History
Abu Simbel: Giants of the Nile
Discover the history of a legendary temple, from its construction to today!
Over 3000 years ago, at the gates of the country of Punt (the present-day Sudan), Ramses II, a megalomaniac pharaoh and the third king of the nineteenth dynasty, built two religious structures during the height ...
AKHENATEN, the secrets of the forgotten Pharaoh
September 2020, near Luxor.
A team of Egyptian archaeologists has announced the discovery of a lost city buried under the sands, near the Valley of the Kings. 3400 years old, it is the largest ancient city ever unearthed and one of the greatest discoveries since the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Buried...
DE GAULLE vs. CHURCHILL: memories of war
The film narrate the battle of memorialists that Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill fought while writing their respective Memoirs which tell their Second World War but not always from the same point of view. We rediscover Churchill and De Gaulle under a new light, as writers in a genre they hav...
ONE STRUGGLE: on the solidarity between Jewish and Black people in the United States
An inspiring movie about social struggle.
A historical depiction of the early 20th century.
A story about the solidarities between two worlds, despite and beyond tensions.
With a past known by every activist in the world, the United States raise important issues, thanks to its rich ...
THE LAST SECRETS OF THE GREAT SPHINX OF GIZA
The Sphinx of Giza.
This more-than-4500-years-old statue is certainly the most emblematic in the world.
This man-headed lion has intrigued archaeologists for generations. 73 meters long and 20 meters high, this megastructure remains enigmatic.
Why was it built... and above all, how?
The ...
The lost silver pharaohs of Tanis
After Tutankhamun, it is THE most important archaeological discovery of the 20th century. However, having gone unnoticed due to the outbreak of the Second World War, and eclipsed by the excavation of the exceptional treasures of Tutankhamun's tomb by the British Egyptologist Howard Carter in 1922, i...
JULES VERNE & AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS: The acceleration of a phenomenon
In 1871, Jules Verne moved to Amiens, where he was a prominent figure and lived a bourgeois life punctuated by habits and routines. The first book he wrote there was, nonetheless, a hectic and exhilarating tale: Around the World in 80 Days. The book tells a contemporary story; that of a bet to circu...
POMPEII: The origins
Everyone knows the story of Pompeii, and many films have been made about this legendary place and its tragic fate. But none describe the long and flourishing history of this ancient and hitherto little-known city.
Today, new archaeological excavations are unveiling the final mysteries of Pompeii,...
THE SECRETS OF FORT BOYARD
In the middle of the Charente estuary, 4 kilometres off the French coast, stands one of the most impressive fortifications in the world: Fort Boyard!
Built over 60 years, rising up from the waves, this 74-gun stone vessel has been braving the elements for nearly two centuries...
In order to ac...
