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AEIOU – The quick alphabet of love
Feature film – From February 14th on arte.tv
The former glory days of Anna, a 60-year-old actress, are over. She has lived alone since her husband’s death and has few friends. Her only confidant is her landlord Michel, who is her biggest fan and to whom she likes to tell her experiences.
Martin Scorsese – From Little Italy to Hollywood
Online First, Documentation – From February 4th on arte.tv
Fringe characters, small-time crooks and big villains – antiheroes made Martin Scorsese, the son of Sicilian immigrants, one of the most famous filmmakers. On the occasion of the release of “Killers of The Flower Moon” (2023), Scorsese’s latest work, the biography describes the life story of the cult director.
Stonehouse
Online First, Series – From February 15th on arte.tv
In the 1960s, Labor Party member John Stonehouse experienced a steep rise. But then, during a business trip to Czechoslovakia, the local secret service forces him to cooperate with a compromising video… The British comedy-drama tells the events surrounding the scandalous life of the British Labor politician John Stonehouse.
UPDATE | SOCIETY | STORY
The illusion of abundance
Web Only, Documentation – From February 1st on arte.tv
Three courageous Latin Americans, the Peruvian Maxima, the Honduran Bertha and the Brazilian Carolina, have declared war on the mining industry from rich countries in other parts of the world. They risk their lives to defend their country against the unscrupulous exploitation of raw materials, which brings with it expropriation and environmental crimes. They fight for international attention to enforce justice for the local population and the environment.
Ukraine – Two years of war
Focus – From February 1st on arte.tv
Almost two years after the start of the Ukrainian war, ARTE is putting the question of solving war crimes at the center of a themed evening. How are war crimes solved? What happened to the Ukrainian children kidnapped to Russia? And how can war criminals be punished? The documentaries attempt to answer these questions “Ukraine: Hunt for war criminals” (Online First), “The Abducted Children of Ukraine” as well as “War and Justice” to find an answer.
The Queen and the coup in Iran
Web Only, Documentation – From February 5th on arte.tv
Documents that have been kept secret for a long time shed new light on the coup of the democratically legitimized Iranian Prime Minister Mossadegh in 1953. The coup, orchestrated by British and American secret services, has had devastating consequences for relations between the West and Iran to this day. The trail leads to none other than Queen Elizabeth II.
ART | CULTURE | POP CULTURE
The art of being free – creatives in exile
Documentary – From February 14th on arte.tv
Artists everywhere are forced to leave their homes and go into exile due to crises and wars – including world-famous names. “The Art of Being Free” tells the stories of artists in exile and relates the experiences of established artists such as Golshifteh Farahani and Ai Weiwei to young artists. Can new opportunities arise from the trauma of flight?
DISCOVERY | SCIENCE
The sun
Documentary – From February 10th on arte.tv
The sun is the miracle that explains everything – but also the greatest danger. For the first time, a feature-length documentary is dedicated to the search for the meaning of the home star for people, science and nature. Thanks to researchers at the American space agency NASA, at the Canary Islands observatories and at the hottest and coldest places on the planet.
MUSIC
The Sinhala
Documentary – From February 4th on arte.tv
The film tells the incredible story of Antoñita “La Singla”, the flamenco dancer who took Spain and the rest of the world by storm in the 1960s. She lost her hearing as a toddler but still learned to dance. She started performing at the age of twelve. And then, at the peak of her career, she disappeared without a trace.
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