J'accuse

J'accuse

January 5, 1895. The French intelligence captain Alfred Dreyfus was accused of one of the most dangerous crimes - treason and espionage for Germany. Almost no one questions the Dreyfus case except his former mentor, Georges Picard. The man decided to find out for himself what was happening by conducting his own investigation. He is sure of the innocence of his former subordinate, and to prove it he needs to find a mysterious "secret folder". But there are people who don't want the truth to come out, and they will stop Picard from revealing the truth. Even under such circumstances, the officer will be able to reach the people thanks to his connections with Emile Zola. What was within the framework of military jurisprudence grew into a real political scandal, which divided all of France into two camps. Read more The director of the project is Roman Polanski, whose credits include "Chinatown" (1974, nominated for an "Oscar"), "The Resident" (1976), "The Pianist" (2002, "Oscar" as "Best Director"). The film starred: Jean Dujardin ("99 Francs" (2007), "Little Secrets" (2010), "The Artist" ("Oscar" for "Best Actor")), Louis Garrel ("The Dreamers" (2003), "All Songs Only About Love" (2007), "My King" (2015)), Emmanuel Seigneur ("Bitter Moon" (1992), "Life in Pink", "Spacesuit and Butterfly" (both 2007)). The film premiered on August 30, 2019 at the Venice Film Festival, Italy. Film critics from Metacritic gave the film 56 points out of 100, and Rotten tomatoes wrote 71% positive reviews.