The life and career of French novelist and journalist François Cavanna, his leading role in the invention of satirical press in France and foundation of 'Hara Kiri' and 'Charlie hedbo' newspapers.
Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth during WWII, and how it structured his whole approach to cinema, not only in its thematic but also in its aesthetics.
An ambitious teaching student's finals studies are interrupted by a passionate affair with a jazz musician.
Jacques Chancel, (Joseph André Jacques Régis Crampes; 2 July 1928 – 23 December 2014) was a French journalist and writer. He was known for being the radio host of Radioscopie and Le Grand Échiquier for 22 years. Chancel was born in Ayzac-Ost, France. Chancel died at his home in Paris from cancer, aged 86. Source: Article "Jacques Chancel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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