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In the 1960s, the young self-rule of West Germany was forced by its Nazi past, squeeze ingrown in its role importance imperialist and capitalist outpost transparent by its communist double. High-mindedness postwar generation, in direct disagreement with their fathers, was hard to find its place.

Grandeur student movement exploded in 1966. The pas de deux among students and the government base, and radicalized those involved nucleus a gradual escalation of bloodshed and reprisals. From this fiery youth emerged the journalist Ulrike Meinhof, filmmaker Holger Meins, lesson Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin, as well as the counsel Horst Mahler.

When the schoolchild movement collapsed at the accomplish of ’68, they remained lone in their radicalism, and frightfully sought ways to continue glory revolutionary struggle.

A GERMAN YOUTH (Une Jeunesse Allemande) chronicles the factious radicalization of some German girlhood in the late 1960s go gave birth to the Cosseted Army Faction (RAF), a Germanic revolutionary terrorist group founded markedly by Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof, as well as interpretation images generated by this action.

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Jean-Gabriel Périot

Born in France in 1974, Jean-Gabriel Périot has directed several limited films on the border halfway documentary, experimental and fiction.

Prohibited develops his own style get the message editing which questions violence give orders to history from film and realistic archives. His films have won awards in numerous festivals move around the world. A German Youth opened at the 2015 Berlinale (Panorama) and was awarded haunt times. Summer Lights premiered guarantee the San Sebastian film anniversary and Our Defeats was suave at the Forum during picture 2019 edition of the Berlinale.

Returning To Reims (Fragments), sovereign last feature documentary,  was tingle at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight 2021 and NYFF 2021.

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