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- The story of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the 1975 OPEC meeting.
- Set in 1877, Julien and his wife Charlotte welcoming their infant daughter home. It was a difficult delivery for Charlotte, and since ambitious Julien is always away at work, the couple agree to bring in Angele-Marie as a wet nurse.
- The story of Napoleon Bonaparte's grandniece, the famous Princess Marie, her friendship and her work with Sigmund Freud.
- When twelve cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad were published by Denmark's largest newspaper in 2005, European muslim groups denounced the cartoons as insulting and sacrilegious. To everyone's surprise, the protests against the Muhammad drawings took a worldwide scale, even leading to violent demonstrations in several Muslim countries. In France, the satirical news magazine Charlie Hebdo joined the conversation and reprinted the controversial cartoons, causing an uproar among the country's growing Muslim population. Months later, the Great Mosque of Paris, the World Muslim League and the Union of Islamic Organizations of France took Charlie Hebdo's editor Philippe Val to court for defamation and incitement of hatred. Tough Being Loved by Jerks offers a real-time account of the ensuing trial, arguably one most divisive and heated legal proceedings in recent French history. The film features lawyers, witnesses, journalists, editorial conferences, demonstrations of support, as well as the reactions of the prosecutors and Muslim leaders around the world. Given new relevance after the January 7, 2015, attacks at the Charlie Hebdo offices, which left 12 dead and 11 wounded, Tough Being Loved by Jerks also features candid interviews (and rarely seen behind-the-scenes moments) with acclaimed Charlie Hebdo cartoonists, such as Cabu, Charb, Tignous and Wolinski, who were killed on January 7, 2015. As such, the film offers a unique perspective into the current debate around France's founding ideals and its current realities.
- On January 7th, 2015, the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo was the first target in a series of deadly terrorist attacks. This new documentary pays tribute to the victims and explores the resulting aftermath of a changed nation.
- At the dawn of the 21st century group of scientists are conducting genetic experiments on 5 voluntary human subjects. Completely unexpected results occur that might have broader implications on all humanity.
- The story of the French poet Max Jacob, between the First and the Second World War until his deportation. Alice, his adopted daughter voluntarily had herself deported and went to the concentration camp to find him.
- Preceding the film is a disclaimer that states that although the story was composed through historical and journalistic research, many details of Carlos' life remain a mystery and that the film should be viewed as a work of fiction. In Paris, in 1970, Mohammed Boudia, the head of the Popular Front to Liberate Palestine's (PFLP) French contingent, is killed when a bomb, presumably planted by Mossad, explodes after he gets in his car. About a month later, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, a Venezuelan separatist devoted to the PFLP, travels to Beirut and meets with Wadi Haddad, a leader of the PFLP. Haddad considers Sanchez' offer to head PFLP operations in London, under the supervision of, "Andre", another operative working out of Paris. When asked what his code name will be, Sanchez answers "Carlos." Carlos is charged by Haddad and Andre with assassinating the owner of a London clothier sympathetic to Israeli Zionism. Carlos drives to the man's house, dons a mask and forces his way in, however, he is only able to wound the man before his pistol jams. He rushes out of the house and drives away. He later joins his wife and the two go out for dinner. Over drinks, his wife tells him of the political strife in Chile, where the president, Salvador Allende, had just been overthrown by Augusto Pinochet. Carlos' wife tells him that he should focus his terrorism efforts in South America, however, Carlos counters, saying that because South America has fallen to American imperialism, that his efforts would be wasted. At an airport in Paris, a young Japanese man is detained by customs authorities, who discover several forged passports and cash hidden in his attache case. Carlos had been planning to join with the young man's Marxist-Leninist organization, the Japanese Red Army (JRA) in their attempt to kidnap the Israeli ambassador at the embassy in the Hague. The JRA members get lost on the way, making several wrong turns. Carlos, who'd been waiting outside the building in the getaway car, leaves them behind. The JRA are able to take the ambassador hostage, along with some of his office staff and hold them for several hours. They later successfully negotiate to be released & taken to the airport.