Documentaries
The trousers issue
Quentin, William and David are all in their thirties, and enjoying completely ordinary lives with their families and friends. One of them does not want a child and is about to have a vasectomy; the second has chosen a reversible method; and the third is still looking for a procedure that suits him. ...
TO WHOEVER WANTS TO HEAR
This documentary features the artists from the improbable world of Noise and extreme music, who have decided to take transgression to new limits in ways that are diverse to say the least.
From the human voice to ordinary objects or instruments used in ways that are quite different to those for wh...
Val d’Isère: A Mountain Paradise
Val d’Isère is a ski resort with incomparable charm. Nestled at 1,850 meters in the heart of the Savoyard Alps, this mountain village and its 300 kilometers of slopes attract tens of thousands of visitors from around the world each winter.
But while many come just to pass through, some are deeply...
WHAT HOLOCAUST MEANS TO ME? Teenagers facing History
Now that 75 years have past since the discovery of the Nazi concentration camps, how can the Holocaust be explained to the teenagers of today? Can it be relevant to them within the turmoil of adolescence?
Over the course of a year, the film follows a class of 15 year-old students in a school just o...
What makes Darry Cowl run?
Sacha Guitry cast him as a wacky director at the beginning of his career. Fifty years later, Alain Resnais allowed him to elegantly close the door as a concierge. In between, the restless and outlandish poet Darry Cowl appeared in 140 films and 30 plays, wrote and directed many others, and composed ...
Words in Harmony – celebrating 25 years of Rencontres d’Astaffort
Created by Francis Cabrel, the Rencontres d’Astaffort provides an opportunity for young people to explore their creativity. Twice a year, 15 young artists are invited to the Centre des Écritures de la Chanson with no other obligation than to make music together. They have a way with words or a guita...
VINYL
Artists and celebrities tell us about themselves in music: rappers, writers, actors, intellectuals, sportsmen, politicians... music is an integral part of everyone's life. Through their choice of records, our guests share their stories, their journeys and passions.
Vinyl uses music to reflect today...
Fortified Castles : The Origins / The Rise and Fall
Centuries after they first appeared in the landscape, many castles remain intact, complete with cathedrals and symbols of the Middle Ages and the power of their lords and rulers. For five centuries, the creation of these castles was accompanied by a political and cultural evolution during the mediev...
MARITIME FORTRESSES, The Last Defensive Walls
They stand watch along the French coast like guardians of the seas from an ancient time. Like the castles that punctuate the territory, the naval forts are the clearly visible vestiges of a time when France had to protect itself from foreign invasions...
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,...
Tony Gatlif, son of the wind
A portrait of the director Tony Gatlif, whose work celebrates the joy of life, energy, invention and displacement, and sings the praises of a united, but constantly moving, community.
A cinema of heart and soul, there is always a double journey with Tony Gatlif: the physical journey, in which the pr...
