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Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019 7.7 (23 votes) 1h 39m
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Genres
Documentary History
Production Companies
ARTE
Cinéphage Productions
Les Films du Tambour de soie
Stenola Productions
Mucem
RTBF
CNRS Images
RTS

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress (L'Homme a mangé la Terre)

Overview

An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war and the selfish interests of a few, belligerent politicians and captains of industry, damaging the welfare of the majority of mankind, impoverishing the weakest, greedily devouring the limited resources of the Earth.

Key Crew

Producer: Alexandre Cornu, Victor Ede

Director: Jean-Robert Viallet

Writer: Christophe Bonneuil, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, Jean-Robert Viallet

Director of Photography: Jean-Robert Viallet

Top Cast

Jacques Bonnaffé
Jacques Bonnaffé

Self - Narrator (voice)

John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller

Self (archive footage)

Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer

Self (archive footage)

Van Heflin
Van Heflin

Self (archive footage)

Lewis Strauss
Lewis Strauss

Self (archive footage)

Mária Telkes

Self (archive footage)

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