Napalm

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Napalm

2017

1h 40m

Documentary

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In 1958, a French member of a delegation to North Korea meets a nurse working for the Korean Red Cross.

Richard Brody

The New Yorker

11/15/2018

"Napalm" is first-person filmmaking on a global scale.

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Jonathan Romney

Screen International

05/22/2017

Napalm feels like a missed opportunity to get much deeper under the skin of a nation that Lanzmann clearly knows better than most observers, and for whose citizens he feels more compassion and understanding than they are often granted.

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Jordan Mintzer

The Hollywood Reporter

05/22/2017

A unique look at a place and people who we have mostly known through news reports or government propaganda, but rarely in movies through such a human point of view.

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Jaymes Durante

4:3

07/24/2017

Recommended

t's in the natty particulars and the way Lanzmann remembers them-slow, honest, sometimes arduous-that Napalm finds its value as a cultural document and political statement.

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Àngel Quintana

Caimán Cuadernos de Cine

05/25/2017

The film is like the reverse of Shoah. [Full review in Spanish]

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Carlos F. Heredero

Caimán Cuadernos de Cine

05/25/2017

A huge and painful disappointment. [Full review in Spanish]

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François Margolin

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Caroline Champetier

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Chantal Hymans

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Synopsis

In 1958, a French member of a delegation to North Korea meets a nurse working for the Korean Red Cross.

Director: Claude Lanzmann
Producer: François Margolin
Screenwriter: Claude Lanzmann
Production Co: Margo Cinema
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 1h 40m