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What started as a simple tomb became over a 2,000 years history the universal seat of Christendom and is today one of the most visited museum in the world with invaluable collections of Arts, Manuscripts, Maps. Using spectacular 3D modelisation and CGI to give viewers as never before a true understanding of the history of this architectural masterpiece and its extensions, the film will also use animation to tell relevant historical events. This heritage site reveals new untold secrets with the help of historians deciphering the Vatican’s rich archives and manuscripts collection and following the restorations at work (newly discovered frescoes by Raphael) and recent excavations. A story where Religion, Politics, Arts and Science meet to assert religious authority and serve as a spiritual benchmark.
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Over the centuries, Mont Saint-Michel, an extraordinary island located in the delta of the Couesnon River, in Normandy, France, a place floating between the sea and the sky, has been a sanctuary, an abbey, a fortress and a prison. But how was this architectural wonder built?
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The adventures and exploits of Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936), an intrepid scientist and explorer who laid the foundations of modern oceanography.
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Chambord, the most impressive castle in the Loire Valley, in France, a truly Renaissance treasure, has always been an enigma to generations of historians. Why did King Francis I (1494-1547), who commissioned it, embark on this epic project in the heart of the marshlands in 1519? What significance did he want the castle to have? What role did his friend, Italian genius Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) play? Was he the architect or who was?
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Numa aldeia muçulmana do Senegal a mutilação vaginal é uma prática ritualística pela qual todas as meninas ao entrarem na puberdade devem passar. Quatro meninas conseguem fugir do ritual e buscam proteção na casa de Collé, uma mulher que há pouco tempo foi a primeira a não permitir que sua filha fosse cortada. Para proteger as meninas Collé inicia o Moolaadé, uma tradição em que nenhuma mulher pode entrar em sua casa e que se pode ser quebrada se Collé pronunciar uma palavra. Uma disputa política vai se iniciar na aldeia para fazer com que Collé pronuncie a palavra a qualquer custo.
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Durante 3 anos são acompanhados os hábitos de migração de diversas espécies de pássaros, passando por todos os continentes do planeta.
