Big Brother: A World Under Surveillance
Seen it?2020 | 90 min | Documentary
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- If you count yourself among spy-story fans and politics junkies, this one's for you. Nobody is quite who they seem. Power and ambition drive every scene.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Well paced for a documentary, at 1 hr 30 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you want made-up drama tonight.
Under the pretext of fighting terrorism or crime, the major powers have embarked on a dangerous race for surveillance technologies. Facial recognition cameras, emotion detectors, citizen rating systems, autonomous drones… A security obsession that in some countries is giving rise to a new form of political regime: numerical totalitarianism. Orwell's nightmare.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
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- AudiencesNot counted
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- AwardsNot counted
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- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Directed by Sylvain Louvet
- Sylvain LouvetSelf - Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
- Sandra BertinSelf - Nice Police Chief
- Eylon EtshteinSelf - Anyvision CEO
- Isaac ben IsraëlSelf - Cybersecurity Center Director
- Hagar ShezafSelf - Journalist
- Laurent MucchielliSelf - CNRS Research Director
- Christian EstrosiSelf - Nice Mayor
- Martin DragoSelf - Lawyer
- Neema GiulianiSelf - Lawyer
- Clare GarvieSelf - Lawyer