Art, culture & music
A bubble of faith
Comics and religion don't always go hand in hand, but some authors manage to harmoniously combine the two. Every year in January, they are showcased at the Angoulême Christian Comics Festival.
We meet the authors at the festival, but also in their studios where, far from the hustle and bustle of th...
ALBERT SAUTEUR, a self-portrait
This film tells the story of a pictorial adventure. From October 2011 to May 2012, Albert Sauteur painted a self-portrait in 107 sessions. 107 sessions in which a camera framing the painting, placed behind the painter's head and connected to a computer, recorded every dab of paint. 21935 pictures of...
Belaï, LÉlÉ’s journey
Lélé, a young Kanak artist takes us on a musical road-trip to meet the pioneers of Kaneka, a musical genre combining Pacific and Jamaican rhythms. After spending three years in France to consolidate his knowledge, the musician, originally from Ouvea, travels Grande Terre and Loyalty with the aim of ...
Galileo, the Forger and the Expert: Investigating a Masterpiece of Counterfeiting
In 2005, an Italian, Massimo De Caro, succeeded in deceiving the rare-book world by offering for sale a remarkable copy of "Siderius Nuncius" signed by Galileo himself, dating from 1610 and containing four watercolours of the moon painted by the astronomer. The "Sidereus Nuncius" or "Starry Messenge...
Masters of Art : Shaping sound, wood in vibration
They are rare professions of which we know almost nothing. Yet, they nourish French creativity…
Episode dedicated to Judith Kraft and Mathieu Pradels, luthiers (stringed instrument maker).
Judith Kraft is a musician, and it was when she took her bow to be repaired by a luthier in New York that she ...
Masters of Art : Understanding, interpreting, interacting with glass
They are rare professions of which we know almost nothing. Yet, they nourish French creativity…
Episode dedicated to the Jean Marc Schilt and Sébastien Maurer, glass workers.
The son and grandson of glass workers at the Saint-Louis crystal factory, Jean-Marc Schilt has moved up patiently through th...
PORTRAIT : Serguey Smbatyan
Meeting with SERGUEY SMBATYAN, the youngest conductor to establish himself on the international stages.
Sergey Smbatyan is the Founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Conductor of the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra (ASSO)
For his numerous achievements in culture, the c...
Portrait of Patrick Bruel
An intimate portrait of Patrick Bruel, who, sitting alone in a movie theatre, comments on a film telling the story of his life, composed of archive footage and interviews with those who know him best.
How did little Patrick Maurice Benguigui, born in the middle of the Algerian War and forced to lea...
RAYMOND ARON, the road to freedom
This is the story of one of the most brilliant minds of his time, whose ideas still seem remarkably modern.
A prolific author, Raymond Aron devoted his life to denouncing all forms of fanaticism, seeking the truth and hunting down lies. From the 1930s, he was one of the first to open people’s eyes ...
