DENZEL WASHINGTON: AMERICAN PARADOX

By Sonia DAUGER

ARTE FRANCE - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV / PROD / BROAD

Biography - Completed 2022

In 30 years of a deeply committed career and 50 roles, Denzel Washington, double-Oscar winner, placed the figure of the Black man in all its complexity at the heart of the American paradoxes: from Black activist, rebel soldier to gangster torn between violence and charity.

    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Biography, Social issues, Documentary
    • Countries
    • FRANCE
    • Languages
    • FRENCH, GERMAN, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 52 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sonia DAUGER
    • Producer(s)
    • Florence SALA (ARTE FRANCE), Thierry TRIPOD (BRAINWORKS)
    • Synopsis
    • Voted best actor of the 21st century by the New York Times a few months ago, Denzel Washington, 65, has risen to the top of American cinema. Actor, director and producer, he has shaken up a "color line" as immutable as it is subtle. Often identified with his characters, he reveals himself to be disconcerting and paradoxical. As if he were holding up a mirror to America in which all of its contradictions and failings were reflected.