Art, culture & music
IN THE CLICK OF A SHUTTER
In this film we follow the photographer Malik Nejmi on a journey through the world of horse-race betting. A world with its own symbols, gestures and rituals; a world in which passion, energy and hope are concentrated in a fraction of a second, but also in seemingly endless waiting.
It’s also a road-...
Nathalie Dessay, Ludovic Tezier : BRAHMS REQUIEM (Artistic Confessions)
On the occasion of the recording of a disc, Natalie DESSAY and Ludovic TEZIER, with the Frankfurt Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Choirs, under the direction of Paavo JARVI, perform "A German Requiem" by Brahms.The recording is interspersed with the interview in English with French subtitle...
Philippe Jaroussky : Fauré requiem (Artistic Confessions)
It is with the Paris Orchestra conducted by Paavo JARVI that counter tenor Philippe JAROUSSKY records Réquiem, Pie Jesu by Gabriel Fauré. The German baritone Matthias GOERNE performs Réquiem, Libera me by the same composer. Alternating interviews with Philippe JAROUSSKY, Paavo JARVI and producer Phi...
Pietragalla, Between Heaven and Earth
Portrait of the French dancer and choreographer Marie-Claude Pietragalla.
Discipline, rigour, will and commitment are all adjectives that define the temperament of Marie-Claude Pietragalla, who was named principal dancer of the Ballet de l’Opera National Opera de Paris in 1990.
At 35, she decided t...
Irene Companeez, a voice in exil
Irène is 76. She lives in a place known as Pigeon Bouillante in the Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe. A house lost in the rain forest. She has two dogs, two cats and a television set to keep her company.
On the walls are photographs of her in the greatest roles in opera. A dazzling career. From 1954 to 19...
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...
Dust and illusions, a short history of Burning Man
For the last twenty years a totally unique event has taken place in Nevada, in the middle of the vast Black Rock desert, on the site of an ancient dried up lake surrounded by arid mountains: Burning Man. In 2008, it attracted 40,000 visitors. Many were there for the first time, but most of them had ...
PORTRAIT of the Bel Air festival: Renaud Capuçon & Friends
The story of the Bel-Air Chamber Music Festival as told by the festival's artistic director, violinist Renaud Capuçon.
Founded by Renaud Capuçon, the Bel-Air Festival brings together the great names of classical music in a convivial atmosphere every year, while also giving young musicia...
ARTISTIC CONFESSIONS
A series of portraits of artists filmed during the recording of albums. Musical extracts, interviews and sequences shot in the studio…
Gérard Caussé : Bach suites (11’ – 2010)
Renaud Capuçon : Beethoven Korngold (20’ – 2014)
Nathalie Dessay, Ludovic Tezier : Brahms Requiem (20’ ...