Film screening and discussion of “Des goûts de lutte” by Emmanuelle Reungoat, a professor and researcher at the University of Montpellier

[Press Release] - Published on January 21, 2025 in the Press Room

On Saturday, January 25, at 7:00 p.m. at the La Vista Theater in Montpellier, there will be a screening of the film “Des goûts de lutte,” a 58-minute documentary directed by Emmanuelle Reungoat, a professor and researcher at theUM , and Pierre-Olivier Gaumin, a photographer and filmmaker.  The screening will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with the theater company’s team and the filmmakers.

A current affairs documentary film

“The story begins after the struggle. What mark does an extraordinary revolt leave on those who lived through it? By following the intersecting paths of the Yellow Vests over several years after the movement, the film explores how their relationships with the world, politics, violence, otherness, and social boundaries have evolved.”

The struggle also carves out deeper paths within us—paths that sometimes unsettle us and sometimes set us free—and that reveal themselves in our relationships with our work, our family, our words, and ourselves.

In turn, a historian and a sociologist draw parallels between these traces and those of other movements that have shaped history, such as the Paris Commune or Spain’s Indignados movement. By exploring both personal experiences and collective journeys, the film examines the extent to which social struggles can transform us and serve as a force for emancipation.”

Emmanuelle Reungoat, professor and researcher at the University of Montpellier

To view Emmanuelle Reungoat’s complete profile and all her information on theUM website, click here.