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JAPAN: RACING FEVER
The Japanese love horse racing. Betting more than any other country, every year nearly 150,000 Japanese watch the Japan Cup, the high point of the Nipponese equestrian calendar. Through the accounts of those involved in the industry – breeders, owners, trainers, jockeys, journalists and punters – th...
MEMORIES OF SABLE
This is the story of three women who live, or once lived, on Sable, an island in Nova Scotia. Lost in the Atlantic Ocean, it contains a lifesaving station and a population of wild horses. The accounts of three women from three different periods, 1900, 1950 and today, interweave to paint a picture of...
NOW THAT I’M FREE
Get out of jail and be free at last !
A relief yes, but most of all a distress.
Around Nantes, in order to prepare their reinsertion, prisoners near the end of their sentence are welcome by families during their out of jail permissions. Families like others, who took the decision to open their do...
PIANOSCOPE : closing concert
Each year, the closing concert is a unique moment in which all the musicians who have participated in the “Pianoscope experience” gather on stage to celebrate music and share their passion with the public.
In a joyful disorder, led by the most inspired muses, Brigitte Engerer, Boris Berezovsky, J...
Pianoscope, portrait of a festival
Documentary dedicated to the “Pianoscope” piano festival in Beauvais, directed by pianist Brigitte ENGERER. Presentation of the festival by Brigitte ENGERER, who details its artistic orientation. Evocation of the master classes organized as part of the festival. Interviews with pianists Jean-Philipp...
ROUGE CIEL
The Japanese Kunizo Matsumoto cannot read nor write, yet he has invented a form of writing that is both beautiful and enigmatic.
The American George Widener, who is capable of memorizing events of the last 1,500 years, can also predict the future, which he inscribes in his “magic squares”, on a pape...
Te Parataito no Malik
The death of Malik Joyeux four years ago turned him into a legend in Tahiti and throughout the surfing world, his adopted universe. For those in the know, his name is synonymous with a mythical place: Teahupoo, the wave that sublimated and transcended him, which gave him many magical moments and wit...
The Alpine Ibex
Whether it’s game or a protected species, the Alpine ibex is above all symbolic of a division between two concepts, one defended by hunters and the other by environmentalists.
Naturally placid, due to excessive hunting the Alpine ibex almost became extinct in France in the 1960s and was made a "ful...
The animals are movie stars too !
Animals in movies seem to act naturally just like comedians. But this is the contrary. To make animals act is unnatural and the way to obtain it is sometimes close to magic practiced by some specialized animal trainers. Pierre Cadéac is one of the most popular in the trainers' closed world. He opens...
the eye of the guarana
Today, energy drinks, such as Dark Dog and Red Bull have become a worldwide phenomenon. The food processing multinationals are investing heavily in selling these new drinks to a whole new generation, advertising them as miracle products because of the energy boost they provide.
The main ingredient i...
