Some West African tribes smelted the iron ore they found in the ground and worked the metal, but who, when and where did they develop this delicate and rudimentary technique ? After using their own hands to build blast furnaces made of earth mixed with straw and ventilated by tuyères, and after making numerous sacrifices … Continued
Zan, an adulterous child, returns to his village, many years after being expelled, to find out who his father is. His arrival coincides with sudden movements by Faro, the river spirit, interpreted as a sign of anger at the arrival of the bastard.
“Blood … by the drop, by the litre, by the tonne … It’s the future that bleeds. The future, for those who have reached the edge of the worst, is the blood of others. People have been fighting around the Mediterranean for five thousand years. The causes change, … the uniforms, the partners and even … Continued
Philomena Esposito is of Calabrian origin, and learned to speak French at a compulsory age, on the school benches of a small town on the Côte d’Azur. Her documentary highlights the role of women in the Mafia. How is the Mafia seen by women? By those who take part in it and by those who … Continued
A favourite hunting ground for wild beasts and images, Africa is also a battleground for those who fight against suffering and death. Every year, thousands of men, women and children are counted and visited by doctors, despite the difficulties they have to overcome to inspire confidence. The causes and development of diseases are known, and … Continued
The slightest agitation, wherever it occurs, sets in motion the dust whose weight in the universe has been determined to be at least equal to that of the celestial bodies. We live in a feverish, agitated age, which makes certain types of dust particularly dangerous, but we have the means to protect ourselves. Industrial dust … Continued
There are people in the metro, people from all over. People coming, going and meeting up: passengers on the line. Paris is not only the capital of France, it is also the city of Poles, Algerians, Angolans, Greeks and Vietnamese. I stood there with my camera and my sound engineer and waited: on the platforms, … Continued
One day, an Indian discovered a mountain of solid silver: Potosi. Lightning and thunder warned him that this wealth would not benefit him or his people, but a stranger who would come later. That stranger was the Spaniard, and since the conquest, the Indians, starving and miserable, have plundered, turned over and excavated this mountain … Continued
In 1989, I met Franck and David in an institution for the mentally handicapped where I was making a documentary. As far as I was concerned, they didn’t belong there. They were 17 and 19 at the time, and I asked them to tell me their story so that I could make a film about … Continued
This film is a walk through the history of hunger in Paris. While the word “hunger” usually conjures up grim images of famine, this is only one aspect of the problem of supplying a large city, and one that should not obscure the picturesque and even funny sides of cooking and gastronomy. The history of … Continued