The Monopoly of Violence

The Monopoly of Violence (French: Un pays qui se tient sage, lit. 'A country that stands wise') is a 2020 French documentary film directed by David Dufresne.

The Monopoly of Violence
Film poster
FrenchUn pays qui se tient sage
Directed byDavid Dufresne
Produced byJour 2 fête
Release date
Running time
86 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Subject matter

The film question the enforcement of order in France and the legitimacy of the State's use of violence and especially police brutality in France.[3][4][5][6]

The context is clash between the police and demonstrators during the yellow vests movement. The film use videos made by demonstrators or independent journalists between November 2018 and February 2020.

The images are discussed in a series of dialogues between personalities of social movements, intellectuals and police officers.[7]

Those two-way discussions allow to interpret the raw images using fundamental concept such as the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force.[8]

See also

References
  1. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/movies/new-york-film-festival-best-movies.html
  2. https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020/films/the-monopoly-of-violence/
  3. Jalinous, Kaveh. "The Monopoly of Violence [NYFF 2020]". undertheradarmag.com. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. "" Un pays qui se tient sage " : une radiographie des violences policières". Le Monde.fr (in French). 30 September 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. ""Un Pays qui se tient sage", ou comment la colère a pris au piège la société française". Le Temps (in French). 9 October 2020. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  6. Person, Philippe (1 October 2020). "Un pays qui se tient sage". Le Monde diplomatique (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. "David Dufresne : "Ces images au téléphone portable, c'est l'histoire"". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  8. "David Dufresne • Director of The Monopoly of Violence". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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