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The Marriage of Figaro, Diary of a Creation
In June 2012, a new version of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro opened at the Opéra de Bordeaux, directed by Laurent Laffargue. The filmmakers followed the director and his team throughout the nine months it took to produce the opera. From the first preparatory meetings to the night of the dress rehe...
The Merciless Farlow des Mottes
Every year, the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris becomes synonymous with everlasting recognition. Created in 1874, it’s one of the world’s most legendary and extreme challenges with its 5,800 metre course, 23 obstacles (including the monstrous Rail Ditch and Fence, also known as “The Justice of the Peac...
THE STARLING’S BAD REPUTATION
I’ve been a hunter for forty years, including my time as a teenage poacher.
As for every small-fowl hunter, the starling has been for me a kind of partner. It’s the bird on the side, a quirk in the sky you don’t pay much attention to. He’s everywhere, all the year round, and you usually mistake him ...
The Toizémoi Celebrate their Divorce
Camille and Simon are holding a big and beautiful reception, complete with petit fours, an orchestra and confetti, to celebrate... their divorce! Their family and friends have all come to immortalize this great day.
Camille and Simon want to be a modern couple, ending their marriage with joy, good h...
TO BLO DAYI, journey to the roots of Capoeira
The roots of Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art, can be traced back to the fighting techniques and dances brought to Brazil by African slaves.
A group of French and Brazilian capoeiristas decide to go to the Capoeira Rencontres Internationales in Benin, the birthplace of a “game” synonymous to...
UN GRAND BOL D’AIR PUR
Jean, 40 ans, divorcé, retrouve ses deux enfants pour un week-end de randonnée qu’il a lui-même organisé et qui ne se déroulera pas aussi bien que prévu. UN GRAND BOL D’AIR PUR est un récit d’aventure, sans aventurier. En arrière-plan de cette histoire se dresse le portrait d’un père de famille, div...
Vladimir Cosma at the Grand Rex
An anthology of the best movie soundtracks composed by Vladimir Cosma , performed by l'Orchestre National de Belgique and les Choeurs du 7ème art.
The Genius child coming from a musicians family in Bucharest made the conservatory in Romania then entered the Paris Conservatory in 1964. His first film...
VLADIMIR VELICKOVIC, into the dark
Vladimir Velickovic is a Serbian painter. He has been living and working in Paris since 1965. Never leaving his studio, day after day, we see him working on huge paintings and large-scale drawings. While he is painting, Velickovic talks about himself and his work. He is a man who thinks out loud abo...
Yaron Herman & guests
Yaron Herman, is a jazz pianist, one of the most specialized jazz player today. Through jazz he reinvents his own musical language, one that is original, sincere and emotional, with inspirations from different music genres. He plays with his so-called "Alter Ego(s)", Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Frede...
200 Years of Equestrian Passion in Mauritius
As they prepare to celebrate 200 years of racing on their island, the Mauritians open their doors to us, sharing their home movies and their history. They are Hindu, Tamil, Muslim, Buddhist, Taoist, Catholic and Protestant; they live thousands of kilometres from the lands in which their ancestors we...
