Documentary Portrait Movies

For one year, Léon Marchand allows cameras to follow him through competitions, studies, family life, and growing fame. Through an intimate...

This film sketches a very personal and decidedly political portrait of the Iron Lady who left the greatest mark on the UK, alongside Queen Elizabeth...

Architect Raine Karp has designed some of the most monumental buildings in Estonia. Yet he himself says that he does not shape cityscapes or create...

A docudrama on John F. Kennedy's early travels through Europe with his best friend Lem Billings. A road trip that would lay the foundation for JFK's...

A feature-length documentary about François Cavanna—creator of the publications Charlie Hebdo and Hara-Kiri—who passed away on...

With his grizzled moustache and chiselled features, Charles Bronson is the embodiment of a slightly archaic, brooding and almost reactionary...

A documentary film-portrait about a former literature teacher from Tulskaya oblast, Russia who has now become a famous porn actress and video blogger...

Set in an alternate, post-apocalyptic 1976, a filmmaker follows a worn and disillusioned photographer who, despite the circumstances, continues to...

Two men, a Finn and a Belarusian live alone, on a lake's island.

Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story reveals the extraordinary rise, sudden disappearance, and resurgence of trailblazing Black trans soul singer...

On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the death of Louis de Funès, this documentary by Jacques Pessis pays tribute to the cult actor...

Jean Gabin took his first steps in cinema in the 1930s and quickly rose to fame thanks to his striking naturalness. Having become a star, he made his...

The story, hidden by historians and biographers, of Jeanne, a black woman, whose real name is unknown, who was the muse and companion of the mythical...

OUTSIDER. FREUD is a new creative documentary film, that takes us on a journey into the life and work of Freud in four acts - a combination of...

Shadows have followed Harvey Keitel wherever he went, from his blasphematory childhood, to the army and his iconic roles in films such as...