ABSTRACT
The conclusion of this volume reflects on the link between the different levels of identity—intimate, artistic, and collective—and the critical thinking that filmmakers generate in relation to the themes addressed and aims to outline a characterisation of the European Fran-cophone essay film considering these two axes. The essay film becomes a suitable practice to foster the reciprocity between the development and vindication of identities and the expansion and evolution of critical thinking. The former gives rise to the latter, which in turn operates on the former, creating continuous interaction. The critical thinking of the European Francophone essay films evolves through the different identities to reflect on past and present, social and political realities.
