History
TOWER OF PISA, UNMOVABLE EDIFICE
Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Tower of Pisa is without doubt the most famous Italian monument in the world. Its tilt has fascinated the public for 700 years and represents the most incredible scientific “puzzle” ever faced by builders and architects.
The 58-metre high tower began to...
And the Earth opened one last time
In a forest in eastern Poland, an archaeologist digs to bring to light the traces of the Sobibor extermination center. Thousands of objects that belonged to the victims are emerging from the ground as fragile witnesses. This research must be completed, because the construction of a new museum-memori...
OUR SHADOWS OF ALGERIA
Artists keeping memories alive.
Leading figures in the ninth art (graphic novels) explore memories of the Algerian war. With their brushes and pens, they (re)create moments from their family histories and summon the ghosts that haunt “their wounds” from Algeria, turning memories into art and give...
PÉTAIN AND THE FREEMASONS
This documentary reveals a little-known part of the history of the Vichy regime: anti-Masonry – the only repressive policy directly driven by Marshal Pétain, motivated by a fierce, long-standing hatred of Freemasons.
Based on the diary of a "collaborator", a Gestapo agent, the testimonies of Free...
The Glorious Story of Brittany
It is the story of a renaissance and the battles fought by the Bretons since the end of the 19th century to build up their splendid region. A historical and human fresco that will allow us to measure the incredible progress that was made.
In the 19th century, Brittany was a region in ruins that t...
THE MUMMIE’S CASE
Ancient Egypt has always fascinated and questioned the greatest specialists around the world. And some revelations still plunge experts into deep perplexity. In 1992, a sensational discovery was made on a mummy. Very quickly passed over in silence, it is now practically unknown to the general public...
TUTANKHAMUN’S CURSE
In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun intact. It fascinated people first with the priceless treasures it contained, but it was mainly the strange events that took place after its opening that made this event a true myth.
27 unexplained deaths, acc...
SISTERS IN THE SHADOWS
The 19th and 20th centuries were periods of deadly wars, natural disasters, famines and diseases in China. While the Jesuits regarded these times and issues through the eyes of the spirit, the female congregations regarded them through the eyes of the heart.
These female religious orders brought,...
The SPLENDID
Le Splendid. The name of a hotel written in capital letters on the front of this majestic building in the centre of Dax, a spa town in the Landes. For everyone, from Sacha Guitry, who went into exile there in the middle of the Second World War, to the toreros who prayed to all the saints there befor...
ALBERT CAMUS, an icon of revolt
Novelist, philosopher, journalist, playwright… Albert Camus embodies the rebel who rejects totalitarianism and all forms of tyranny and oppression. His views have gone down in history and still resonate with current issues.
This film traces his struggles and commitments and reveals little-known a...