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Film / 2021
The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion
Directed by
Laurent Ramamonjiarisoa
The pride of Napoleon's victories, the Arc de Triomphe, whose first stone was laid in 1806 at the top of the Champs-Élysées, is, along with the Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited monuments in the French capital. Wanted by an emperor, inaugurated under the reign of a king (Louis-Philippe) and sanctuarized by the Republic, this patriotic temple polarizes the passions of a whole nation. A historical portrait before "packaging", which teems with anecdotes and …
The story
The pride of Napoleon's victories, the Arc de Triomphe, whose first stone was laid in 1806 at the top of the Champs-Élysées, is, along with the Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited monuments in the French capital. Wanted by an emperor, inaugurated under the reign of a king (Louis-Philippe) and sanctuarized by the Republic, this patriotic temple polarizes the passions of a whole nation. A historical portrait before "packaging", which teems with anecdotes and unsuspected details.
Cast
Benoît AllemaneNarrator (voice)
Michael S. CullenSelf
Isabelle Rouge-DucosSelf
Olivier WieviorkaSelf
Vladimir YavachevSelf
Angélique KidjoSelf
Philippe ChiambarettaSelf
Danielle TartakowskySelf
Marcel DesaillySelf
Laure MartinSelf
Jean-Yves Le NaourSelf
Marcel KittelSelf
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ChristoSelf (archive footage)
Charles GodefroySelf (archive footage)
René CotySelf (archive footage)
Elizabeth II of the United KingdomSelf (archive footage)
Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghSelf (archive footage)
Valéry Giscard d'EstaingSelf (archive footage)
Nicolas SarkozySelf (archive footage)
Angela MerkelSelf (archive footage)
Emmanuel MacronSelf (archive footage)
Charles de GaulleSelf (archive footage)
Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)
Donald TrumpSelf (archive footage)
Melania TrumpSelf (archive footage)
Brigitte MacronSelf (archive footage)
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