The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion

54 mins
The pride of Napoleon's victories, the Arc de Triomphe, whose first stone was laid in 1806 at the top of the Champs-Élysées, is, along with the Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited monuments in the French capital. Wanted by an emperor, inaugurated under the reign of a king (Louis-Philippe) and sanctuarized by the Republic, this patriotic temple polarizes the passions of a whole nation. A historical portrait before "packaging", which teems with anecdotes and unsuspected details.

Benoît Allemane

Narrator (voice)

Christo

Self (archive footage)

Charles Godefroy

Self (archive footage)

René Coty

Self (archive footage)

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Self (archive footage)

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Self (archive footage)

Nicolas Sarkozy

Self (archive footage)

Angela Merkel

Self (archive footage)

Emmanuel Macron

Self (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Self (archive footage)

Melania Trump

Self (archive footage)

Brigitte Macron

Self (archive footage)

Didier Audebert

Art Direction

Barbara Schölnberger

Documentation & Support

Antoine Rivière

Camera Operator

John Jackson

Camera Operator

Thomas Labourasse

Camera Operator

Arthur Blin

Drone Cinematographer

Arnaud Duault

Camera Operator

Issam Krimi

Original Music Composer

Zoé Vericel

Assistant Editor

Laurence Gillard

Production Director

Hugo Tostain

Production Assistant

Jean-Yves Le Naour

Scientific Consultant

Christophe Trarieux

Camera Operator

Plume Le Bihan

Assistant Editor

Olivier Bodin

Sound Mixer

Morgane Plantard

Administration

Arnaud Duault

Assistant Director

Amélie Sourice

Documentation & Support

Marc Casal

Graphic Designer

Sara Dubois

Graphic Designer

Alexandre Radosavlejic

Assistant Editor

Jean Ousmane

Color Grading

Jean-Stéphane Doignon

Drone Cinematographer

Élodie L'Hostis

Production Assistant

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