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Chasing the baan
The Baan is the name the Indians give to the tidal bore wave of the Hooghly River, a major tributary of the Ganges. It is an ephemeral wave, sweeping away everything in its path and has always been feared by the inhabitants of the city of Calcutta.
Twice a day, with the changing tide, a wave impress...
Chilly Gonzales & Kaiser Quartet live at the Galerie de la Bibliothèque de Versailles
The pianist Chilly Gonzales is one of the most interesting and complex musicians of his generation. It’s in a building full of history with an amazing aura that this concert takes place: the galeries of the Bibliothèque de Versailles.
The former Hôtel des Affaires Etrangères in the time of Louis XV,...
CINEMA OF OUR TIME: ADOLFO ARRIETA, CADRÉ – DÉCADRÉ
As part of « Cinema of our time », a series of conversations conducted by André S. Labarthe.
Jean Narboni, historian and critic, and Adolfo Arrieta, French film-director of Spanish origin, review the cinematographic career of Adolfo Arrietta during a meeting in Montreuil. André S. Labarthe films t...
CINEMA OF OUR TIME: BENOIT JACQUOT, THE LAST SPHINX
As part of « Cinema of our time », a series of conversations conducted by André S. Labarthe
In April 2014, Benoit Jacquot suddenly disappears in the middle of Le journal d'une femme de chambre. Philippe-Emmanuel Sorlin, called in rescue by André S. Labarthe, founds the director in Italy. Life, cin...
CINEMA OF OUR TIME: REMINISCENCES OF JONAS MEKAS
As part of « Cinema of our time », a series of conversations conducted by André S. Labarthe.
Andre S, Labarthe assignes a difficult task to Jackie Raynal: to direct a portrait on a movie maker who only films self-portraits. What could be filmed on Jonas Mekas which hasn't already been immortalised...
Citizens’ Currency
Creating money isn’t a privilege purely reserved to state banks.
Since 2010, local currencies have been launched all over France. Issued by the citizens themselves, their role is to restore, on their territory, the humanity and meaning that conventional money no longer has in their eyes, while re-es...
Claude Debussy, La Mer
Claude Debussy was always particularly drawn to the sea and wrote La Mer in just 18 months, a very short time for him. He became a recognised artist and a leading reference in the world of music. He was also an important critic. In January of the same year, 1903, he was made Chevalier of the Legion ...
Dividers at the Binic Festival
The leader, Ismaël, gathered a quartet inspired by classic Americana, twisted in a deafening antifolk. Traumatized by Lee Hazlewood, The Gun Club, Marc Bolan and Violent femmes, Dividers accelerate and purify these folk melodies. The melancholic songwritting and nonchalant voice merge with Fuzz howl...
DREAM MOUNTAINS: the Monch & the Jungfrau
The 3rd episode of the series "Dream Mountains" is one wherein we climb the most beautiful peaks in the Alps. After the Eiger & the Grand Paradis, this time Carole and her guide take us to the Mönch and the Jungfrau, 2 peaks more than 4000m above sea level in the Bernese Oberland. The journey be...
Engelbert Humperdinck: Prelude of Hänsel and Gretel (l’Orchestre National d’Ile de France)
Engelbert Humperdinck chosed the popular legend of Hansel and Gretel based on the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale to compose his opera in 3 acts which became his greatest masterpiece. Two children lost in the forest by their parents, attracted by the gingerbread house of an evil witch...
