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Female looks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, genesis of King Kong, Spielberg evening and Belgian Cup final

On TV this week, the female war, FC Bruges-Anderlecht for a trophy, a document on King Kong and three others around Steven Spielberg.

War fragments

Thursday May 8 at 22.00 on the front page
Documentary by Solène Chalvon-Fioriti.
3,5/5

Some see it as a fatal and bloody continuation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Others a real breakdown. On October 7, 2023, excluding the attackers from the count, 1,200 people, a large majority of civilians, died following Hamas attacks on Israeli soil. And among them 300 Israeli. The Islamist movement openly claims The assassination of unarmed women. Under the pretext that they do compulsory military service, they are seen as soldiers and their bodies becomes a war. The relentless and blind response to Gaza would have done more than 47,000 dead according to the UN. Mostly civilians again …
The documentary by Solène Chalvon-Fioriti, a humanist war reporter “freed from scoop”, says How armed conflicts exacerbate male domination. How women and children become elements of military propaganda. Symbols for the cause. The French director has seized the testimonies of several of them. That they undergo war, challenge it or feed it. Anyway other than men.
There is Nissan Aila, seven, at Deir El-Balah. Daughter of a doctor and a teacher who, with other kids, jumps and dance of joy While humanitarian parcels are dropped. But also his aunt, a journalist, who became a widow during the war. “Resist, that doesn’t necessarily mean wearing a weapon or fighting against the occupier. It also means holding the blow mentally under these conditions. ” This constant chip, this permanent alert state … According to UNICEF, more than 14,000 children have been killed since the start of the Israeli offensive in Gaza. War fragments Then goes to the West Bank. Another Palestinian land bounded by the violence of men and sometimes that of women.
A hébron al-khalil, lama khatar estt A 48 -year -old activist close to Hamas. “I use the term occupation because if I pronounce the word Israel, I legitimize its existence. What is out of the question for me, she says proudly. Each Palestinian who has pure national feelings and who wishes freedom is proud of the battle of October 7. ” The attacks may have killed civilians, women and children, She considers that all Israeli society is a military. “Either they are soldiers, or reservists or settlers … They control part of our heritage. Our mosque. “

“Contrary to popular belief, women do not always want peace.”

Contrary to popular belief, women do not always want peace. They are the fruit of their environment. “The hatred that our families arouse in the occupier honors us,” she continues. It is our biggest medal. ”
War fragments Also tells Safiya Al Bibissi, 37, a paramedic in Tulkarem and the women who give birth by refusing to spend the night at the hospital for fear that he is the target of attack. War fragments will be followed by Women of October 7 this time nourished by an Israeli female vision of events. The two terrifying sides of the same story.

Steven Spielberg special evening

Sunday May 4 from 20.05 on Arte

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Beginning of April, in Las Vegas, during the Cinemacon, the largest global convention for operators And the owners of cinemas, the president of national distribution at Universal Pictures Jim Orr announced that Steven Spielberg was currently filming. That he worked on a return to form and mind to his greatest classics.

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A feature film still undertaken that should be released in June 2026 and should be a blockbuster de science-fiction. On this first Sunday in May, Arte offers a special evening, a film and three documentaries to celebrate the director of Duelof the Indiana Jones and Schindler’s list. Besides Pentagon Papers, Thriller on the power of the press which recounts the efforts of the Nixon government to prohibit the publication of Secret Defense files concerning the Vietnam War, the Franco-German channel proposes A portrait of the filmmaker (Steven Spielberg, man and child) but also docus devoted to two of his most famous films. A Monster success which returns to the epic set of Sea teeth et An intimate blockbuster which looks at the case ofE.T. which has revolutionized science fiction cinema.

FC Bruges-Anderlecht

Sunday May 4 at 18.00 on RTL club
Belgian Cup final

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After having put pressure on the Union Saint-Gilloise in the struggle for the title by winning Thursday against the Gantoise (4-1), FC Bruges finds this Sunday May 4 on another Brussels club in the final of the Belgian Cup. His sworn enemy for a few years: Sporting of Anderlecht. This is the fourth time, the first since 2015 (2-1 victory of Flandrians on goal of Rafaelov in the stoppages), that the Blauw in Zwart and the Mauves will meet at this stage of the competition.

During the first, in 1977, the club had won on the wire After being led 1 goal at 3. But during the second, in 1994, Sporting took over his opponent thanks to achievements by Bruno Versavel and Luc Nilis. The Brussels residents, who remain on three successes and a championship sharing against the second knives of the Playoffs 1, do they have something to restore the balance and bring down the Brugeois ogre? Start of response at 6 p.m. TV on Club RTL.

King Kong, the heart of darkness

Wednesday May 7 at 22.50 on Arte
Documentary by Laurent Herbiet.
3,5/5

Giant gorilla To the strangely human soulmonstrous reflection of our primitive nightmares, our desires and our thirst for freedom, King Kong is for some The very first myth created by a medium then in full adolescence: Cinema. Directed by Laurent Herbiet, former Coscenarist of Alain Resnais and member of the 50/50 collective who tries to promote the equality of women and men and sexual and gender diversity in the seventh art and audiovisual, The heart of darkness Traces the birth of the successful film, triumphs from 1933leaning on the journey of those who created it. Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack explorer filmmakers.

But also the latter’s wife, the writer Ruth Rose, who refined the scenario. Given to the film its social fiber, His criticism and eroticism. A nice document full of archive images to tell a film inspired by the horrifying fantasy and a flying plane above Manhattan buildings. But also to trace his craft confection.

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