, yet also functions as a pure clinical inquiry into the psychological healing process that many veterans undergo&#8230;These are naturally gifted storytellers who honed their skills in combat, and the director, along with editors Isidore Bethel, Sophie Brunet, and Charlotte Boigeol, shapes years of discussions into a workable scenario with several plotlines, each of them showing the slow and steady progress \u2014 or regress \u2014 of its hero&#8230;The result is a rather unforgettable experience.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2014\/film\/reviews\/cannes-film-review-of-men-and-war-1201187762\/\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>: \u201cLaurent B\u00e9cue-Renard\u2019s rigorous war-trauma documentary provides vital testimony.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/2015\/11\/03\/raw-doc-of-men-and-war-lets-soldiers-speak-honestly-about-trauma\/\"><em>The Village Voice<\/em><\/a>: \u201cThis film is raw in the truest sense, yet refined in its sympathy and scope. When the men confess violent visions and urges, it doesn\u2019t make them ugly; what a relief to see something besides the chiseled, identical young soldiers on recruitment posters. What a relief to see ourselves, how we too might find it impossible to overcome flashbacks and go back to work or kiss our children or hold our partners\u2019 hands. What a relief to see men standing in the far corners of the beige room, unable even to sit at the table, while others weep despite themselves. The honesty is hard to watch, but this film is not about voyeurism; it\u2019s about bearing witness, about the possibility of change.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slantmagazine.com\/film\/of-men-and-war\/\"><em>Slant<\/em><\/a>: \u201cA work of astounding sensitivity and precision, <i>Of Men and War<\/i> argues for emotional honesty as a moral and psychic imperative&#8230;Simply and profoundly humanistic, <i>Of Men and War<\/i> is a massive film wrought from tiny gestures.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; #23 on <a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/best-documentaries-of-the-21st-century\/\">Collider<\/a>\u2019s \u201c35 Best Documentaries of the 2010s\u201d list, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/28\/movies\/three-great-documentaries-to-stream.html\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a> \u201cgreat documentary to stream\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Une douzaine de jeunes soldats tentent de retrouver une vie normale apr\u00e8s leur retour du front. &#8211; mont\u00e9 et produit (en tant qu\u2019associ\u00e9) par Isidore Bethel&nbsp;\/ aussi mont\u00e9 par Sophie Brunet et Charlotte Boigeol&nbsp;\/\u00a0r\u00e9alis\u00e9 et produit par Laurent B\u00e9cue-Renard (France)&nbsp;\/ produit (en tant qu\u2019associ\u00e9) par Thierry Garrel&nbsp;\/ co-produit par Heinz Dill et Elisa Garbar (Suisse) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1,5],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editor","category-projects","category-producer","tag-feature"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3762,"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/3762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isidorebethel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}