Bernard Pivot

Théodore, a strange and shy parisian man, discovers a song with supernatural power. An old jazz classic from the 1920s which will be make instantaneously make two people love each other. He has to find this song to seduce Amandine, the love of his life. His investigation leads him to New York City, where he meets a community of young jazzmen.

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.

May 10th, 1981. François Mitterrand is elected President of the Republic. The “soviet tanks” supposedly coming upon the Champs-Élysées dressed in red, feared by some, did not march. Serge Moati takes a personal look at this episode, focusing on the relationship the president had with television, that he witnessed and played a role in.

In the 70s, actress Delphine Seyrig and director Carole Roussopoulos, both militant feminists, were the pioneers of video activism in France. They documented the demonstrations of French feminists and used the new technologies to counter the poor representation of women in the public media.

Запутанная и трогательная история русского писателя Василия Гроссмана (1905-1964) и его романа «Жизнь и судьба» (1980), литературный шедевр, монументальное и эпическое описание жизни в условиях режима сталинского террора, крик неповиновения которого КГБ пытался задушить.

During the worst days of World War II, the British government asks the mathematician Alan Turing to unravel the mysteries of the German Enigma encryption machine, an impossible task to accomplish without the invaluable information that Hans-Thilo Schmidt, a disenchanted but greedy German citizen, had been handing over to the French secret services since 1931.

40 years of "Apostrophes". Hours and historical meetings, Pierre Assouline has composed an anthology of the best extracts presented in the form of a primer, which he had commented on by a surprised Bernard Pivot.

В своих мечтах Жан-Марк — рыцарь в сверкающих доспехах, звезда сцены и экрана и преуспевающий писатель, к ногам и в постель которого падают женщины. На самом деле он — никто, чиновник, ничтожный муж, несостоятельный отец и тайный курильщик. Но Жан-Марк сопротивляется искушениям мира своих грез и намерен дать себе еще один шанс в реальном мире…

Bois d'Enghien, engaged to a young girl from a good family, has to break up with Lucette Gautier, his mistress, a dilettante of salons. Not having been able to tell her of his break-up, he finds her at her fiancée's house, invited for the event. A Mexican general, jealous of his rivals, arrives and complicates the situation, as does a notary clerk, Bouzin, a singer in his spare time.

"Homosexuality, this painful problem "... It was thirty years ago, the title of a program of Ménie Grégoire! But what has happened since the seventies, when France was transformed and the gay movement emerged? For gays and lesbians, thirty years of fights, hopes and despairs, thirty years of parties, sufferings and mournings, victories and emancipation. Thirty revolutionary years, pink and black, on which Yves Jeuland has examined, in an approach that is at once documentary, historian and ethnographer. First part: "Red years" (1971/1979) "Pink years" (1979/1984) Second part "Black years" (1983/1991) "Rainbow years" (1992/2002)

Из Африки во Францию перевозится бесценная статуэтка - `Танцующий Бог`. Ею мечтают завладеть проходимцы всех мастей. Самые хитрые из них пытаются подменить оригинал копией, и в результате возникшей неразберихи кому - то удается совершить подлог. Погони, приключения, головокружительные трюки, перестрелки - жизнь не стоит и копейки, когда на кону бесценное сокровище. Оно не может быть общим, им должен обладать кто - то один...

Fleeing fame, the writer Anatole Hirsch decides to publish his new book under the name of his cousin, Martin Bassane. This book wins the Prix Goncourt. A film inspired by the story of Romain Gary.

После того, как Саломея Лернер опубликовала автобиографию, ее пригласили в телешоу, чтобы узнать, как она относится к экранизации ее воспоминаний. Отвечая ведущему, Саломея вынуждена оживить в памяти события счастливого детства и страшной юности, которая пришлась на годы Второй мировой войны. Тогда, в 1943 году, кто-то написал донос фашистам, что Элен и Ролан Риверы в своем поместье прячут еврейскую семью. Всех скрывавшихся отправили в концлагерь, и только Саломее удалось выжить. Она возвратилась к Риверам, чтобы узнать имя доносчика…

The year 1975 is declared “year of the woman”. On this occasion Bernard Pivot invited Françoise Giroud on television, then Secretary of State for Women. Faced with statements, a group of women filmmakers parody the issues in a provocative way.