Hand-Picked Alternatives Movies That Echo the Spirit of Geneviève: ...

Dir: Léon Poirier

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Léon Poirier

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of La Brière perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

In the lands of Brière a bitter dispute broke out over the draining of marshes for brick making. An old man, Aoustin, leads the resistance and refuses to give the hand of his daughter Théotiste to a young peasant, Jeannin, who supports it.

Dir: Léon Poirier

The film tells the expedition, led by Georges Marie Haardt and Louis Audouin-Dubreuil and sponsored by André Citoën, leaving Beirut in Lebanon to rally China through the ancient Silk Road with half-tracks vehicles, between 1931 and 1932.

Dir: Léon Poirier

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of La croisière jaune perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The story of Charles de Foucauld, a cavalry officer in the French army who became an explorer and geographer, then a Catholic monk, priest, linguist and hermit in the Hoggar desert in Algeria.

Dir: Léon Poirier

This non-fiction feature produced by the Citroen automobile company features a car which makes a trip across the African continent.

Dir: Léon Poirier

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Call perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A stoker, dissatisfied with his job, escapes from his ship to an island where he lives with a native girl. Eventually he is picked up by a passing steamer.

Dir: Léon Poirier

Toward the close of World War I, European railroads in Djibouti are under siege by bands of indigenous warriors, while one of the white employees falls for a mysterious woman tied to the rebels.

Dir: Léon Poirier

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of La croisière noire perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Léon Poirier

Dramatic re-enactment of the battle of Verdun during World War I, as seen by both French and German sides.

Dir: Léon Poirier

A visitor from the western front tells young children, in a sober commentary, about the battle of Verdun.