Documentaries
The French Trotting Horse, Picking Up Speed
Horse breeding is a passion that unites about 6,800 people in France and is recognised by every accomplished professional who has experienced joy on the track. "The ultimate pleasure is to be the breeder of a winning trotting horse!" Of the 11,000 foals born every year, few grow up to achieve this d...
The Judge’s Children
Catherine de la Hougue is an atypical rural judge with a particular interest in prevention. The juvenile court in Coutances, Normandy, opens its doors to us as we focus on three cases in which children are either at risk or charged of misdemeanours. What will the judge decide? What will become of th...
The Pyrenean Grey Partridge
A right acquired after the Revolution, hunting is a way of life in the Pyrenees and part of the local customs and traditions.
Although hunting is regulated, hunters are ardent defenders of the environment and sometimes decide, against the advice of the authorities, to protect certain species or are...
The Seven Ghosts
The Seven Ghosts is the name given by the people of Teluk Meranti, a little fishing village in the middle of the Sumatran jungle, to the tidal bore that, every year, turns the Kampar River into a “sea monster”, sweeping away everything in its path, including unfortunately the occasional human soul. ...
THE TAKE AWAY CHEFS
Taken out of their kitchens, deprived of their utensils, plunged into another context, 8 top international chefs give free reign to their invention using everyday ingredients and tools.
- Marc Veyrat et Yoann Conte (La maison de Marc Veyrat in Annecy)
- Emmanuel Renaut (Flocons de sel in Megêve)
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Trintignant the Italian
The French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant looks back over his Italian film career, his long partnership with Cinecittà and the wonderful lightness that marked this golden age of Italian cinema.
The documentary pays homage to the actor’s Italian period, through his work with Bernardo Bertolucci, Vittor...
VERTIGO
Vertiges is the story of a young man who refuses to be knocked off course, whatever obstacles are placed in his way. Christophe is 25 years old and should be dead. He suffers from a rare genetic disease, Fanconi’s anaemia, which dramatically reduces the life expectancy of its victims. But Christophe...
We told ourselves… 30 years ago
Six friends, aged between 14 and 16, who we meet for the first time in this previously unseen film from 1981 as they raise hell in their run down housing estate in Saint-Laurent du Var in the Alpes Maritimes. Their lives are hard, but their heads are full of dreams.
Where are they 30 years later? H...
WONDERFUL PARENTS
Five couples, all parents for better... and sometimes for worse!
Harassed by their children, judged by the adults in their circle, torn between guilt and the desire to do the right thing, they feel confused.
Liberated from the rules of classic documentary making, this real-life family drama gives ...
(Johnny) The Blue-collar Singer
In a campsite by the sea, in a village hall, in the local shopping mall, the crowds flock to see Johnny Rock, the double of Johnny Hallyday.
Because he’s like them, because he understands them, because he’s accessible, because he is, quite simply, a worker like them, Denis Le Men, alias Johnny Ro...