Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress (2019)
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.
Director: Jean-Robert Viallet
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Jacques Bonnaffé as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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John D. Rockefeller as Self (archive footage) |
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Woodrow Wilson as Self (archive footage) |
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Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage) |
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J. Robert Oppenheimer as Self (archive footage) |
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Van Heflin as Self (archive footage) |
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Lewis Strauss as Self (archive footage) |
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Mária Telkes as Self (archive footage) |
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Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage) |
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Jane Wyman as Self (archive footage) |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage) |
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Lino Ventura as Self (archive footage) |
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Louis de Funès as Self (archive footage) |
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Walter Cronkite as Self (archive footage) |
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John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage) |
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Jimmy Carter as Self (archive footage) |
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Margaret Thatcher as Self (archive footage) |
| Production | Alexandre Cornu | Producer |
| Production | Eva Kuperman | Co-Producer |
| Production | Anton Iffland Stettner | Co-Producer |
| Production | Victor Ede | Producer |
| Directing | Jean-Robert Viallet | Director |
| Writing | Jean-Baptiste Fressoz | Book |
| Sound | Marek Hunhap | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Christophe Bonneuil | Writer |
| Camera | Jean-Robert Viallet | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Christophe Bonneuil | Book |
| Writing | Jean-Baptiste Fressoz | Writer |
| Writing | Jean-Robert Viallet | Writer |
| Production | Najiba Kanane | Production Manager |
| Production | Emmanuelle Yacoubi | Researcher |
| Sound | Julien Mizac | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Tal Zana | Editor |
| Production | Maggy Mouris | Production Manager |
| Sound | Julien Mizac | Sound Editor |
| Production | Stéphane Quinson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Christine Tomas | Production Manager |