Game of Death (The)

  • Jeu de la mort (Le) [réal: Bornot, Amado & Blanc]
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2010
Format : Feature
Running time : 95 (in minutes)
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The controversial THE GAME OF DEATH (LE JEU DE LA MORT) follows contestants signing up for a pilot game show. The show is fake, they were really taking part in an adaptation of the infamous Milgram experiments - the 1960s study in authority and obedience involving volunteers administering electric shocks. In the TV version, a glamorous presenter orders the contestants to shock their fellow players when they fail to answer a question correctly. The participant is not actually ‘shocked,' but neither the questioner or audience are aware of this. Amusing, compelling and disturbing, the film raises a warning against blindly following authority and also about the manipulative power of television itself.

written and produced by Christophe Nick

directed by Thomas Bornot, Gilles Amado and Alain-Michel Blanc

France, 2010, Documentary, French with English subtitles, Video, 95 min

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
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  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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