Documentaries
SANDSTONE LOVERS
Located in the heart of the Fontainebleau forest, these rocks were the garden of my childhood. Summer or winter, rain or shine, we'd head off every weekend to climb Bleau, because as my father used to say: "It's good to breathe fresh air".
Today, I return to these places of memory to me...
To Live Against Their Will
Annexed to Germany after the defeat of 1940, Alsace and Moselle underwent intense Nazification. Between 1942 and 1944, around 130,000 young people from Alsace and Moselle were drafted against their will into the Wehrmacht, the vast majority of whom were sent to the Eastern Front. The fate of these “...
GAUDI, the faith of the master
This documentary explores the links between faith and Antonio Gaudí's work. It follows the story of the incredible construction of the Sagrada Família, which relied on a handful of disciples. Now it's their turn to continue this unfinished work, a synthesis of incredible architecture and the stone p...
LOST AND FOUND IN PARIS
It's a never-ending flow. All day long, people come to the reception desk at the Lost and Found Office. They want to retrieve their belongings, they’re in a hurry. But finding what has been lost is not an easy task. It requires time. The time it takes to wait for their turn and fill out the paperwor...
THE POSTMAN OF NAGASAKI
On August 9th1945, a sixteen year old postman is delivering mail when the atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki. In his book “The Postman of Nagasaki” published in 1984, Peter Townsend describes not only Sumiteru Taniguchi’s struggle to survive but also the horrifying consequences he endured afterwards...
CLOSER TO HER, OUR LADY OF KIBEHO
The 12th Marion apparition site to be approved by the Vatican, the Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows in Kibeho, Rwanda, remains an isolated case in the long history of the Virgin Mary, being both a place of piety and genocide.
Today, 30 years after the fratricidal atrocities, Kibeho has onc...
DISCOUNT: Paying the Price
In 1988, there were no discount shops in France; today there are more than 4,300. With inflation, the French are looking for bargains. Stores such as Action, Normal, Netto and Noz are thriving by offering products at low prices. From warehouses in Denmark to shopping centres in France and Belgium, t...
I’m writing to you…
A light-hearted documentary which takes a humorous look at written language in our tumultuous society: has this form of expression completely disappeared or just mutated? Do these changes have an impact on our attitudes and behaviour? To find out, we hear from linguists, a public letter writer and s...
MADAM ATTORNEY GENERAL
They breathe a breath of modernity into a very male-dominated justice system: in the public prosecutor's office, only a third of prosecutors are women. Committed to this highly responsible and unusual position, they are sweeping away prejudices about a profession that is little-known in France.
P...
MAYAS: the secrets of the last cities
In their own way, Coba, Mayapan and Tulum all played host to the last moments of a civilisation as impressive as it is mysterious.
What do these three cities tell us about the way Mayan societies operated? How does their architecture inform the experts about the scientific knowledge and construct...
