Society
We Are The Men
In December 2020, Pope Francis announced that the whole of 2021 would be dedicated to Saint Joseph, who occupies a central position in the nativity scene. Discreet, and yet...
Over the centuries, Saint Joseph has remained an essential part of the Holy Family in the minds of believers.
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A world in a stopover
La Pallice, the port of La Rochelle, on the Atlantic. Here we meet merchant navy sailors and the confidences, the letters of those silent workers toiling in the backstage of globalization, talk about their families, the children growing up at home they never see, the solitude and the storm-battered ...
BEING A FATHER
The "new" fathers: what does being a father mean today?
What is a father’s place in a parental couple or in society today? Through interviews with specialists, psychotherapists, scientists, doctors, and historians, but above all through the touching testimonies of fathers themselves, the film ask...
BY A NOSE, portrait of a talented oenologist
Philippe is a wine steward and a Meilleur Ouvrier de France. His job is always demanding and maintaining the high standard required of him is both rewarding and a source of anxiety.
One day, during a trip to the Japanese Alps, a long way from his family, he is assailed by doubts.
This moment o...
CHRISTIANS FACING THE ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY
A fascinating and highly topical reflection on responsibilities of Man, and in particular of Christians, in the face of the destruction of the living world.
According to Genesis, Adam and Eve were called by God to “rule" over creation. But what does “ruling over creation" mean in the original pla...
DESIRE AND VIOLENCE: René GIRARD’S mimetic theory
At the root of violence, there is mimetic desire: this revealing theory about human evil was developed by René Girard. In this fascinating portrait, we explore the human laws of mimetic desire, and why they can lead to violence. A film that resonates all the more strongly today, in a society severel...
FAST & DANGEROUS RACE TO THE BOTTOM
GAFAM & Multinationals: why billionaires don’t pay tax ?
This film is a richly illustrated critical examination of the perils of international tax competition, the mechanism behind tax injustices and the erosion of public finances. This movie exposes a tax game where all countries are losing,...
FRENCH GUYANA, ON THE TRAIL OF THE ILLEGAL GOLD MINERS
In French Guyana in June 2019, François-Michel le Tourneau, geographer and senior research fellow at the CNRS, launched the Camopi-Regina expedition, composed of a botanist, an Amerindian guide and eight legionnaires from the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (REI) in Kourou.
The objective: to contin...
MEDICS
Illness is not the worst problem of a doctor. It’s also often the patient. When a practicioner asks us questions about what we smoke, eat, and drink, do we always tell the truth? We spent months with the practicioners and the patients of a big hospital. We have also followed the patients to see how ...
Ploughing Their Own Furrow
Gone are the days when they were just farmers’ daughters or wives! Today they have their own farms and create their own dreams...
Valentine, Ophélie, and Charlène are all under 25, but they are already running their own farms, managing their own herds of cows or sheep and cultivating hundreds of ...