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Guide to the Games: Changes in 2024
Sports Film
2024
In this episode of Guide to the Games, how the games have changed from Tokyo to Paris.
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Greatest number 7
Sports Film
2020
Counting down the top 10 greatest number sevens in football: dazzling wingers, like Franck Ribery or Robert Pires; a slew of Manchester United superstars, in George Best, Eric Cantona, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo; some who endeared themselves into the hearts of fans like Kenny Dalglish; and others like Raul, who simply owned the number seven.
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Iolenta / The nut cracker
2016
The Paris Opera presents two Tchaikovsky compositions, an opera and a ballet, both created in 1892. The Nutcracker is among the greatest ballets of all time.
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Isabel Marant
Fashion
2020
She is renowned worldwide for her fashion sense that combines chic and casual. Isabel Marant is pivotal in the world of fashion. She dresses up "real girls", not fantasies. We follow her from the first beginnings of a collection to its realization on the podium.
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Isabelle Huppert - Personal Message
Biography
2020
Isabelle Huppert recounts her own biography, in her own way. In doing so, she weaves all her past lives into a single story. Explore all her roles on the silver screen with a multitude of images forming one and the same life – neither really being her own, nor fully that of another.
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Louis XVI's escape
Culture,History
2008
In order to save his wife Marie-Antionette and his children, king Louis XVI disguised himself in an ordinary man and tried to escape from Tuileries Palace on June 21, 1791, where he was held captive. Unfortunately, nothing went according to his plan. This documentary retraces the events which led to and followed the king's attempt of escape.
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The Painting on the Wall
Contemporary Ballet
2017
Inspired by a 13th-century Chinese legend, the choreographer Angelin Preljocaj dives once again into the realm of fantasy. One stormy day, two travelers take refuge in a temple, where they discover a stunning painting. One of them, Chu, falls in love with a young woman represented on it, their love crossing the invisible line between reality and painting...
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Back to Cognac
Cooking,Lifestyle
2020
This film tells the story of a great divide between what is a very French rural product, cognac, barely consumed in France, and its transatlantic success in the United States, in particular in the world of hip-hop. It’s a historical love story between Americans and cognac. The story is told by wine-producers, distillers, heads of cognac companies, cocktail and spirits historians.
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The medieval city of Rocamadour
History,Architecture
2020
Legendary medieval city which inspired Tolkien in "The Lord of the Rings", Rocamadour also owes its fame to the fabulous treasure it contains.
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Pierre's cellar
Food
2021
Pierre leads us to the discovery of a family estate, taken over by two sisters, Pauline and Julie, who have decided to explore all its secrets.
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The Beautiful Story Of Poulain Chocolate
Food,Culture
2016
In 1847, Victor-Auguste Poulain, a 22-year-old man, started up a small business. Little did he know, it would soon become one of the biggest brands the world of sweets has ever known.
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The sleeping beauty
Classical Ballet
2016
La Belle is a three-act ballet by award-winning French choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot, who has developed an unconventional version of the classic tale The Sleeping Beauty. He is discovering and analyzing its darker sides, giving it a brand new interpretation.
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The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris
Architecture
2017
Highest point of the capital at 130 meters of height, Montmartre is a place of worship since the dawn of time. The Basilica of the Sacred Heart is one of the most emblematic monuments of Paris. Born of a national vow formulated in 1870, after the military defeat against Prussia, the Basilica honors adoration.
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Villa Medici, 350 Years of Passion for the Arts
Art,Architecture
2016
Artists like Balthus stayed at Villa Medici. A film reveals its history through experts and residents, portraying a place both admired and debated.
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The river
Animals
2018
Once populated by fertile fauna and flora, today's rivers have become a sad example of pollution. Imagine what would they look like if they had stayed untouched by human hand!
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The French Outback - The Pyrénées
Travel, Tourism
2014
Equipped with an onboard camera, a majestic eagle crosses the French Pyrenees region.
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The French Outback - The Great South East
Travel, Tourism
2014
Equipped with an onboard camera, an eagle crosses the French region of the Great South East. Majestic snow-covered peaks, deep canyons, limestone massifs teeming with life and more.
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The French Outback - The Languedoc
Travel, Tourism
2014
Equipped with an onboard camera, an eagle crosses the Languedoc, an exotic and surprising French region. After flying over the Causse Méjean, in Lozère, it heads towards the Salagou lake and the Thau pond, in the Languedoc plain, before finishing its course over the Mediterranean.
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The Paris Opera
Classical Music,Culture
2017
For a year, Jean-Stéphane Bron filmed the daily life of musicians, dancers, technicians, but also administrative staff of the Paris Opera. Classical ballets, grandiose operas, rehearsals of the orchestra... Welcome to the heart of one of the world's most prestigious lyrical institutions!
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Jacquemus: The Prince of Today's Fashion
arts,Fashion
2023
A documentary on a top designer’s rise, with archives and backstage scenes, and shows that echo Jean Paul Gaultier’s influence.
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The Man with a Thousand Faces
Biographical
2023
One day, Marianne discovers that the man she loves and whose child she is expecting is an impostor, a fabulist and a pathological liar, who is no more a surgeon than his name is Alexandre, as he claims. He has four other relationships with women from all over the world, under different identities, each with an imaginary past and profession.
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The Gourmet Story Of Lu
History,Economics,Consumption
2014
The LU brand, founded in 1846 by Jules-Romain Lefèvre and his wife Pauline-Isabelle Utile, was born in a small bakery in Nantes, at 5 rue Boileau.
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Dim: the glamorous history
Fashion
2016
The history of Dim recounts the arrival of glamour in advertising, the evolution of women's fashion and the progressive liberation of women. It all begins at the end of the Second World War, with Bernard Giberstein, the man who created the famous tights brand.
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L'Histoire de Manon
2015
Based on the novel written by Abbe Prevost, the story takes us to Paris, a luminous city where society gets easily addicted to luxury and simple pleasures. Carried by this whirlwind, Manon finds it hard to resist the temptations much present in the air, thus dragging faithful Des Grieux down with her.
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The assassination of Henri IV
Culture,History
2009
King Hanry IV was assassinated on May 14, 1610 by a Catholic fanatic named Ravaillac. The day of his murder, the king of France had only one thing on his mind: meeting with the woman he loved. He left Paris in an unescorted carriage, thus becoming an easy target for Ravaillac.
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Children In Art
Art,Children
2016
This documentary unfolds the story of two major histories, that of art and that of the status of children over the centuries.
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June 18 appeal
Culture,History
2010
While the French army was in the midst of a collapse, Charles de Gaulle, just promoted to general, went to London to ask for Churchill's military aid. When he learned that Marshal Pétain had just asked Hitler for the conditions of an armistice, he decided to launch an appeal for resistance. The man, who until then was only a character unknown to most French people, suddenly acquired respect worthy of a legendary figure.
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Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
Biographical,Artist,Art
2009
In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s production of L’Enfer came to a halt. The footage, forgotten for over half a century, were recently found and are more breathtaking than legend had predicted, telling us of what would have been a unique film, an ill-fated film production, and of Henri-Georges Clouzot himself.
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Karl Lagerfeld Sketches His Life
Biography
2012
Sitting at his desk, Karl Lagerfeld, creative director of the House of Chanel since 1983, sketches the events of his life including his childhood, his home and his career. Then he evokes his first steps as a fashion designer in Paris. Karl Lagerfeld passed away in February 2019.
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Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
Art,Biographical
2021
From her precocious status as a sex symbol to her consecration as a filmmaker, Jodie Foster’s story is about a feminist struggle, fought on and off-screen. A cerebral, French-speaking woman among Hollywood bimbos: the Jodie Foster enigma is a tough one to solve. Her early years tell a story that is diametrically opposed to her current image – she used to be a girl over influenced by images and the film industry. In her most beloved movies, whether Silence of the Lambs or Panic Room, she is the embodiment of uniqueness: a cold beauty, an icon defying all the codes of Hollywood glamor. Beautiful but never passive, heroic but not masculine, sexual but not eroticized: she cultivates her subtle, paradoxical androgyny from film to film.
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Jean Paul Gaultier At Work
Biography
2015
Jean-Paul Gaultier envisions and creates works of art in the world of fashion. He walks between the idea and the matter, cuts, tears, and twirls the cloth, thus making the most emblematic outfits. Join Gaultier as he recreates twelve of his most iconic creations in front of the camera.
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Van Damme: Split Personality
Biography,Art
2022
Whether you like him or not, whether he arouses admiration, perplexity or laughter, Jean-Claude Van Damme’s life is an incredible and unconventional adventure from Belgium to Hollywood Hills.
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100 Must See Places: Manche
Travel,Landscape,People
2018
Lush, green and steeped in natural beauty, the Manche also regales its visitors with Viking tales. In the northern Cotentin, fishing ports, memorial sites and biscuit-makers await the traveller. Further south, Chausey lobsters are guaranteed to have your mouth-watering, before you head off to explore Mont-Saint-Michel Bay.
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100 Must See Places: a Provencal Journey
Travel,Nature
2022
The paths of Provence are full of treasures. From the limestone landscapes of the Gorges du Verdon, through the plain of Fayence and its pretty hilltop villages, to the Estérel massif, this Provencal hike follows the GR 49 route and promises moments of rare beauty. The walk begins with the dazzling spectacle of the griffon vulture soaring over the Verdon cliffs, and continues with the discovery of a very special place: the Château de la Colle Noire, the home of fashion designer Christian Dior. After a magical dive into a protected Mediterranean ecosystem, this Provencal journey ends at the summit of the Estérel mountain range.
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Arts24: Gillian Anderson and Fast & Furious at Cannes
2026
Cannes: Gillian Anderson nearly fainted watching herself in 'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma'.
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1000 Countries In One: Tarbes
Nature,Environmental Issues
2015
Let's discover the Bigourdane identity and its traditions, the valorization of the trades in the process of disappearance and with them, ancestral know-how like the shearing of the ram.
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1000 Countries In One: Oléron
Nature,Environmental Issues
2015
The island of Oleron is the largest French island after Corsica. It is 30 km long and has an area of 175 km². There are beautiful beaches, a castle, villages.
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1000 Countries In One: Oloron, Béarn
Nature,Environmental Issues
2015
Colossal, impressive, magnificent... There is no shortage of superlatives to describe these legendary mountains. Welcome to the Bearn Pyrenees.
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1000 Countries In One: Nivernais
Nature,Environmental Issues
2015
The Nivernais is the country of Nevers. It stretches from the Loire to the Morvan massif. It is here that one of the most beautiful boating canals in France can be found: the Canal du Nivernais.
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1000 Countries In One: Mâconnais, South Burgundy
Nature,Environmental Issues
2015
Mâcon is a town in the Burgundy region of central-eastern France. The exhibitions of the Musée des Ursulines, a former 17th century convent, focus on art, archaeological excavations and local urban history. The Maison de Bois, a centuries-old house, has a wooden façade with unusual statues of monkeys and masked figures. St Peter's Church, dating from the 19th century, is a Romanesque church with two steeples.
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1000 Countries In One: Lorient
Nature,Environmental Issues
2015
The French land is of an unsuspected richness. Villages, towns and natural parks make up the cultural wealth of France and its treasures.
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1000 Countries In One: Laval
Travel
2015
The Pays de Laval is, in a very small area, a concentration of historical riches and a food-producing region, specializing in beef.
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