La face cachée de l'homme en noir

Jul 16, 2025

1h 39m

★ 7.0

Overview

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Documentary

History

Production Companies

Elephant Doc

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Cast

Self (Thierry Ardisson's wife) : Interviewer

Audrey Crespo-Mara

Self (Audrey Crespo-Mara's husband) : Interviewed

Thierry Ardisson

Self (Thierry Ardisson's daughter) : Interviewed

Manon Ardisson

Self (Thierry Ardisson's daughter) : Interviewed

Ninon Ardisson

Self (Thierry Ardisson's son) : Interviewed

Gaston Ardisson

Self (Thierry Ardisson's brother) : Interviewed

Patrick Ardisson

Self (Thierry Ardisson's producer) : Interviewed

Catherine Barma

Self (Thierry Ardisson's friend) : Interviewed

Anne Méaux

Self (Thierry Ardisson's friend) : Interviewed

Laurent Baffie

Self (Thierry Ardisson's friend) : Interviewed

Philippe Corti

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a British lady and wants to come back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, for unknown reasons wants to marry someone before to arrive to Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts the proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spend the quarantine period trying to pass the examinations to be admitted to the States. Tests are not so simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily. Their destiny is in the hands of the custom officers.

6.7

Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist

Jul 8, 2021

A subtle portrait of Japanese director Satoshi Kon by the specialist of Japanese cinema Pascal-Alex Vincent and a dive into a rich work. With interviews of the greatest Japanese, French and American directors inspired by his work.

7.0

Jon Richardson: How to Survive The End of the World

Feb 20, 2017

Jon Richardson, one of Britain's most cautious men, is sent on a mission by his wife Lucy Beaumont, to investigate the things they are most scared about.

7.3

Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera

Oct 22, 2023

She worked with the world’s greatest actors and directors: Buñuel, Mastroianni, Lellouche, Depardieu... The film guides us throughout her career with the filmmakers with whom she invented herself not to be a “cold blonde actress”, thanks to great interviews of many artists who crossed her path.

6.2

The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone

Oct 3, 2003

An attempt to create a bridge between the different political positions that coexist, sometimes violently, in the Basque Country, in northern Spain.

7.2

The Diary of Anne Frank

Mar 18, 1959

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

7.0

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Mar 3, 1972

In his delirium from his return from war, Francesco Bernardone goes back in his memories to the days when he lived for parties and carnal pleasures. He slowly recovers, but after the illness he is no longer the Francesco that everybody knew. Instead of spending hours in taverns, he meditates on the beauty of God's creatures, soon renouncing his riches and his family with plans to rebuild an abandoned church and his life.

6.1

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood

Sep 16, 1994

An all-enveloping darkness. Suddenly, a child's voice, frightened, questioning, pierces the darkness... The first flickering rays of light begin to sculpt mysterious shapes out of the darkness... Among them, a very old man. He reassures the child, exhorting him to see the wonders of the earth. And it is with this child's eyes that we will witness the creation of the world.

7.5

Two Portraits of MIYAGINO

May 29, 2010

In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds consolation in the company of a prostitute, and becomes entangled in a love triangle. A mystery emerges involving two portraits and the sudden disappearance of the artist Sharaku. Helmed by Cannes-selected director Tatsuji Yamazaki, the film employs kabuki-inspired sequences and stylised sets.

0.0

Echt Herman Koch

Sep 28, 2017

A portrait about the Dutch writer Herman Koch. Koch started his career with the popular TV-show 'Jiskefet' and went on to become the best selling and most translated writer from the Netherlands

4.5

Felicitas

Jun 11, 2009

Buenos Aires at the outskirts of XIX century. A society rigid in patriarchal rules. A war between brothers of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. Two young and very much in love youngsters, fight for their right to be together. Obeyance and fear sets them apart along more than ten years. When they are finally reunited, will they be able to overcome the pain and tragedy that haunts them?

7.8

Islam and the Future of Tolerance

Dec 11, 2018

In the thick of a controversial war of ideas, two enlightening figures, Sam Harris, an atheist and a critic of religion, and Maajid Nawaz, an Islamist-turned-liberal activist, partake in an engaging dialogue on the state of Islam, its potential reform, the militant ideology of Islamism, and where all this lays in a secular world.

0.0

A Matter of Time

Oct 2, 2015

Kathryn Calder, one of the vocalists behind the Influential and successful indie band The New Pornographers, puts her life on hold when her mother is diagnosed with ALS. After moving back to her childhood home to care for her mother, she is inspired to record her first solo album, 'Are You My Mother?' there as a gift to her as she fights the disease. Old bandmates, friends, and a new extended family only recently discovered all join Kathryn in her and her mother's journey.

6.8

Dig!

May 14, 2004

A documentary on the once promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. The friendship between respective founders, Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor, escalated into bitter rivalry as the Dandy Warhols garnered major international success while the Brian Jonestown Massacre imploded in a haze of drugs.

7.0

The Yes Men

Sep 7, 2003

A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization (WTO) on television and at business conferences around the world.

6.6

The Last Train

Oct 31, 1973

Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army entering France.

7.4

Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Mar 30, 2018

An unflinching and deeply personal journey into the life and work of guitarist Eric Clapton told through his own words and songs.

7.8

1900

Aug 28, 1976

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

6.0

Vivement Truffaut

Jul 12, 1985

A tribute to the late, great French director Francois Truffaut, this documentary was undoubtedly named after his last movie, Vivement Dimanche!, released in 1983. Included in this overview of Truffaut's contribution to filmmaking are clips from 14 of his movies arranged according to the themes he favored. These include childhood, literature, the cinema itself, romance, marriage, and death.

7.0

An Inconvenient Truth

May 24, 2006

A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

Cast

Self (Thierry Ardisson's wife) : Interviewer

Audrey Crespo-Mara

Self (Audrey Crespo-Mara's husband) : Interviewed

Thierry Ardisson

Self (Thierry Ardisson's daughter) : Interviewed

Manon Ardisson

Self (Thierry Ardisson's daughter) : Interviewed

Ninon Ardisson

Self (Thierry Ardisson's son) : Interviewed

Gaston Ardisson

Self (Thierry Ardisson's brother) : Interviewed

Patrick Ardisson

Self (Thierry Ardisson's producer) : Interviewed

Catherine Barma

Self (Thierry Ardisson's friend) : Interviewed

Anne Méaux

Self (Thierry Ardisson's friend) : Interviewed

Laurent Baffie

Self (Thierry Ardisson's friend) : Interviewed

La face cachée de l'homme en noir

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

La face cachée de l'homme en noir Trailers

Cast

Audrey Crespo-Mara

Thierry Ardisson

Manon Ardisson

Ninon Ardisson

Gaston Ardisson

Patrick Ardisson

Catherine Barma

Anne Méaux

Laurent Baffie

Philippe Corti

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La face cachée de l'homme en noir Trailers

Cast

Audrey Crespo-Mara

Thierry Ardisson

Manon Ardisson

Ninon Ardisson

Gaston Ardisson

Patrick Ardisson

Catherine Barma

Anne Méaux

Laurent Baffie

Philippe Corti

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Jon Richardson: How to Survive The End of the World

Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera

The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone

The Diary of Anne Frank

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood

Two Portraits of MIYAGINO

Echt Herman Koch

Felicitas

Islam and the Future of Tolerance

A Matter of Time

Dig!

The Yes Men

The Last Train

Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

1900

Vivement Truffaut

An Inconvenient Truth