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Carte blanche to Pierre Hantai
During the 10th Festival of Music and History for Intercultural Dialogue, harpsichordist Pierre HANTAI performs works by William Byrd, Johann Sebastian Bach, François Couperin and Georg Friedrich Haendel, on a harpsichord manufactured by Philippe Humeau.
Concert recorded at the Fontfroide Abbey i...
Chasing the baan
The Baan is the name the Indians give to the tidal bore wave of the Hooghly River, a major tributary of the Ganges. It is an ephemeral wave, sweeping away everything in its path and has always been feared by the inhabitants of the city of Calcutta.
Twice a day, with the changing tide, a wave impress...
CINEMA OF OUR TIME: ADOLFO ARRIETA, CADRÉ – DÉCADRÉ
As part of « Cinema of our time », a series of conversations conducted by André S. Labarthe.
Jean Narboni, historian and critic, and Adolfo Arrieta, French film-director of Spanish origin, review the cinematographic career of Adolfo Arrietta during a meeting in Montreuil. André S. Labarthe films t...
CINEMA OF OUR TIME: BENOIT JACQUOT, THE LAST SPHINX
As part of « Cinema of our time », a series of conversations conducted by André S. Labarthe
In April 2014, Benoit Jacquot suddenly disappears in the middle of Le journal d'une femme de chambre. Philippe-Emmanuel Sorlin, called in rescue by André S. Labarthe, founds the director in Italy. Life, cin...
CINEMA OF OUR TIME: REMINISCENCES OF JONAS MEKAS
As part of « Cinema of our time », a series of conversations conducted by André S. Labarthe.
Andre S, Labarthe assignes a difficult task to Jackie Raynal: to direct a portrait on a movie maker who only films self-portraits. What could be filmed on Jonas Mekas which hasn't already been immortalised...
Citizens’ Currency
Creating money isn’t a privilege purely reserved to state banks.
Since 2010, local currencies have been launched all over France. Issued by the citizens themselves, their role is to restore, on their territory, the humanity and meaning that conventional money no longer has in their eyes, while re-es...
DREAM MOUNTAINS: the Monch & the Jungfrau
The 3rd episode of the series "Dream Mountains" is one wherein we climb the most beautiful peaks in the Alps. After the Eiger & the Grand Paradis, this time Carole and her guide take us to the Mönch and the Jungfrau, 2 peaks more than 4000m above sea level in the Bernese Oberland. The journey be...
Exceptional hunting dog expeditions
Black grouse, authentic wild red-legged partridge, mountain woodcock... Which hunting dog enthusiast hasn’t dreamed of setting off in search of such rare, valuable and iconic game? From the eastern Pyrenees to north of the Alps, via the summits of Corsica, the shores of the Mediterranean and the hig...
Eysses, an epic tale of Resistance
October 1943. The Vichy government intensified its fight against the Résistance. The Eysses prison in the Lot-et-Garonne was selected to gather together all the resistance fighters arrested and sentenced by the Special Courts. Within days, 1200 prisoners had arrived at the centre.
Far from weakening...
Falconers: from the palace to the bell tower
In recent years, the job of falconer has really taken off! Assignments range from scaring gulls away from palaces to eliminating pigeons nesting in village bell-towers, the protection of crops, airports, nuclear power plants and football and rugby stadiums. Their quiet, flexible, fast and natural wo...
