La Traversée

In 1923, André Sauvage produced his first film La Traversée du Grépon. Dedicated to mountaineering in the Mont Blanc massif, this documentary is a performance that earned him the recognition of his peers. André Sauvage and his companions decide to climb the Grépon, the best known of the Aiguilles de Chamonix, in the Mont Blanc Massif. Early in the morning, they cross the Mer de Glace, climb rocky peaks, abseil summits, cross crevasses, snowfields and long seracs. After sixteen hours of effort, the climbers return to the refuge. With his camera, Sauvage documents the difficult undertaking, also showing his strong passion for the mountains. "The deepest perception of mountains begins where intelligence ends." (A. Sauvage). Two long versions of the film have disappeared, one of 90 and the other of 51 minutes and only eight minutes are preserved.

September 23, 2022 marks the 52nd anniversary of the death of Bourvil (1917-1970). Radio, sketches, boulevard theater, operetta, cinema, songs whimsical or tender, Bourvil is present in all areas of popular culture. Carried by the voice of Valérie Lemercier, this portrait of the artist allows us to rediscover his most beautiful songs, from Les Crayons to La Tendresse, and the highlights of his filmography, from the cult scenes of La Traversée de Paris, Le Corniaud and La Grande Vadrouille to Le Cercle rouge. We also rediscover the richness of his career as a singer and actor, with some little known nuggets. The testimony of Bourvil's two sons, unpublished family films and numerous archives tell the story of the all too brief life of this endearing man.

June 1940, near Saumur. During the exodus, the bridges having been destroyed, a group of refugees, brought together by the chance of fleeing the advancing German troops, build a raft to cross the Loire to evacuate a sick little girl.

Testimonies from four persons which destinies were brutally thrown out of balance when a tragic event made them lose their autonomy.

After a stay in an alcohol treatment center, Celine tries to reinvent her life.

A woman walks alone in the night.

Crowned with 15 Michelin stars, Yannick Alléno is one of the greatest chefs on the planet. In 2014, he took over the Pavillon Ledoyen, just steps from the Champs-Élysées. In just six years, the chef created three restaurants there, making the Pavillon Ledoyen the most starred establishment in the world. From 2019 to 2023, the film followed the daily life of this temple of haute cuisine, narrating how the chef and his team of 150 employees navigated these challenging years. An improbable and wild drama unfolds, culminating in the unimaginable for Yannick Alléno: the death of his son Antoine, killed by a reckless driver in the streets of Paris. Beyond the behind-the-scenes of great cuisine, the quest for stars, the pursuit of excellence, sharing, and transmission, the film questions the fragility of fate and the search for meaning.

William Albert Robinson became famous in 1931 after a world tour of more than 3 years on a sailboat of only 10 meters long. In 2019, a research centre in his name was inaugurated in Tahiti where he fought to eradicate filariasis. Between these two dates, the film traces the extraordinary life of one of the last navigators of the 20th century. But the film also seeks to reveal the intimate truth of an elusive, complex, and fascinating man.

Engineer Roger Courteville, accompanied by his wife and mechanic Julio Kotzent, undertakes a 10,000 km raid across the South American continent. The use of the car turns the crossing into an impossible adventure.

Swimming across Nice harbour fully clothed. Ben swims across a bay in Nice.

In the year 311 of the Orbital Calendar, humanity has migrated to countless colony clusters in space. A space colony girl named Akiha Shishidou encounters a malevolent artificial intelligence named Leopard that has been installed on a colony.