Society
PARIS-KENYA, pearls of generosity
Massimo has been based in the Butte aux Cailles district of Paris for over 20 years. He runs his hairdressing salon there, which has also become the HQ of his charity ‘Direct action Sererit’, which helps to send children to school in Kenya.
The salon's regular customers regularly donate clothes t...
To Live Against Their Will
Annexed to Germany after the defeat of 1940, Alsace and Moselle underwent intense Nazification. Between 1942 and 1944, around 130,000 young people from Alsace and Moselle were drafted against their will into the Wehrmacht, the vast majority of whom were sent to the Eastern Front. The fate of these “...
ELEVEN OF LEGEND
This documentary follows the weekly training sessions of a unique and daring football team: it brings together neurotypical and autistic children.
It’s a meeting of two worlds, where each learns to take a step toward the other, and together they overcome their challenges to take on the under-9 team...
LOST AND FOUND IN PARIS
It's a never-ending flow. All day long, people come to the reception desk at the Lost and Found Office. They want to retrieve their belongings, they’re in a hurry. But finding what has been lost is not an easy task. It requires time. The time it takes to wait for their turn and fill out the paperwor...
A GOOD SCHOOL
Every year, 1 in 10 children is affected by school bullying. Not to mention the "gray zone," which includes thousands of young witnesses to this repeated violence, who are either complicit or indifferent. Bullying poisons the school environment and can sometimes lead to tragedy. It leaves lasting sc...
A LIFE APART
This documentary series is an extraordinary social and human experiment that measures the benefits of intergenerational bonds.
For 6 weeks, a group of kindergarten children visited 10 nonagenarians in their retirement home every day to share various activities with them, under the supervision of a ...
DISCOUNT: Paying the Price
In 1988, there were no discount shops in France; today there are more than 4,300. With inflation, the French are looking for bargains. Stores such as Action, Normal, Netto and Noz are thriving by offering products at low prices. From warehouses in Denmark to shopping centres in France and Belgium, t...
I’m writing to you…
A light-hearted documentary which takes a humorous look at written language in our tumultuous society: has this form of expression completely disappeared or just mutated? Do these changes have an impact on our attitudes and behaviour? To find out, we hear from linguists, a public letter writer and s...
MADAM ATTORNEY GENERAL
They breathe a breath of modernity into a very male-dominated justice system: in the public prosecutor's office, only a third of prosecutors are women. Committed to this highly responsible and unusual position, they are sweeping away prejudices about a profession that is little-known in France.
P...
Traditions today (Bessanaises)
At the height of summer, on the edge of the Vanoise Park in Savoie, the village of Bessans is alive with preparations for its 15th August festival. Every year, the people of Bessans perpetuate tradition by dressing up in the clothes worn by their ancestors.
I wore this costume too, from...
