Italian cinema in France : history, society and the impact of its dissemination : studied through Emanuele Crialese's, Matteo Garrone's and Paolo Sorrentino's movies ; Le cinéma italien en France : histoire, société et diffusion : étudiées à travers les œuvres de Emanuele Crialese, Matteo Garrone et Paolo Sorrentino ; Il cinema italiano in Francia : storia, società e impatto della sua diffusione : analizzate attraverso le opere di Emanuele Crialese, Matteo Garrone e Paolo Sorrentino

One may approach cinema as a cultural vector which can either give shape to the habits and customs of a given society or reflect its yearnings. The Italian film industry is one among those which have produced movies which entered the global cultural imaginary. Nowadays, its international presence has been reshaped and Italian films do not easily shine beyond the national frame. Artists such as Emanuele Crialese, Matteo Garrone or Paolo Sorrentino have managed to achieve an undeniable visibility, and have become the symbol of a reborn contemporary Italian cinema. The content of their filmographies are the result of film shapes that are as rich as they are diverse, and their influence seems able to alter and to update the imaginary of italian culture connoisseurs. The purpose of our work is to study and understand the impact of their masterpieces on the French audience. Through a historical, sociological and economical study, we will analyse the representation of reality in the history of Italian cinema : an intellectual ideal which seems to have been of interest especially to the French spectators. Then we will focus on the content of these three specific directors’ lifework in order to examine social, political and economical data. Finally, we will conclude by observing the impact these films have had on French experts such as film critics. This study also deals with the distribution and the running of these specific directors’ films not only in the cinemas but also when aired in various film festivals. ; Nous pouvons appréhender le Cinéma comme un vecteur culturel capable de cristalliser les us et coutumes d’une société, ou comme un outil susceptible d’en manifester les aspirations. L’industrie cinématographique italienne demeure parmi celles qui ont su imposer dans l'imaginaire des publics des œuvres venues aussitôt enrichir le patrimoine culturel mondial. De nos jours, sa présence internationale est plus modérée, et le rayonnement de ses œuvres ne dépasse que rarement les limites nationales. Les quelques ...