The Game of Death
Directed by Thomas Bornot, Gilles Amado and Alain-Michel Blanc
What if live death became entertainment? The excesses of reality TV - violence, torture and humiliation - dominate programs all over the world. Does television hold a special power?
In the 1960s, a social psychology experiment showed that 62 % individuals administered extreme electric shocks when obeying a scientist's orders. We've transposed this experiment to the world of game shows. 80 Frenchmen face a game with abject rules. Will they submit to Tania Young's orders to inflict electric shocks on a stranger? Who will submit? How many will dare to disobey? An extreme experiment and a profound reflection on the role of television today.
Directed by: Thomas Bornot, Gilles Amado and Alain-Michel Blanc
Written by: Christophe Nick
Production: YAMI 2 - Christophe Nick
Broadcaster: France 2
Year of release: 2010
Duration: 90 min
How many of us, placed in identical conditions, are capable of inflicting up to 460 volts? That's what France 2 wanted to find out, with the help of a team led by social psychology researcher Professor Jean-Léon Beauvois, in a fascinating documentary. - Le Point
French 
English