Today we're happy to present a movie we've seen 2 months ago by chance in a small village of France, and we thought it's a good way to finish the year.

For Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine, the directors of the documentary, it was footage of Cohen singing Hallelujah on stage during a performance in Oakland, California, that partly inspired them to make the documentary.

Initially, as Geller described, they "knew the incredible power of the song" but "we didn't know the crazy trajectory of that song when (we) first started talking about it".

They got Cohen's approval just before his 80th birthday (September 2014), but it took 2 years to resolve licensing terms with Sony Music. Leonard Cohen died also in 2016, just before the actual work began.

They collected over 100 hours of archival footage and audio, plus another 60 hours of original interview material, from which they formed the film of less than two hours.

So, such a full documentary on a single song might sound like a crazy idea.

But, this is possible because of Leonard Cohen's special place in music and modern global culture, and this song is also special within his career.

Something that talks about the divine and the profane and has the power to touch the souls of many people.