James Dean: Rebel Generation

James Dean: Rebel Generation

2025•7.5/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.5/10(2)

The antithesis of the virile heroes of his era, James Dean shook up the representation of adolescence and masculinity in three films shot in 1955, the same year he died in a car accident at the age of 24—exactly seventy years ago: Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, and Giant. This meteoric rise made him an instant icon, frozen in eternal, rebellious youth, which still resonates strongly today.

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Production

10.7 Productions, ARTE, Ciné+, OCS, RTS, Cosmote TV, Planete+ Poland, CNC, PROCIREP, Angoa-Agicoa

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

James Dean

James Dean

Self (archive footage)

Coraly Zahonero

Coraly Zahonero

Narrator (voice over)

Julien de Saint Jean

Julien de Saint Jean

Narrator (voice over)

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