Documentaries
Thank you for the Grace
Jean-Pierre is my friend. A rock guitarist and singer, a punk writer, he spent 40 years of his life in drugs, unable to create any artistic work without destroying himself.
I lost track of him around 2010. Today I’ve found him again — completely sober.
How was that possible?
Jean-Pierre speaks of...
The French GI of Omaha Beach
In 1938, Bernard Dargols traveled to the United States for an internship. Two years later, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He would become the only Frenchman to land on Omaha Beach wearing an American uniform.
Bernard Dargols (1920–2018) led an extraordinary life. He shared his captivatin...
THE PIONEERS OF CLIMBING
More than 25 million climbers worldwide, including more than 2 million in France. There's no stopping the tidal wave of climbing, which became an Olympic discipline in 2020. Between counter-culture, cult of performance and dream of equality, the film goes to meet the prophets who have shaped climbin...
ELEVEN OF LEGEND
This documentary follows the weekly training sessions of a unique and daring football team: it brings together neurotypical and autistic children.
It’s a meeting of two worlds, where each learns to take a step toward the other, and together they overcome their challenges to take on the under-9 team...
Such a long Silence
This film unveils the hidden dark side of the glamorous world of figure skating through the courageous story of Sarah Abitbol. Ten-time French champion and world medalist, Sarah breaks 30 years of silence about the sexual abuse she endured as a teenager. Her powerful testimony sparked a groundbreaki...
A GOOD SCHOOL
Every year, 1 in 10 children is affected by school bullying. Not to mention the "gray zone," which includes thousands of young witnesses to this repeated violence, who are either complicit or indifferent. Bullying poisons the school environment and can sometimes lead to tragedy. It leaves lasting sc...
Adélaïde H., an Alsatian Resistance Fighter
Adélaïde Hautval was a free spirit, a born resister who devoted her life to serving others, refusing any form of compromise. Born in 1906 in Alsace, she became a psychiatrist and was deported to Auschwitz during the Second World War as a "friend of the Jews."
Upon returning to France, she upheld ...
A LIFE APART
This documentary series is an extraordinary social and human experiment that measures the benefits of intergenerational bonds.
For 6 weeks, a group of kindergarten children visited 10 nonagenarians in their retirement home every day to share various activities with them, under the supervision of a ...
Fortune Telling, Love, and Lockdown
An intimate and psychedelic dive into 55 days of lockdown, where the director films her daily card readings and exchanges with friends and strangers. Between humor, madness, and a search for meaning, a unique journey into magical thinking and collective isolation.
This documentary is an...
A Fortune in Venice
The story of the Stucky family reads like a novel. Swiss millers who became the wealthiest of Venetians, the Stuckys were indeed players in a typical 19th-century success story. This extraordinary industrial saga is intertwined with the history of the City of the Doges, whose staunch defenders the S...
