Documentaries
FAR AHEAD
This is the story of a son who wants to save his father.
His name is Mohamad, he is 18 and now lives in the south of France with his parents and little sister. After surviving the Syrian war and a perilous crossing of the Mediterranean on a makeshift boat, his family testifies to the possibility ...
Lee Chang-Dong, art of irony
A portrait of the South Korean screenwriter, director and producer Lee Chang-Dong through his work, this documentary provides a thematic analysis of his films (Burning, Poetry, Secret Sunshine, Oasis...), most of which have been selected for and received awards at the Cannes Film Festival.
It is al...
MONK, PANNONICA and the jazzmen
Based on the discovery of a forgotten book of photographs and notes, the film recounts the relationship, outside the narrow social norms of America in the 1950s, between the white aristocrat Pannonica de Koenigswarter, author of the book, and the brilliant black pianist Thelonious Monk at a time whe...
POMPEII REVEALED
Everyone knows the story of Pompeii, and many films have been made about this legendary place and its tragic fate. But none describe the long and flourishing history of this ancient and hitherto little-known city.
Today, new archaeological excavations are unveiling the final mysteries of Pompeii,...
The Gainsbourg Story: the Punchliner
Many years after his death, his genius remains intact and his music is still present.
From jazz standards to variety, from classical music to the Marseillaise, his audacity is both musical and textual, such was his ability to reinvent himself artistically and to stay one step ahead of the times.
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THE SECRETS OF FORT BOYARD
In the middle of the Charente estuary, 4 kilometres off the French coast, stands one of the most impressive fortifications in the world: Fort Boyard!
Built over 60 years, rising up from the waves, this 74-gun stone vessel has been braving the elements for nearly two centuries...
In order to ac...
The Story of Freddie Mercury
This documentary tells the story of Freddie Mercury in the form of a trip to England in which we retrace his life, visiting the apartments he lived in, the studios in which he recorded his albums, his school friends and the venues in which he gave his most memorable concerts. Every one of these loca...
The Story of Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman is a mysterious artist. Hugely popular in the French-speaking world, he is distinguished as much by his immense fame as by his discreet public profile. A singer-songwriter, he doesn't like to comment on his work, because his songs speak for themselves. Inherently self-effacing, ...
COUNTRIES AND MARKETS OF THE WORLD
A magazine programme that reveals a country’s top tourist attractions in 6 minutes flat!
In the company of reporter and cameraman Xavier Petit, we discover a country, a city, its people and, of course, a traditional market and a local specialty.
A real invitation to travel, Countries and Markets o...
A world in a stopover
La Pallice, the port of La Rochelle, on the Atlantic. Here we meet merchant navy sailors and the confidences, the letters of those silent workers toiling in the backstage of globalization, talk about their families, the children growing up at home they never see, the solitude and the storm-battered ...
