A documentary develops on screen. The region or the theme are explored, sometimes under particular angles that can otherwise be difficult to access. When needed, interviews can provide explanations, proof, and even anecdotes. If necessary, infographic and cartographic aids allow the spectator to find his place in space and time. This is a practical, lively and documented way of travelling.
In the extreme south-west of France, separated from its southern counterpart by imposing barrier of the Pyrenees Mountains —which is more (...) Read…The Basque Country
After the destruction of Carthage 146 years b.c., Rome, which had just received the gift of the Iberian Peninsula from its vanquished rival, (...) Read…Roman Provence
At the end of the 12th century what the religious powers of Rome called heresy, spread over the Occitan lands: Catharism. This religion was the (...) Read…The Cathars
On the subject of the Périgord, Henry Miller wrote in the Colossus of Maroussi, “I do believe that if Cro-Magnon man settled in this (...) Read…Périgord
In 1662, Pierre Paul Riquet presented his plans to Colbert for the construction of a canal from the river Garonne to Sète. The piece of work was (...) Read…The canal du midi
In the heart of the Roussillon, both Mediterranean and Pyrenean but above all Catalonian, stands mythical Mt. Canigou. The Roussillon is a (...) Read…Catalonian Country
Provence, where the Mistral and the Rhone rage and explode as if to escape the valley which confines them. Land of contrasts, from the flat lands (...) Read…Provence
In the extraordinary site of Le Puy with its spiky, volcanic peaks, a final touch was put to Nature when, far back in the 5th century, a church, (...) Read…Le Puy-en-Velay