Society
THE HILL OF CROSSES, THE SPIRIT OF A PEOPLE
In the heart of Lithuania stands an astonishing hill completely covered with crosses.
Since its origin, dating back to the 19th century, the hill has been a symbol of the Lithuanian people's resistance in the presence of their oppressors. Facing attacks from various sides, Lithuania put up a spirit...
The latest wave of feminism
After the 19th century suffragists and the MLF of the 1970s, a new generation of feminists has taken over. Their names are Osez le Féminisme, La Barbe, Les Rézoteuses, Voix d’elles rebelles...
It’s these new activists that the documentary is investigating. Historians (Christine Bard, Florence Rochef...
Adapted
A basketball court, athletes, trainers…
A team… but not just any team. The team that the film intends to follow over a period of six months is a very special one indeed. You wouldn’t know it at first glance, but Othemane, Grégory, Badou, Lionel and the others are mentally handicapped. All members o...
EVERYONE’S A COACH!
Tell me who your coach is and I’ll tell you who you are. Go onto the Internet and, in one click, our every desire can be satisfied. And when it comes to the marketing strategies employed to draw us in, imagination knows no bounds. Whether we’re looking for a one-off answer to a problem or a long-ter...
HANDBAGS: THE WINDOW TO A WOMAN’S SOUL
Alone in front of the camera, women of all ages… open their handbags and their hearts to us! Confronted with themselves in an uncluttered space, this “off-loading” soon passes from the literal to the figurative.
“It’s not polite to look through a woman’s handbag”… Apart from house keys and money, th...
Shamans, the Masters of Disorder
For millennia, men and women have served as healers, sages, sorcerers, and seers throughout the world.
Shamanism is one of the most ancient medicines, as well as one of the first methods that humans developed to contact the Sacred!
Is it possible to heal without the help of modern medicine? To r...
The City of God: the redemption of a favela
The Cidade de Deus, or City of God, has never had anything biblical about it apart from its name. The history of this favela in Rio de Janero has been marked by violence, poverty and drugs trafficking. In 2002, the eponymous film made it the best known favela in the world. But over the last 4 years,...
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...
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...
