Inside the historical film

Part I. Introduction : From the archive to the screen

Narrating the past in words and in motion

The filmmaker as occasional historian

History, cinema, and immigration: the case of Montreal's Italians

Part II. In conversation with : Paolo and Vittorio Taviani ; Denys Arcand ; Deepa Mehta ; Constantin Costa-Gavras ; Renzo Rossellini ; Margarethe von Trotta

Conclusion.