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Richard the Lionheart
Portrait of a key figure in the racing world.
Still standing, stronger than ever, life has not been easy for Richard William Dénéchère, either on a personal or a professional level. But he always manages to bounce back, sometimes with the help of a little luck. Self-denial is the watchword. One thin...
Rising from the Ruins
Civilian suffering and shortages didn’t stop as through by magic with the end of the war in 1945: the reconstruction process took many years to complete.
In Caen, one of the cities worst affected by bombing, wartime and post-war children look back on a time of hardship, but also of hope and solidar...
Snow Beard and the 7 Little Sleeping Pigs
Choreographer Laura Scozzi rewrites the stories of our childhood. A subversive and jubilant fable at the crossroads of dance, mime and theatre orchestrated by 8 hip-hop dancers.
Do humans rule the world? What if animals could have their say? What would happen if the Sleeping Beauty didn’t wake up?...
THE BIRD SINGERS
Their passion: birdsong. Their talent: imitating it perfectly.
Jean and Johnny Rasse Boucault have mastered the calls of hundreds of avian species. In a word, they speak "bird". They have made a unique career out of their common childhood passion: they are "bird singers".
Going beyond simple imita...
THE BLACK BEAST OF THE VACCARÈS
The Étang de Vaccarès, a nature reserve and the largest lake in the Camargue, stretches over 6,000 hectares. A resting and feeding place for migratory birds and flamingos, it enjoys an abundance of rare flora. Another tenant has obviously been seduced by the surroundings: the wild boar.
A gite, plen...
The Chinese Lantern, or the amazing life of a cinematographer
From the New Wave to Hollywood, the amazing life of the brilliant cinematographer Philippe Rousselot, who has lit movies by some of the top directors, including Blier, Burton, Doillon, Frears, Boorman and Redford.
After working in France with Jean-Jacques Beineix, Alain Cavalier, Bertrand Blier, Jac...
The Choir’s ladies
“The Choir's ladies” is a documentary movie about a choir of third age ladies in Maisons-Alfort, a small town near Paris. Once a week, Lucette, Marie-Françoise, Liliane, Suzanne and the other ones meet up to sing around a piano at “Les Juilliottes’Choir”.
Through these four main characters we disco...
The Decentered
Welcome to right next door, on the outskirts of every city in France! Welcome to the business park!
Thousands of people work every day in these apparently purposeless, discredited places that we pass by without stopping.
Malika, Yoann, Nathalie, Steven…
This documentary invites us to stop and obser...
The Man Who Loved Artists
Guy de Labretoigne is a horseman, equestrian art enthusiast and art expert. We go behind the scenes of the annual AR (T) CHEVAL contemporary art exhibition in Saumur, of which he is President, to discover the issues and secrets of the art world.
Through his thirst for knowledge and taste in artists,...
The New Life of Neptune Collonges
While many racehorses end their careers quietly grazing in a meadow, some owners want to give their champions a second career. Such is the case with these two great horses, "Neptune Collonges" and "Prince des Ifs", who after winning many Group races, in France and in the UK, are now destined for a n...
