Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory (original French title: Pierre Schoendoerffer, la sentinelle de la mémoire) is the first feature length

Feature length

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 documentary

Documentary

A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...

 about French writer and filmmaker Pierre Schoendoerffer

Pierre Schoendoerffer

Pierre Schoendoerffer is a French film director, a screenwriter, a writer, a war reporter, a war cameraman, a renowned First Indochina War veteran, a cinema academician and since 2001 the President of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.-Family:...

, directed by Raphaël Millet

Raphaël Millet

Raphaël Millet is a French writer, critic, producer and director of cinema and television, as well as an organiser and programmer of cultural events.- Studies :...

 and produced by Olivier Bohler for Nocturnes Productions

Nocturnes Productions

Nocturnes Productions is a French production company founded in 2007 by Olivier Bohler and Raphaël Millet.- Activity :Nocturnes Productions produces mainly documentary films about cinema and film-makers, such as Code Name Melville directed by Olivier Bohler and Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel...

 in 2011.

Synopsis

Pierre Schoendoerffer revisits his life and career, with a strong focus on the impact that his experience as a war cinematographer for the French army during the Indochina War had on him.

Production

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory is a co-production between Nocturnes Productions and the Institut national de l'audiovisuel

Institut national de l'audiovisuel

The Institut national de l'audiovisuel , is a repository of all French radio and television audiovisual archives. Additionally it provides customers with a free and immediate access to archives of countries such as Afghanistan and Cambodia...

 (INA, the French National Institute for Audiovisual).

It has been funded by the National Center of Cinematography and the moving image
, with the support of the French Ministry of Defence, French pay-TV Orange Cinéma Séries, and Belgian public broadcaster RTBF

RTBF

Radio Télévision Belge Francophone is the public broadcasting organization of the French Community of Belgium, the southern, French-speaking part of Belgium...

.

Cast

• Pierre Schoendoerffer
  Pierre Schoendoerffer
  Pierre Schoendoerffer is a French film director, a screenwriter, a writer, a war reporter, a war cameraman, a renowned First Indochina War veteran, a cinema academician and since 2001 the President of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.-Family:...
  
  
• Raoul Coutard
• Constantin Costa-Gavras
• Jacques Perrin
  Jacques Perrin
  Jacques Perrin is a French actor and filmmaker. He is occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet. Simonet was his father's name and Perrin his mother's.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Dominique Merlin
• Boramy Tioulong
• Pedro Nguyen
• Pierre Gabaston