Version : French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese
Duration : 19'
Format : 35 mm. - 16 mm. - Béta SP - DVCam - Mpeg4
Colors
Scriptwriter : Èdouard LUNTZ
Producer : ARMOR Films - Fred ORAIN
Country
France
With
Commentaire dit par Michel GARLAND
Music
Marc LANJEAN
Picture
Pierre ANCRENAZ
Stage set
Auvergne, Velay and Bourbonnais
Archive footage
- Aerial views of the Auvergne volcano range,
- Aerial shots: a castle, a church, the Virgin of Le Puy,
- Old medieval houses in the Auvergne,
- Romanesque art: frescoes, capitals, statues, the Black Madonna,
- The Virgin carried in procession along a moorland path,
- Michelin factory and exit (black & white),
- Shepherds at snack time,
- Vichy: Art Deco decor, scenes with people taking the waters,
- Amazing cure and massage techniques,
- Knife sharpeners,
- Miscellaneous: paper pulp, mink in a cage, rosaries by the meter
Discovering an unknown, little-known or misunderstood region: the Auvergne, whose lunar landscapes at first glance make it as strange as a distant planet. Then it’s on to the search for different signs of the landscape, natural signs, human signs or even unusual signs, which will give us an in-depth knowledge of the country we are discovering, and help us to love and understand it better. Castles that have survived the centuries with varying degrees of success, Romanesque art, frescoes, churches, thermal baths from which mysterious patients emerge, figures petrified under the moon, and Vichy, the most exotic of towns, are just some of the stops on this journey where the strange is born from the simple sight of people and things.
