Olivier Broche, actor and programmer for War on Screen festival, in collaboration with Philippe Bachman, CEO and Artistic Director of War on Screen festival
Representing a conflict on screen is a risk: the risk of interpretating unsuccessfully the reality experienced by the actors and victims in the conflict; the risk of taking sides, or of producing too distant a representation; the risk of falling into the commonplace, sensationalism and pathos. Another risk is that of shocking viewers, or else failing to engage them and inspire further curiosity. And yet, from comedies to spy films, from science fiction to historical saga via social drama, filmmakers have never ceased to cover conflicts, either directly or implicitly. Actor and producer Olivier Broche, proposes taking a look at these artists and their work, particularly through the theme of courage, so as to better grasp the human, political, military, social or economic motives at play behind conflicts and their representation on screen.
