Art, culture & music
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 ...
LARGO
The documentary “Largo” proposes to go through Largo Winch's creation, a successful French-Belgian comic strip series.
Through the past 15 years, the main character, Largo Winch, a young billionaire wearing jeans who live amazing adventures, allowed the comic books series to become a best seller : u...
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...
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 ...
GEORGES RICARD CORDINGLEY’S JOURNEY
A Lifesaving boat in the fog. Newfoundland, end of the 18th century.
In this boat, survivors for a ship wreck. Among them, one man different from the others. This man is a painter. His name is Georges Ricard Cordingley.
This half dead man starving and suffering from the cold weather was a few mont...
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...
Patron or Pygmalion, a portrait of Misia Sert
Within the particular context of before and after the First World War, Misia Sert, who came to France from Poland as a child, helped to bring out and prescribe the major musical innovations of the beginning of the century. A patron and friend of Diaghilev and Stravinsky, she was also friends with Co...
LUC SIMON, PAINTER OF LIGHT
Baroque artist, fervent Rimbaldian and descendant of one of the most illustrious glassmaking families in Reims, Luc Simon returns to his roots by creating eight stained glass windows for the church of Our Lady of Lucy-sur-Yonne, a small village near Vezelay. Following the creation of these windows t...