Jean Ziegler: The Optimism of Willpower
MovieTitle | Jean Ziegler, l'optimisme de la volonté |
User score | 5.6 |
Release date | Nov 23, 2016 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Nicolas Wadimoff |
Production country | Switzerland |
Production companies | Dreampixies, SRG SSR, ARTE GEIE, RTS, SRF |
Run time | 93 min. |
In 1964, Che Guevara asked the young Jean Ziegler to stay in Switzerland to fight in the "Monster brain" capitalist. Since then, Jean Ziegler nerve stops fighting against injustices as a public writer, a speaker and as a Kofi Annan collaborator. During a trip to Cuba, his ideas are challenged by what he discover on the island.