Follow patients and caregivers at a psychiatric center located on a unique floating structure in central Paris. Experience the challenges and triumphs of those seeking mental health. Witness the power of human connection and the healing potential of a serene and unconventional environment.
To Be and to Have is a documentary that follows a year in the life of a one-room schoolhouse in a small village in rural France. The film provides an intimate look at the daily struggles and triumphs of both the teacher and the students, highlighting the importance of education and the teacher-student relationship.
Averroès and Rosa Parks: two units of the Esquirol Hospital, which - like the Adamant - are part of the Paris Central Psychiatric Group. From individual interviews to «carer-patient» meetings, the filmmaker focuses on showing a form of psychiatry that continually strives to make room for and rehabilitate the patients’ words. Little by little, each one eases open the door to their world. Within an increasingly worn-out health system, how can the forsaken be given a place among others.
Making a film about a radio station doesn’t sound like the most visually compelling of projects. How many takes do you need before the acoustic transition from the opening to the closing of a door is perfect or the reader's voice correctly modulated? Nicolas Philibert has accepted the challenge to portray that which cannot be seen. Shouldering his camera, he spent half a year wandering the endless corridors of Radio France’s ‘round house’ on the banks of the Seine where he filmed people who dedicate themselves utterly and meticulously to their work.
A voyage into the museum's reserves, and part of the extra work involved to mount the expositions after the renovation of the Louvre in the 1980s, when the glass pyramid was added to the classic buildings. From the preservation rooms through the frame and painting retouches by experts, to the personnel instruction on how to be efficient in protecting the collections, and look nice to the visitors.
July 1956: like every summer, the actor and cellist Maurice Baquet temporarily deserts the stage and the cinema studios to go to Chamonix where the mountaineer Gaston Rebuffat is waiting for him. A few days later, the two men achieved a historic first, that of the south face of the Aiguille du Midi (3,842 m), a magnificent wall rising like a rampart above the Vallée Blanche. July 1988: to pay tribute to the memory of his friend Gaston, now deceased, Maurice Baquet once again climbed this wall suspended between heaven and earth with the man who, 50 years his junior, is considered one of his best contemporary mountaineers: Christophe Profit.
In the Land of the Deaf is a documentary that delves into the lives of deaf individuals, exploring their unique experiences, challenges, and triumphs. It provides insight into the world of sign language, education, relationships, and the broader deaf community. Through personal stories and interviews, the film sheds light on the resilience, creativity, and diversity within the deaf community.
Every year, thousands of students – mostly female – embark upon courses that will lead them to become nurses. This film follows the ups and downs of an apprenticeship that will confront them, often at a young age, with human fragility, suffering, illness, the flaws in souls and bodies.
This third opus will take us into the homes of some of the ADAMANT and AVERROES & ROSA PARKS’ protagonists, during the visits led by their caregivers.
It is 1 p.m. on June 30, 1982, when Christophe Profit, 24, shows up at the foot of Les Drus with his pof bag, his climbing shoes and nothing else. He will try the west face of Les Drus in "solo", in the Mont Blanc massif by "Directe Américaine", 1100 meters of vertical and smooth rock. Christophe will achieve the feat of climbing the wall in free solo, without using a rope or any belaying technique. At 4:10 p.m., barely more than three hours after the start of his ascent, the new climbing star can embrace the Virgin of the Drus at the same time as the career of a high-level mountaineer. Three years later, on July 25, 1985, he climbed the north faces of the Matterhorn, the Eiger and the Jorasses in the same day. Awarded at many mountain film festivals, this great documentary is a magnificent testimony to one man's passion for climbing, the mountains and adventure.
The most legendary 'sequence' ever achieved by a mountaineer: on 12 and 13 March 1987, in 40 hours, 26-year-old Christophe Profit managed to climb three of the highest north faces in the Alps, in winter: Grandes Jorasses, Eiger, and Matterhorn. But over and above this 'coverage' of the feat, we discover the wings, the story behind the project, the peaks and troughs of the preparations for it, and the personality of the man behind the climbs, a dancer on sheer rock faces, focusing all the energy and reflexes of life itself in his fingertips.
We see how a show, created, improvised and acted by the collaboration of students at Strasbourg's National Theater, is developed from start to finish, in this documentary.
A filmmaker returns to Normandy thirty years after a working on a movie based on a local homicide and tries to find the actors who worked on the project.
Nénette, an orangutan, is the star of the Parisian zoo where she has lived most of her long life. She is a mother of four and has survived three mates, and she bonds only with a few select keepers. The camera rests throughout on Nénette and the other apes in everyday situations. We only see the visitors as occasional reflections in the glass, but we hear their recorded comments and conversations alongside interviews with the zoo keepers.
While shooting Gerard Mordillat's film, "Billy ze Kick", Christophe Profit, one of the best climbers in the world, was asked to stand in for an actor. He will, without ropes or belay, climb the smooth side of a 60 meter building.
A film arising from "Trilogie Pour Un Homme Seul" (Trilogy for One Man), about the medical and nutritional monitoring of French mountaineer Christophe Profit during his climbing 'trilogy' and the intensive training period leading up to it.
Every Little Thing is a documentary that explores the therapeutic power of singing and music in a psychiatric hospital. Set in the countryside, the film takes viewers on a journey through the lives of emotionally disturbed patients and the dedicated staff who care for them. Through operetta rehearsals and heartfelt performances, the patients find solace and emotional healing in the power of song. This poignant film challenges societal stigmas surrounding mental illness and emphasizes the importance of compassionate care.
Animals and More Animals is a documentary that explores the fascinating world of animals, showcasing various species from different habitats. From majestic seals swimming in the ocean to exotic reptiles and fish in tropical rainforests, this film takes viewers on a captivating journey through the animal kingdom. With insights from leading zoologists and stunning footage of animals in their natural environments, Animals and More Animals offers an immersive and educational experience for nature enthusiasts.
In 'His Master's Voice,' a man becomes obsessed with decoding a mysterious signal from outer space, leading him on a lifelong journey to uncover its meaning. Through interviews and archival footage, the documentary explores the man's quest and the impact it has on his personal life and relationships.
The star of the menagerie at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris since 1972, Nénette attracts hundreds of visitors every year. In June 2019, the female orangutan turns 50 and Nicolas Philibert—who made a film about her ten years earlier—visits her again.