New Face of Political Cinema

Since 1995 there has been a widespread return of commitment to French cinema to an extent unmatched since the heady days following 1968. But this new wave of political cinema is very different and urgently calls out for an analysis that will account for its origins, its formal characteristics and its originality. By finding stylistic and narrative strategies relevant to current political and social concerns, French cinema is contributing in original ways to the restoration of the grounds for socio-political critique. At the same time, it is helping to reinvent political cinema.