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.
Cast
Sylvain Louvet
Self - Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
Sandra Bertin
Self - Nice Police Chief
Eylon Etshtein
Self - Anyvision CEO
Isaac ben Israël
Self - Cybersecurity Center Director
Hagar Shezaf
Self - Journalist
Laurent Mucchielli
Self - CNRS Research Director
Christian Estrosi
Self - Nice Mayor
Martin Drago
Self - Lawyer
Neema Giuliani
Self - Lawyer
Clare Garvie
Self - Lawyer
Liz O'Sullivan
Self - Former Clarifai Employee
Chris Jones
Self - Researcher
Alain Wang
Self - Sinologist
Ge Yulu
Self - Artist
Lin Junyue
Self - Social Credit Theorist
Bextiyar Turgun
Self - Uyghur Refugee
Mihrigul Tursun
Self - Uyghur Refugee
Sophie Richardson
Self - Human Rights Activist
Baptiste Robert
Self - Cybersecurity Researcher
Aaron Peskin
Self - Politician
George W. Bush
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Donald Trump
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Xi Jinping
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Emmanuel Macron
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Wang Yi
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Dominique de Villepin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Laurent Fabius
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Crew
Sylvain Louvet
Director, Writer, Additional Photography
Ludovic Gaillard
Co-Director, Editor
Christophe Astruc
Director of Photography
Sacha-Alenksandra Savic
Color Grading
Jean-Marie Michel
Executive Producer, Producer
Mathieu Brusamonti
Animation, Graphic Designer
Félix Tissier
Animation, Graphic Designer
Jean-Philippe Borgeot
Sound Mixer, Original Music Composer
Joël Berton
Sound
Joseph Haley
Additional Photography
Cyril Thomas
Additional Photography
Guillaume Birot
Additional Photography
Isabelle Fuhrmann
Production Director
Émilie Champel
Production Director
Bertrand Rabbé
Researcher
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