Raoul Peck has good reasons to tackle the life of George Orwell and the lessons to be learned from Orwell’s political writings. A scene from Orwell: 2+2=5. You have to feel it as an audience.”Raoul Peck and Damian Lewis in Cannes for a screening of Orwell: 2+2=5. Photo: Valery HACHE / AFPInevitably, US president Donald Trump — a master purveyor of fake news — looms large in Orwell: 2+2=5. Israel has made peace and will make peace again.”He may as well have been repeating the Orwellian catchphrase from Nineteen Eighty-Four: “War is Peace”.

Source: Irish Examiner March 24, 2026 21:02 UTC