Joseph Kessel, la mallette de l'ogre (28/11/2025)

Production : 13 Prods, France Télévisions, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, PROCIREP, Angoa-Agicoa, CNC

Synopsis

To tell the story of Joseph Kessel is to tell the story of the entire 20th century. He lived a thousand lives in one: reporter, novelist, exile, resistance fighter, screenwriter, adventurer, gambler, poet, alcoholic, cabaret lover, seducer, and inveterate globetrotter. Through archival footage and Kessel's colorful language, this film traces the journey of a man who turned reporting into an epic and reality into the stuff of novels.