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THE LEGEND OF THE BUTTERI
No, you’re not dreaming! The lonesome cowboy riding his trusty horse through the desert isn’t a thing of the past. And they’re not restricted to the Wild West, either. In Italy, the butteri, the cowboys of the Maremma marshes, have refused to lay down their arms in the face of mechanisation. This dw...
Welcome to Paradise
Today, the mention of the name “Tahiti” inevitably conjures up pictures of a dream world. These tropical islands are by no means ordinary, and continue to fuel our collective imagination. But at this moment in time, caught between French rule and independence, between tradition and modernism, the Po...
Who’s afraid of Michel Gondry ?
Portrait of Michel Gondry, French independant film director, screenwriter, and producer.
25 years have passed since Michel Gondry first started out assembling short films with bits and pieces in a Paris flat to being the 2005 Academy Award Winner for "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
Cinemat...
ZURICH 4 – PARIS 18
Two cities, two neighborhoods, six artists ; « Zurich 4 – Paris 18 » is a look at two colorful and dark universes, where live together a number of cultures, languages and religions. It is the story of two old workers’ neighborhoods impacted by immigration, poverty but also by solidarity, politic and...
EUSKARA
EUSKARA is a journey through the North Basque country (the French Basque country) reaching out to meet the “Euskalduns” « those that own the Basque », which is around 25% of the Basque speaking population living according to the ancestral culture and who made the decision to speak and transmit their...
KAIETEUR
This documentary reports the expedition of the Belgian herpetologist Philippe Kok in the Kaieteur (Guyana) nature reserve that host one of the highest waterfalls in the world. This reptile and batrachians specialist knows the region well: each year he discovers new species in the park.
For this new...
Secret stories of primitive arts
The scientists of the Louvre’s laboratory examine closely the pieces exposed in the Quai Branly Museum, which opened its doors on June 23rd, 2006. At the feet of the Louvre’s Museum is a magic and secret place, at the intersection of art and science : the research and restoration’s center of french ...
THE GOLESTAN HORSEMAN
Abduljabar is a jockey. He’s preparing for the big race in Tehran. He’ll be competing against the best horsemen in the land. Born into a largely unassimilated minority group in Iran, the Turkmen, he has to win the respect of his clan. More than that, he has to fight to guarantee himself a future, to...
the lady in red
Through the success of a partnership between 14,000 Senegalese tomato producers and a French industrialist, the film shows how an original development model based on dialogue, consensus, a respect for human values and the sharing of wealth can offer hope in the face of liberalism and globalisation.
The Most Beautiful Horses in the World, as seen by Yann Arthus Bertrand
A meeting with the internationally acclaimed photographer Yann Arthus Bertrand, during the compilation of his book “Chevaux”.
Although best known for his aerial photography, Yann Arthus-Bertrand has always had a passion for animals, from the big cats of Africa down to man’s most faithful friends, do...