What the press says.

Video interviews

Putin, the new world order

France Inter — L'Instant M · 2016

On France Inter's L'Instant M, Jean-Michel Carré presents Putin, the New Empire, broadcast that evening on France 2.

“Sexe, amour et handicap”: meeting Jean-Michel Carré

APF France handicap · 2011

A Faire Face meeting about Sexe, amour et handicap, a documentary on sexual assistance for people with disabilities, broadcast on France 2.

Jean-Michel Carré, the specialist’s eye

FIPA · 2016

At FIPA 2016, a meeting with one of the pioneers of French documentary: his expectations, his career and the state of documentary film.

Les Racines Carré du Doc — reportage and creative documentary

Fréquence Doc · 2012

Interviews with Jean-Michel Carré, author, director and producer, on the history and future of auteur documentary.

Ciné Tract — Tibet, another story

Pour le cinéma · 2025

On Arte's decision not to broadcast Tibet, un autre regard, Jean-Michel Carré's film.

Exclusive interview with Jean-Michel Carré

CGTN Français · 2022

Why China and Tibet? The director, who has made two documentaries about China, looks back on his work.

They talk about us

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What the press says

« Chilling and frightening. »

Jean-Claude Renard · 22 November 2007 · The Putin SystemRead the review

« A portrait of Vladimir Putin traced by Jill Emery and Jean-Michel Carré, following a Machiavellian path. »

Jean-Claude Renard · 22 November 2007 · The Putin SystemRead the review

« Extraordinary portraits, a breath of life, a desire to understand and to show that captivates and uplifts. »

Charbons ardentsRead on Allociné

« There is something of the fairy tale in the story of Tower and its fierce coal miners turned self-managing white collars. »

Charbons ardentsRead on Allociné

« (...) reveals the nature of work, how it can keep people standing and the real reasons for knocking them down. »

Charbons ardentsRead on Allociné

« Jean-Michel Carré is not there to sanctify a system wholesale, but rather to X-ray it. »

Charbons ardentsRead on Allociné

« A necessary film. »

Patrick Braganti · 3 November 2007 · J'ai (très) mal au travailRead the review

« And it is salutary. »

Jean-Baptiste Berry · 30 October 2007 · J'ai (très) mal au travailRead the review

« Remarkable and exemplary. »

J'ai (très) mal au travailRead on Allociné

« J'ai (très) mal au travail plays like a relentless thriller or a horror film (...) »

J'ai (très) mal au travailRead on Allociné

« (...) striking testimonies and relentless reasoning (...) this film deserves to be seen as widely as possible. »

J'ai (très) mal au travailRead on Allociné

« (...) a gripping, complex documentary that rewards close attention. »

J'ai (très) mal au travailRead on Allociné

« Jean-Michel Carré offers and shares a compassionate, supportive view of these communities. »

Marine Bénézech · 6 February 2010 · Sex WorkersRead the review

« Jean-Michel Carré makes us look prostitution straight in the eye (...) Captivating. »

Sex WorkersRead on Allociné

« (...) turns his film into a manifesto for the recognition of sex workers' rights. »

Sex WorkersRead on Allociné

« This documentary is worth seeing for its choice of interviewees. »

Sex WorkersRead on Allociné

« (...) a raw, realistic documentary that tackles the subject head-on and breaks down preconceptions... »

Sex WorkersRead on Allociné

Jean-Michel Carré in pictures

Preview of Tibet, un autre regard (2023). From left: John Lagerwey, Michel Noll and Jean-Michel Carré.
Preview of Tibet, un autre regard (2023). From left: John Lagerwey, Michel Noll and Jean-Michel Carré. Source : Photo Thérèse De Ruyt — tibetdoc.org
Jean-Michel Carré, director portrait.
Jean-Michel Carré, director portrait. Source : BED — Bretagne et Diversité
Jean-Michel Carré.
Jean-Michel Carré. Source : Unifrance
Jean-Michel Carré.
Jean-Michel Carré. Source : cinema-francais.fr

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