Documentaries
Portrait of Francis Cabrel
An intimate portrait of Francis Cabrel. Who is this discreet man, who stands back from the world and whose songs form part of our cultural heritage? Videos, photos, TV appearances, stage recordings, interviews and everyday footage help us to understand his career, his values and his doubts.
Behind ...
Revenge of the Charcutiers
After the numerous health controversies that have hit the ham and sausage industry, it’s easy to imagine that traditional pork butchers are now on the verge of bankruptcy. At the centre of the debate: nitrite, the additive that gives ham its pink colour and allows products to keep longer.
Fifty g...
ROUGH DIAMOND
A man has a dream. To climb Diamond Rock, the unspoiled jewel of the islets surrounding Martinique. But the adventure is difficult from all points of view: public access to the rock is prohibited and the sportsman is physically disabled. And yet this challenge is highly symbolic for a local boy, tor...
SKINNED ALIVE
Bursts of laughter, people speaking in Pashtun, English, Arabic, French and Bambara… Running, shouting, playing, kissing… Forty kilometres from Chartres, in the Château des Vaux, the Apprentis d’Auteuil foundation opens its doors to us for the very first time. This documentary follows the journeys o...
The Astaffort Concert: Francis Cabrel and the Astagiaires
When he isn’t touring to promote a new album, Francis Cabrel lives far from the noise and bustle of the world in the French country town of Astaffort. His only "public appearances" are within the framework of the Rencontres d’Astaffort, a creative music workshop for young singer-songwriters that he ...
The CFTC, 100 years of Christian trade unionism
The CFTC (French Confederation of Christian Workers) celebrated its 100th anniversary in November 2019. However, the trade union almost failed to come into being and could have disappeared on several occasions.
This film describes the birth of the CFTC and the key moments of its history, and reve...
The island (in the hearts of New Caledonia)
From the silence of the primary forest to the hubbub of a city overrun by urbanisation, from the Canala plain to the hollowed out red hills of the Great South, we follow the trails and the voice of Denis Pourawa, writer, Kanak and New Caledonian poet.
After a long absence, at the dawn of the second ...
The Mysteries of Chambord
500 years after it was built, this film tells a new story of the Castle of Chambord, showing the recent discoveries of two historians and revealing the secret codes hidden in the whole building.
Plodding a long time through mist and swamps, the 16th century traveler discovered Chambord rising out ...
The Pen and the Gun
Overlapping portraits of three hunting authors. Thierry Delefosse, a journalist and writer, works and hunts in the Somme. Eric Audinet, a publisher, waits for pigeons at the foot of an old maritime pine near Bordeaux. Jean René, a retired teacher, researcher, and author watches green-winged teal duc...
The Shadow of a Giant
Florian CHÉTELAT was born in the canton of Jura, Switzerland. A passionate hunter, he has a handicap that turns his everyday activities into real battles and adventures that are never innocuous.
Although he suffers from dwarfism, Florian is nonetheless a small man with a huge talent, who surmount...
