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When I was 15 years old I discovered the French cinema (les quatre cents coups of François Truffaut, the classical films of Marcel Carné, the films of Jean-Luc Godard), the Czechoslovaquian cinema (Milos Forman, Jiri Menzel), the Italian realism (Fellini, Vittorio de Sica, Antonioni) and the young directors of my country: Alain Tanner, Michel Soutter, Claude Goretta and Rolf Lyssy.
I enjoy romantic films, but also dramatic, historical, comic films, crime stories of a lot of countries: United States, Canada, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Algeria, Marroco, Mexico, Argentina, Japan , Belgium, Czech Republic Republic, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and France.
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Échappées belles: Cartes postales de Luberon (2013)
A very interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Luberon: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the Luberon: Bonnieux ( the ébéniste Vincent Gils- the playing of the carillon and the restoring of antique furnitures-, the Canadian newcomers Dominica and Alistair- their integration in the social life of Bonnieux, the English lessons at the public library, the pleasure of buying fresh local products in the market and the moment of relaxation at the Café du Terrail-, the cafe owner Michel Boyer and the "douceur de vivre" in Bonnieux), L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (the "brocanteurs" Pscal Bey and Henry Bey, since 1966 the "Foire à la Brocante" every year, the arrival of antique shop owners like Pierre Laudoueneix, Régis Matthieu- his collection of 300 chandeliers and the restoring of chandeliers for famous places), the mountain climber Antoine Le Menestrel ( the cliffs of Buoux, the climbing sector of "Le Bout du Monde" and the two climbing routes,the training with his son Joachim, the climbing of building in the Palace of Popes of Avignon as part of a theater spectacle), the cherry growing in the Vaucluse ( the cherry grower Jérôme Chabert at Gargas, the 10 hectares of cherry trees, a part of the harvest is transformed into candied fruits and the other part is sent as fresh fruits to the French market, the Fair of the Cherry at Caseneuve), the last ochre quarry of the Vaucluse at Gargas ( Stéphanie Angles and the "Société Ocres de France, the extraction of the ochre mineral, the tanks of the separation of the ochre pigments, then a part of the ochre pigments is crushed and cooked in an oven, the pigments are used in paintings and colorants, the Conservatoire Ocra where students learn to make Renaissance frescoes with ochre pigment) and the aromatic plkants of the Luberon ( the organic farm of Rachel Smets at Bonnieux, the 150 varieties of aromatic plants- the clary sage, the rosemary, the chamomille, the basil and the sale of these plants in the market of the Luberon, the chef Christophe Renaud and his "Potager du chef" with a lot of aromatic plants, the cooking of rabbit meat with sage and estragon).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôm Pitorin with the journalist and writer Patrick Devys at Gorges, with Michel Mélanie at the Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, with Eric Arnaud and Gilbert Arnaud at L'Isle-sur-l-Sorgue, with Patrick at Apt, with the distiller Raymond Agnel, with the guesthouse owner Michèl and Sylvain Vene, with the chef Edward Cristaudo and the botanist Frédéric Fourdinier at Oppède, with the equestrian center manager Olivier Augier and the mountain bike freerider Killian Bron at Rpoussillon; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Aveyron, un souffle nouveau (2023)
A very interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Aveyron department: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the newcomers in Aveyron ( Sarah and Gary and their herd of donkeys near Brevat-the milking of the female donkeys and the making of shampoos, soaps and creams for dermatological cares-, the collective farm "Les Clefs du Sol"-Alexis, William and 3 other associates, the pig breeding, the organinic farming of vegetables and the sale of the products of the farm in the local market), the hiking in the Aubrac Plateau (the students of the veterinary school of Toulouse, the cattle breeder preparing local specialities like farçous and fouace, the arrival at the buron, the dairy farmer Géraud explaining how to make the aligot -potatoes, cream and tomme-, the visitors enjoying the aligot), the photographers in the Aveyron (the wildlife photographers Théo and Romain in the Aubrac region, the camera trap-the red deers-, the pictures in the forest, the speleological photographer Philippe and the visit of an abandoned cheese cellar and of a cave-the pictures of this cave with its underground lake), the medieval hamlets of the Gorges du Tarn ( Annie Bullaert , Jean-Louis Bringuier and the "Amis de Saint-Marcellin"-the restoration of the hamlet of Saint-Marcellin focused now on the old fort, Albin Gianetti and the restoration of the hamlet de la Sablière and now the restoration of a sheepfold in the hamlet of Boubais), the chefs Michel and Sébastien Bras (the vegetable garden with 180 varieties of plants, the restaurant "Le Suquet" , the intense use of vegetables and edible flowers), the artist Pierre Soulages (the Spoulages Museum at Rodez , the stained glasses of the Abbey of Conques) and the cattle breeder Froment and the cattle market of Laissac ( the arrival of the cows and calves at the market-Aubrac, Limousine and Blonde d'Aquitaine-, the deal called "de gré à gré).
I enjoye the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with Agnès Couturier, with Philippe Mouysset , Dylan Lacaze and Anna Gaucher at Bozouls, with the cook Eugénie Solignac at Aboul, with the boatman and guide Ismaël Hamlaoui and Michel Joinville at Peyre, with Antonin Pons Braley and his wife Alix Bellegarde, with the wine maker Jean-Luc Matha, with Laure and Matthieu Bernat at Camarès, with the maître affineur Bernard Roques at Roquefort-sur-Soulzon and with the Orthodox seminarist Maryian; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Le motorizzate (1963)
A pleasant Italian comedy of the sixties.
I enjoyed this Italian comedy about car driving by women.
Five different stories: the two Catholic sisters carrying an old man, the prostitute Lola and her caravan, the lady in the convertible car and the sportsman, the female driver and her first accident and the fake traffic policeman and the women.
A comedy with a great touch of humour: the sister Maria and her strong language, the sister Teresa and her great energy, the malice of Lola, the relationship between the lady driver in her convertible and the sportsman-the great pressure on Walter by his trainer, his fiancee and the manager-, the astuteness of Camillo who has been hit by chance by the young female driver or the tribulations of the unemployed Urbano Cacare as fake vigile.
I enjoyed very much the performances of Ave Ninchi, France Anglade, Ennio Girolami, Carlo Pisacane, Bice Valori, Pierre Doris, Walter Chiari, Sophie Desmarets, Toto, Liana Orfei, Anna Campori and Raimondo Vianelli.
Échappées belles: Guyane, un nouvel eden (2023)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the French Guiana: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the French Guiana: the Salvation islands (Ile Royale, Ile du Diable and Ile Saint-Joseph, Daniel Pradinaud and his friends on the Saint-Joseeph island-the nice seashell beach-the coconut trees-, but also the past of the islands as penal colony-Aurélie Schneider and the investigation of this period-), the Maroni River ( the guide Denis Nicot and the boat tour on the river, the dugouts, the visit to a village of Bushinengue people-runaway slaves- in Surinam), the hunting of the capybaras and the eating of "viande-bois" ( Ritchy Camille and Xavier Guillot hunting with archery the capybaras, the "viande-bois"-the inn of Mahury and the cooking of capybaras, agouti, paquira and cochon-bois meat-, the respect for the hunting rules), the botanical biodiversity of the French Guiana (the 5500 species of plants, the "naturopathe" Marc and the botanical walks in the forest-the medicinal plants,the preparation of the plants for the sale in the market-, the founder of Bio Stratège Mariana Royer and the investigation about the roselle-Hibiscus sabdariffa-, the red colour used in the perfume industry and cosmetics), the wildlife protection ( Mathis and Cyrielle of the Association "Kwata" and the monitoring of the sea turtles in the beaches of Rémire, Benoît de Thoisy and the monitoring of the giant otters in the rivers-the gold diggers and the water pollution with mud-, Jean-Philippe Magnone and the Animal rescue center-the young kwata, howler and tamarin monkeys,the breeding the howler monkeys during three years and their return to the nature-, also Benoît collaborates with the biologist Margot Gradoz in a monitoring program of the jaguars of the area,the camera trap), the market of Cacao (the Hmong refugees from Laos and the growing of fruits and vegetables, Lucie Soler and Frédéric Craste and the icecreams and sorbets made with cocoa and local fruits, the boom of the cocoa production in the 18th century, the decline and now the renewal-Drupa Angénieux and her cocoa plantatio near Saint-Laurent du Maroni, the production of chocolate) and the Amerindians of French Guiana (the men and women playing the "sambula"-also called sanpula,a traditional drum, the Kalina village and the meeting of Amerindian communities-the preservation of the Amerindian culture-, the Fédération Lokono de Guyane and the recovery of 800 hectares for the Arawak inhabitants of Iwa).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sabine Quindou with the pilot Bastien Legere, with the chef Thelvan Luce, with the fashion designer Johanna Sully, with the arborist Valentine Alt, with the guide Gilles Blakaman, with the rosewood producer Claire Couturier, with the cook Charlette Victorine, with the pilot Christophe Prudent, with Justin Raymond, Fabienne Dumas, Lorina Charles and Didier Rostaing at Saül; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Nouvelle-Zélande: voyage au bout du monde (2023)
A very interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through New Zealand: beautiful landscapes (the Rangitoto island, the countryside near Raglan, the Malborough sounds and Tauranga) and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of New Zealand: the Waiheke island and Auckland ( the architect Audrey and the restored vacation home on Waiheke island, the quiet beach of Waiheke, the ferry to Auckland, Auckland and the quality of life, the neighborhood of Ponsonby- the painter and photographer Tina Frantzen and her atrt gallery-, the neighborhood of Davenport with its 5 beacches and 2 mountains), the transports in New Zealand ( the German tourist Pia and the travel by car from North to South-about 1700 kilometers-, the railways-only 4 railway lines with a low frequency, some touristic trains-, the airplanes-the most rapid transport over long distances- and the helicopters- the farmer and helicopter pilot Ron Small herding his cattle by helicopter), the Marine Reserve of Pohatu Penguins (Kevin, Averil and Joséphine monitoring the little penguin-also called blue penguin, Eudyptula minora-, the artificial nest, the protection against the predators-the opossum which came from Australia-, the Predator-Free program of the New Zealand government), John Young and the mussel farming in the Malborough sounds ( the navigation through the fjords, the beginning of the mussel farming-mytiliculture- 50 years ago, the wife and farmer Lynn, his daughter and farmer Lynn and the son-in-law Rod Happy also farmer managing the shep farm and the granddaughter Sky also intereested in the family farm), the students of secundary school of Rotorua and the wama ama competition-, the Maori dugout races on the Tititapu lake, the waka as common heritage with Polinesian people, the ceremony with haka and Maori dances) and the cinema studios of Wellington ( Wellywood, the artistical manager Ben Hawker and the design manager Gallien Chanalet-Quercy of the Weta-Morkshop, Peter Jackson and James Cameron making thei films in New Zealand).
I enjoyed the encounters of Ismaël Khelifa with the the skipper Kristin Percy, with the ranger Hazel Speed, with Peter Finlay-the carpooling-, with Pauline Dognier and Noel at Raglan, with John Rapana, his wife Jessica del Perugia and her niec Shannon James at Tauranga.
Échappées belles: Coup de coeur pour l'Ariège (2019)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Ariège department: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: tge newcomers in Ariège ( Anne and Clément Rouzaud at Saint-Girons-the dairy products shop-Clément,the fromager affineur, the delivery of cheese in the Couserans area, Karina Waters and her family -the Château de Gundanes,the restoration of the castle with the help of friends and neighbors-), the passion for the Middle Age ( Martine Rouche and the Association M. A. M. E. T., the medieval costumes, the story of the town of Mirepoix, the great square et the "Maison des Consuls-the covered galleries-Richard and Anne-Mie Pigelt-Tacq at Montségur-she is weaver and he is draper- the tent of the 13th century-, the historian Tristan Bergerot and the reconstitution of the Montségur castle with a computer program, the gardener and landscaper Patrick Canal and the care for the medicinal plants and other plants at the Castle of Foix), the cyclim in the Ariège ( the amateur cyclist Francis Gailly, the cycle race "L'Ariègoise"-Jean-Claude Eychenne was the organizer for 20 years, Sébastien Malaret and the mountain bike trails in the Couserans), the extreme sports in the Ariège ( Guillaume laigle and Jérôme Laumond and the canyoning-the Canyon de Marc, the zipline nd the fresh water of the river, the speleologists Phil and Florence in a chasm of the Bélesta forest-the 40 meters of abseiling, the limestone concretions and the pleasure to explore new caves), the mineral treasures of Ariège ( Giorgio Rivieri and the marble quarry-the marble grand antique-, the tone cutter Pascal Nau, the gold diggers David Bruno and Jean Fournier- the finding of some gold glitters-) and the Mérens horse ( Jean-Louis and Christine Savignol and the rescue of the Mérens horse-the soft training of the horses-, the transhumance to the summer pastures).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with Jordy Estève -the Cirque de Cagateille and Foix), with the coutelier Olivier Montariol at Foix, with the guide of the Niaux Grotto Emmanuel Auberthie, with the traveling grocer Didier Farcine, with the refuge keeper Calou at the mountain refuge of Rulhe, with with Jason Lacube , hid father Philippe and Morgan Catala at Les Cabannes: nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Frère & soeur (2012)
A simple comedy.
The life of the wee organized lawyer Bruno is brutally disturbed by the arrival the arrival of his father Felix Cellini and the 16 years old Tarita, the daughter of Felix and then the sister of Bruno. Bruno akes tjhen to this colleague Irene Courage to see what happens in this house. Soon after his father dies and now Bruno is alone with Tarita and they have to organize their new life: by chance Tarita has a new friend in the college and has the support of Valérie Loisel,-the mother of this new friend- .Nevertheless Bruno has a lot of problems with Tarita.
Bernard Le Coq is a little overacting in his role as elder brother of Tarita, the other performances of Sophoie Mounicot, Christiane Millet, Roxane Potereau and Jacqies Sereys are quite good.
La rimpatriata (1963)
A fine comedy.
Milan, Italy,: Alberto, the lawyer , encounters his friend Sandro and they decided to meet again the group of old friends: the doctir Livio, Nino and Cesarino who works in a move theater: then begins a sleepless night: Cesarino is the anmator of the group calling to some women-he manages to convince Tina, Alberto meets Clara at the movie theater,the blonde woman who accepts to join the group of friends,and then begin the tribulations of the group of friends -the wife Giulia and the mistress Maria in an apartment, the night in the trattoria of Pino-. Little by little the mood is changing, Carla tries to forget her moment with Alberto, Tina abandons her seducer Nino, but Cesarino insists to meet again Lara.
A very nice description of a sleepless night in Milan.
Good performances of of Walter Chiari, Francisco Rabal, Leticia Roman, Dominique Boschero, Riccardo Garrone, Mino Guerrini, Gastone Moschin, Cesare Barrilli, Tiziana Frada, Guiseppina Frada, Paul Guers and Jacqueline Pierreux.
Échappées belles: Massif de l'Oisans, joyau des Alpes (2022)
Beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
I enjoyed very much this excursion throughthe Massif de l'Oisans: beautiful lanscapes (mountain lakes, glacier,alpine pastures) and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of ths region: the wild nature and the fauna ( Cathy Hustache-Association Envergures alpines- and the monitoring of the bearded vulture, the reintroduction of the bearded vulture in the French Alps 30 years ago, the "Parc National des Écrins" -Pierre -Henri Peyret and the study of the grazing of the alpine pastures and the growth of bushes and trees in the pastures, the shepherdess Mylène de Baudoin and the technicien pastoralist Julien Vilmart speaking about the protection of the sheep flock against the wolves-the importance of her 6 Pyrenean mountain dogs-), the para-cyclist Florian Jouanny (his ski accident and his"tétraplégie de niveau C7-C8", the help of his father Franck and his mother Florence, the three medals at the Para-Olympic Games of Tokio, the training with his handbike, his trainer David Webb and the owner of the Hotel des Grandes Rousses speaking about the courage and the tenacity of Florian), the village of Villard-Reculas ( the comedian Maud Mallet-Henry telling the story of the village-only 10 inhabitants in 1970 and now the ski resort-), the cartoonist Jean-Marc Rochette (three months of solitude in the hamlet des Etages, the comic book about the bear of the Vercors, his passion for the mountains, the shepherd and alpinist Eric and the painting of aquarelles), the mineral world of the Oisans region ( the archaeological site of Brandes near Alpe d'Huez, the silver mine in the Middle Age, Pierre Desmaret and the theater play about the mining in this place, the guide Odile and the visit of the "Mine du Grand Clos" near La Grave-the 250 meters high wall, the via ferrata, the "galène", a stone containing lead and silver-, the cristallier Romain Brun and his collection of quartz crystals), the génépi liquor and the local whisky ( Cyrille and Sylvain producing génépi liquor-the maceration of plants with sugar, water and alcohol-,Frédéric Revol and the making of whisky from local wheat, barley and rye, the chef Romain and Hugo are very interested in the new product), the Dutch cyclists and the newcomers in Bourg d'Oisans (the Dutch cyclist Linda Everlo speaking of the Alpe d'Huez as the "Montagne des Hollandais", the newcomers Willemijn and Martin and their hotel "La douce montagne", the good integration of this family in the local society, , the riding of bicycles with their son Noah, the newcomers Serge from Belgium and Patty from Netherland working as caterers, the cooking for their friends-the moment of friendliness with their friends and neighbors-).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with the mountain guide Erin Smart, with the baker Pascal, with the craftsman and bicycle collector Laurent Ametller Vidal, with the bison farmer Didier Girard and his daughter Anna, with the cartoonist Jean-Marc Rochette, with Jérôme Foret at the Lac de Lauvitel, with the chef Christophe Aribert, with the truck farmer Benjamin Saby, with the yogi and businessman Atma Singh and with Marie-Aline Giroud at Villard-Reymond; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Tensions sur le Cap Corse (2017)
A complicated criminal case.
The businessman Tony Siabelli has been found dead near the pier of the port of Toga. The commander Gabrielle Monti Monti, who has arrived recently at Bastia, is in charge of the crimininal investigation with the help of her colleagues Jean-Laurent and Ange. Her father, Xavier Monti , former investigating judge tries to speak with Gabrielle,but the relationship between them has been always tense-besides Xavier Monti has tried in the past to catch Tony Siabelli but he did not manage it. First suspects: the widow of Tony, Claire Siabelli who has a good alibi, then Marco Siabelli-a quite agressive man- has also an alibi. Also Sophie Desprès, the mistress of Tony has an alibi. Little by little Gabrielle and ZXavier understand each other, but the investigation goes to slowly. Finally the team has a new element, the switch of a grounnd against apartment in Bastia.
I enjoyed the good performances of Amira Casar, Richard Bohringer, Philippe Corti, Véronique Volata, Yoni Nahum, Jean-Michel Pagni, Florence Thomassin and Alysson Paradis.
Chacun chez soi (2000)
A pleasant comedy.
The writer Pierre Bazeille has come back from Japan and has a new duty-the translation in French of a Japanese novel-. At his apartment in Paris he will meet his companion Laurence, but also her daughter Gaelle and Yvan-the boyfriend of Gaelle-: too much noise and Pierre is desperate. Then his friend and editor proposes him to spend some days in the Lot department in the house of his half-sister Felice-a sculptor-. Felice accepts the deal. Then Pierre arrives at the house of Felice: living together is then very complicated (the noise of the workshop, Felice didn't bought the Arabica coffee that Pierre drinks usually), both Felice and Pierre have a very tense relationship. In Paris Laurence has some remorse to have let Pierre go away for his work. Little by little Pierre and Felice make peace, they drink coffee together in the morning and have a pleasant supper together-Felice speaks a lot about her ex-boyfriend François-. Suddenly François appears at the house of Felice and Felice askes Pierre to play the role of her new lover because she doesn't want to live again with François. On the other side Laurence has decided to rescue her relationship with Pierre and travels to the Lot department.
I enjoyed the performances of Pierre Arditi, Evelyne Bouix, Christiane Millet, Philippe Magnan and Antoine Duléry.
Inga Lindström: Einfach nur Liebe (2023)
The different stages of love and married life.
Maja has broken with her past and lives now in London with her boyfriend Peter-a relationship without any strong engagement-. She learns about her inheritance of the island where she lived her childhood, but is reluctant to to travel to Sweden: nevertheless Peter convinces her toto travel to the island. On the boat to the island there are passengers going to the seminar called "Achtsam Trennen" : in the island Maja meets Ilse who manages the cooking for the guests,and soon after her friend Lucinde who does not understand why Maja left the island. Ilse needs a cook and asks Maja to stand for some days. Then we know the couples of the seminar, Henrik and his wife who suffers dementia, Pia and Stefan-a young couple- and the married couple of Ella and Markus with their daughter Leonie: the seminar mediator Till is listening to the couples.
At the same time Lucinde reminds Maja about the good times they spend together als children, but it seems that Maja has suppressed all her memory of the past in the island. Lucinde insists telling Maja that she missed her very much. Little by little the couples will take their decisions about their future and also Maja has to decide about her stay in the island.
I enjoyed the performances of Mersiha Husagic, Xenia Assenza, Uschi Glas, Gerit Kling, Leonard Lansik, Valentina Pahde, Manuel Kandler, Daniel Buder, Sarah Elena Koch, Björn von der Welle, Lola Linnéa Padotzke and Peter Schlegel.
Échappées belles: New York (2009)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through New York City: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this town: the cultural diversity of Harlem ( the singer Aaron Jones Rheturik and the hip hop, the reverend James Allen and the gospel songs group, the Puerto Rican community and the Puerto Rican Day Parade, the radio speaker Tiokasin Ghosthorse and the First Voices Indegenous program), the Union Square market (about 100 producers selling organic products, the beekeper David Graves and his beehives in town, the abandoned wastelands transformed into vegetable gardens-Beverly Mc Cain and the Campus Garden in East village, the production of fresh food and the creation of relationships between the inhabitants of the neighborhood, Stéphanie Barile and the "Free Gans"-the concern about the wasted food-), the seaside of New York ( the great sand beach-New York on sea-, Véronique Bourdon and her sailing school, Kathie of the "New York Baykeeper" and the reintroducing of the oysters in the waters of New York), the Brooklyn bridge ( the guide Brian Mac Cabe, the largest suspension bridge of the world til 1931, the photographer Dave Frieder and his pictures of the bridge) and the arts in Brooklyn ( the artist Magda Savec and the knitting- the parking meters-, Daniel Nuxoll and the industrial wastelands used as screening places-the Rooftop films-, the concerts at Brooklyn Bridge Park).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with the taxi driver Erhan Tuncel, the guide Peggy Taylor in Harlem, with the pianist Rudel Drears, with the farmer Franca Tantillo at Union Square market, with the plastic artist Virginie Sommet at Chinatown, with the gardener,landscaper and sculptor Lily Bruder, with Emmanuel Kolajo and the members of the Hattie Carthan Garden, the manager of Nathan's David Ludwig and with Deno "DJ" Vourderis-owner of the Deno's Wonder Wheel Park"; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Spéciale aventure pyrénéenne (2022)
A very interesting excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Pyrenean mounntains: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the Pyrenean mountains: Jacob Karhu ( his life alone in a mountain cabin for 6 months, the arrival in March and the snow, the cold weather and the restoration of the cabin), the boyscouts camp (the young Lou fromToulouse joins the boyscouts camp in the mountains-, the shores, the talks about ecology and environmental protection, the discovery of the nature, the new social relationships and the promotion of the autonomy), the passion of climbing mountains ( the deputy director of the Pic du Midi and Adèle Mabrut will climbing a mountain in theCirque de Gavarnie, the night in the mountain refuge and then the climbing of the wall of the mountain-a moment of eternity-), the village of Saint-Bertrand de Comminges (the new life of Tulip Santene as baker, thebread oven, the volunteers of the Service Civique Mathilde and Rémy, their participation in the life of the village, the aide-boulangère Léna-a former Service Civique volunteer-speaking about the importance of the bakery in the village-the last bakery closed in 1945-) andthe Pyrenean mountain dogs ( Illiès Saint-Cloment and the monitoring of 160 Pyrenean Mountain dogs called also Patou, the shepherd Mathieu Corbeau speaking about the great help of the Patous in the transhumance of the sheep, the dog breeder Yann Brianti speaking about the common life of the Patous with the sheep since thier birth, the great protective instinct of the Patou-the protection against the wolves and bears-).
I enjoyed the encounters of Ismaël Khelia with Jacob Karhu, with butcher Jeffrey Noell, with the cheesemonger Emilie Cavaro, with the bushcraft specialist Jonathan Czodor, with Nicolas Bourgeois at Bagnières-de-Bigorre, with the trail runner and photographer Fabrice-Andrieux at the Pic du Midi, with Laurence Tailleux at Mirepoix, with Mélanie Zervos at the Cñlos Saint-Martin, with the accompagnatrice en montagne and geologist Isabelle Corbières, with the horse breeder Yves Rauzy and his grandson Evan on the Plateau de Beille; nice encounters with very kind Pyrenean men and women.
Échappées belles: Le Finistère gourmand (2024)
An interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Finistère: beautiful landscapes (Les Monts d'Arrée, La Pointe du Raz, le Raz de Sein) and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the Breton gastronomy ( the retired Michelin star chef Jacques Thorel and the story of the Breton gastronomy-the boom after the the congés payés-the cuisine of the local products, the Michelin star chefs Nolwenn Corre and Nicolas Carro, the rediscovery of local products like the oats, the net of local producers-Julien and his pouñltry farm-) , the market of local products in the Ouessant island ( the cattle breeder Marie and Thomas, the sheep breeder Charlaine, , the cheese factory where Marie and Charlaine produce cheeses, the chef Olivier Nedellec buying thelocal products for his restaurant), the agriculture in the Finistère du Nord ( the truck farmer Vincent Merrien and the growing of artichokes, the brotherhood of the Artichoke and the new way to prepare artichooke, the farmer Le Bihan and the production of lemons and ginger in his greenhouse), the Pointe du Raz and the Ile de Sein ( the guide Antoine Mahric and his visitors at the Pointe du Raz, the panorama of the Ile de Sein, the Raz de Sein, the fisherman Jean-Marie and the fishing in this area, before the seabass,now the common octopus, the photographer Ronan Follic and the pictures of the Chapel de Saint-They- monument historique- and of the seaside-the great storms), the ceramist Nathalie Dérouet (the sea as inspiration for her works of porcelain and the collaboration with the chef Didier Lecuisinier for the creation of new porcelains), Ynn Santerre and the use of the sediments of the dredging ( the Gwilen company, the recycling of thesediments into items for design and architecture) and the port of Le Guilvinec ( the "mareyeur"-fishmonger- Bruno Le ley and the buying of fishes for his clients, the lycée maritime de Le Guilvinec, 120 students but only two women, the practices on the school ship).
I nejoyed the encounters Anto Cocagne with the beekeeper Antoine Raballand at Quimper, with the oyster farmer Caroline Madec at Prat Ar Coum, with the chef Tiphaine Seguin at Brest, with Lucky and Christel Peron in the Mer d'Iroise, with the chef Nicolas Conraux and his wife Solène at Plouider, with Caroline Laloux-the hydrolat producer-, with the alpaca breeder Nina Collot D'Escury in the Monts d'Arrée, with the cattle breeders André and Eric Kelly Le Faou at Briec and Ile Tudy, with the fisherwoman and seaweed farmer Scarlette Le Corre and her daughter-in-law Estelle at Le Guilvinec; nice encounters with very nice Breton men and women.
Échappées belles: Caraïbes (2010)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Caribbean sea: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interestings aspects of this region: the "saintoises" ( traditional sailboats used for the fishing, the shipwright Alain Foy and the making of a new saintoise, the new life of these sailboats for tours and regattas), the Rodomond family (the family restaurant, Willy and Freddy the fishermen, the mother and cook Jeanne and finally Lilian the touristic guide), the ox-cart races of Marie-Galante (Darius and his pair of oxen, the 4 clubs in the islands, the popular sport in the island), the Dominica (the park ranger Stephen Durand and the primary forest -the are 3 National Parks in Dominica, the Kalinago community with its own territory- the Kalinago artist Gerald Langlais and the story of the community-, the historian Lennox Honychurch and the restoration of the Fort Shirley) and the Rastafarian people of the Dominica ( the female guide Isaline Carter and the tours in the nature, the promotion of ecotourism, the organic farmer Moses James-the vegetarian diet and his message for peace and love-, the musician James Armnstrong and the repair of pianos for young artists).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie with the catamaran captain Gilou, the plastic artist Edouard Claude at Les Saintes, with Willy Rodomond at Grand-Bourg-Marie Galante, with Mama and Papa Murat-the medicinal syrups-, with the guide Jeffrey Charles, with the guesthouse owner Richard Metawi , with Screw-the sulphur spa- and with the boat-taxi captain Raymond Mozla; nice encounters with very kind Caribbean men and women.
Échappées belles: Spéciale Méditerranée (2022)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursionn along the Mediterranean coast in France: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some intereting aspects of the Mediterranean coast: the Mediterranean climate (the retired Josianne and Robert living now in Grau-du-Roi-300 days of sun in the year-,the swimming in the sea in September, the microclimate of Banyuls-sur-mer- a little fresher in the summer and a little warmer in the winter-, Jean-Pierre Centene and the grape harvest for the Cave de l'Étoile,, the cellar and the old bottles, Céline Tardy of the Association Miraceti and the monitoring of the common bottlenose dolphin, the great biodiverity of the waters of the Mediterranean sea), the chef Mauro Colagreco and Mirazur restaurant at Menton ( the five gardens around the the restaurant-the permaculture-,the agronomist Silvana speaking about the microclimate of Menton-the growing of bananas, mangoes and other tropical fruits, the ethno-botanist Alessandro di Tizio and the looking for wild herbs-the wild radish-), the fisherrmen of the Etang de Lecat (the dual activity, Erwan Berton-fisherman and earthwork contractor, besides the collaboration with scientists wwho study the migration of the seabass in the Mediterranean,Baptist Beaux-fisherman and boat tour organizer), the Conservatoire du Littoral ( the restoration of the lighthouse of Espiguette-clasified monument historique in 2012, the lighthouse will be open to the public on February 2023, the management of the marshland of Viguerat-300 species of birds, among them the European bittern, the pebble beach of the Coudoulière-Saint-Mandrier-sur-mer-,the rewilding of the beach), the environmental protection (Jean-Jacques Fieschi and the Association "Fonds Bleus"- the lot of wastes on the sea bed, Geoffrey Chappe and the Association Wings of the Ocean and the clkeaning of the litoral, Romain Paul and his company "YuYo and the recycling of plastic wastes into materials for surfing boards, the commune of Cagnes-sur-Mer and the nets of the Pollustock company for collecting the wastes before they land into the the sea) and the glass artist Antoine Pierini (the amphora, the cypress, his workshop at Biot, the residence for artists of Seattle).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sabine Quindou with Sylvain Rousselat and his daughter Lou, with the biologist Alizée Martin, with the captain Micheñl at le Racou, with Sabine Meneut, with the potter Marion Pruneau and with the freediving champion Pierre Frolla; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Colombie, la côte caribéenne (2024)
A very interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Caribbean coast of Colombia: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspècts of this region: the Carnival of Barranquilla ( the guide Juan Hernando and the visit of the Barrio Abajo-the visitors meeting the dancers of the Carnival-the dancer Maria Tello explaining how to dance cumbia-, in 2024 28.000 dancers of 845 dance groups dancing for 4 days, the end of the carnival with the burial of Joselito, the queens of the neighborhoods and and the Queen of the carnival Melissa Cure Villa), the tourism in the Caribbean Coast ( the guide Sonia Brijaldo visiting with Marianna and Roxana the Fort of San Felipe Barajas at Cartagena, the Hotel "Las Islas" at Barú-, the naturalist Sandra Bessudo and the environmental protection-the plant nursery, the plantation of 1450.000 mangrove trees in the peninsula, the Kogis indigenous community receiving two French visitors, the guide Mariano and the introduction to the Kogis culture for 2 days), Alvaro Restrepo and the Colegio del cuerpo ( the education by the dance, the dance school-which has been visited by the writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez-, Marcela Pineda Gomez who has studied modern dance is now teaching dance to the children of the surrounding villages) , the fauna of Colombia ( the guide Felix Medine and the monitoring of the cotton-top tamarin- in Colombian Spanish titi piel roja-, the Titi Proyecto, the herpetologist Luis Alberto Rueda Solano and others colleagues monitoring the San Lorenzo stubfoot toad-an endangered species-) , the new seaside resort of Palomino ( the fishermen working now as autorickshaw drivers, guides or surfing coaches, Sophie Pontramier and the Casa Cocotte-the training of the local waiters and barmen) and the cocoa production in the Sierra Nevada ( the indigenous communities and the planting of cocoa trees-the crop substitution policy-, the increasing interest for the Colombian cocoa, the chef Claudia Ealo and the use of the coca leaves in the cooking-a fish filled with coriander, basil and mashed coca leaves-).
I enjoyed the encounters of Ismaël Khelifa with the chef Jaime David Rodriguez Camacho at Cartagena, with the guide Jaime Lopez at Barranquilla, with Monica Ospino Davila at Barranquilla, with the farmer Yarlis Ortiz at Cartagena, with the guide Gabriela Moreno and her family at Nueva Venecia, with Valérie Brabant and Philippe Bekaert at the ecolodge "Mundo Nuevo" and with Luntana Gil Alberto-the Wiwa community-; nice encounters with very kind Colombian men and women.
Échappées belles: Mayotte (2010)
A pleasant excursion.
I enjoyed this excursion through Mayotte: beautiful landscapes (Mount Choungui, M'Bouzi islet) and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of Mayotte: the "barges" (ferries between the Grand-Ile and Petite-Ile, the passagers-the youth, the active women, the servil servants and also the politicians, pñlace of friendliness-the last news-), the Mahoran women (the msindzano-the cosmetic paste and sunscreen made from sandalwood, the " femmes chatouilleuses" and the fight to remain with France, the non- official traditional Islamic law and the French civil code), the improvement of the growing of the coconut trees ( the technicians Ibrahim and Oubeidi and the program of hybridation-local variety x Nain jaune of Malaysia), the fish farming in Mayotte (Harache and his fish farm with Umbrina species coming from the Gulf of Mexico, the Manager of Aquamay Timothée Gadenne and the proposal of a local species of fish for fish farming) and the salt production at Brandele (the Mamas Shingo harvesting the silt at low tide and the making of salt, besides the traditional agricultural shores).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with Moncef, with the radio presenter Chamoussa Bacar, with the imam Madi Youssouf and his wife at Tsingoni, with the craftsman Aly, with Brigitte Gandon at MBouzi islet, wit the guide Sidi Nouirddine at Mount Choungui, with the singer Latheral and with Katia Ballorain; nice encounters with very kind Mahoran men and women.
Noces d'Or (2019)
A rocambolesque and touching comedy.
The theme of the Alzheimer's disease and its consequences treated in a rocambolesque and touching way.
All begins when Dora Saint Cast-the daughter of Alix Alix Saint Cast goes to the retirement home because her father Octave will celebrate the 50 years of marriage with his wife Alix: there she meets Iradj Mozafari-son of Farhad Mozafari, another resident of the retirement home and both discover that Alix and Farhad live a new love. Nevertheless Dora and Iradji travel with Farhad and Alix to the family estate where the golden wedding will take place.
Then begin the rocambolesque part of the film: the Mossad squad spying the the castle with drone, the arrival of Adam and the troubles of Fabrice with his wife Siri, the escape of Alix with her daughter Célestine, the arrival of VGE, the efforts of Octave to reconquest Alix, the picture of Nixon and other family secrets and on the morning the escape of Alix and Farhad.
I enjoyed very much the performances of Alice Taglioni, Babak Hmidian, Hélène Vincent, Bernard Verley, Nasser Memarzic, Christa Théret and Stancey Weber.
Échappées belles: Au fil de la Loire (2008)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Pays de la Loire: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
Thetre are some interesting aspects of the region: the castles of the Loire Valley (the King Charles VII leaving Paris for Bourges and then the Loire Valley, the building of the castles, the example of the Renaissance architecture at Chambord), the Château de la Buissière (the castle open to the public since 1962, the countess Geneviève de Chasseval and her care for the gardens of the castle), the Loire River (the largest river of France but also the less canalized river of France,the photographer Pierre Aucante and the changes of the light on the river, the fisherman Philippe Boisneau and his great knowledge about the fishes of the river, the eels-migratory fishes-), the hunting with hounds (Francis Bejrach and the making and repair of the hunting horn, the "piqueur"-man in charge of the pack of dogs-, the hunting party at Amboise) and the roses and the castles in the Loire Valley ( the rose growers André Eve and Guy André, the rescue of old varieties of roses, the writer and rose specialist Elsie de Raedt speaking about the story of the roses and of the castles).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with the pilot Philippe Allouin, with the female guide Alexandra Raduguet at the Castle of Valençay, with Louis Marie Chardon-the troglodytique village-, with the boat captain Jean Ley, with the Marquis Charles-Antoine de Vibraye at Cheverny, with Jacques and Catherine Guyot at La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, with the grocery manager Patrick Guedoux at Orleans, with the female guide Muriel Oghard at the Castle of Chamerolles and with the boatman Dominique Chauvreau at the Loire River; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Spéciale: un week-end au vert à Angers (2023)
A very interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in Angers: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the "douceur de vivre in Angers (the greenspaces, Mathilde Blanchard and the "jeu de piste gourmand", Bouchemaine and its guinguettes and animation, the Lac de Maine and the windsurfing), the amusement and botanical park Terra Botanica in Angers (the greenhouse and the butterflies), the Cadre Noir de Saumur (the riding school, the equestrian spectable, Nadège and Céline's training for para-dressage), the Parc Oriental de Maulévrier (Didier Touzé and the care for the Japanese garden, the kyodo practice), the Château de Brissac ( Charles André and Larissa de Brissac, the English garden, the Piverdie contest-), the Cointreau the Maître distillateur Carole Quinton explaining the making of the Cointreau liquor), and the slates ( the restoration of the windmill of Brissac with its slate roof, the Mine Bleue-slate mine closed in 1936 and now open to visitors, the "Quernon d'Ardoise"-the chocolate slate made by the Maison du Quernon).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with Carole Tolila and Stéphane Marie of the TV program "Silence,ça pousse", with the chef Nicolas Adamopulos, with the co-manager of the Oisellerie Johanna Lainé, with Anne Esnault and Fanny Maujean at Angers, with the président of the "Vigne en ville" and the volunteers at the vineyard "Le Clos Saint-Nicolas-, with R¡Elisa Girad at mushrooms cellar, with with the boat captain Guy Deles, with Mélanie Roberti at the Béhuard island, with Olivier Levron , wth the plastic artist Jean-Jacques, with François Gay at the Bioparc de Doué-la-Fontaine and with Alice Evain at the plant nursery of Angers; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Savoie (2009)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion tthrough the Savoie: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the dual activity ( the cattle breeder and skiing instructor Florimond Gachet, the volunteer David at the chairlift and at the Pierra Menta- the ski mountaineering competition of the Beaufortain-, the cheese maker and ski mountaineering champion Florent Perrier, the cheese maker and skier Thierry Bochet), Courchevel (the journalist Roland Claude and the story oif the ski resort-, the luxury hotels-Les Airelles-, the traditional chalet , Joffrey Vallat and the luxury chalets), the "Association de la Route de la Tomme" ( the transport of the local cheeses by mules to Turin, the importance of remembering this tradition), the baroque churches of Savoie ( Sylvie Gotteland explaining the development of the Baroque style in the Catholic churches, the faith in the Mountains of Savoie, the inhabitants of Peisey -Nancroix walking to the Chapel Notre Dame des Vernettes-now claisfied monument historique-) and the Maurienne Valley (the Japànese cheese maker Michi producing "Bleu de Bonneval" at Bonneval-sur-Arc, the industrial decline of the valley-the former worker and now guide Gérard Rayrolle explaining the life of the workers of aluminium industry at the Musée de l'Aluminium-, Yves Pasquier founder of Solid'Art Maurienne and the collective art work "L'Aura"-42.000 pieces of aluminium prepared by inhabitants and artists- and the asociative ski resort of Les Karellis).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with the cattle breeder Florimond Gachet in the Beaufortain, with the biathlon athletes Xavier Blond and Hervé Flandin at Les Saisies, with the guide Alain Chardon, the ski jumping trainer Tony Deñlaup and the ski jumper Nicolas Mayer, with the members of the "Association de la Route de Tommes and with the blind skier Catherine Rougeri, at Courchevel-Le Praz, with Quentin Simon at Val Thorens and with ice sculptor Christian Burger at Valloire; nice encounters with very kind Savoie men.
Échappées belles: Charente-Maritime, dans les bras de la mer (2013)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Charente-Maritime: beautiful landscapes (the îde de Ré, the île d'Aix, La rochelle) and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the this region : the passion of sailing (the Port des minimes-a marina for 3600 sailboats-, Anna , Clément ad Marie living on their sailboats during all the year, about 160 companies dealing with the sailboat industry-the shipyards-), the environmental protection ( the vélos jaunes-free bikes-, the solar powered bus-boat, the recycling of the sils, the recycling of the frying oilsthe Association Roule ma frite-, Jean-Baptiste and Adrien- the association IODDE- and the protected area of the intertidal zone), the oyster farmers Bernard and Sophie Montauzier at Oleron Island ( the Marennes-Oléron oysters, the direct sale to the consumers), the frigate L'Hermione (La Fayette leaving La Rochelle in 1780 for the crossing t¡of the Atlantic sea, the restoration-30 companies and 150 workers and also volunteers), the Poitou donkey ( in French le baudet du Poitou, the crossing with the mares for the for the mule poitevine, the Asinerie du bu¡audet du Poitou and the cares for the reproductionof this donkey breed, Nicolas and his donkey Casimir on the island of Oléron) and the Ile d'Aix ( the mailwoman Catherine and the mail delivery by bicycle-there are no cars on the island-, Mounette and the grocery open during all the year-a place of encounter for the people of the island, the primary school teacher François and his pipuils-the discovery of the biodiversity of the island).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with Aurélien Merleron-Laubus and Sébastien Jean at La Rochelle, with Mathieu Coutant at the Aquarium of La Rochelle, with Pierre Dunoyer at Chatelaillon-Plage, with Anne Renault at Rochefort, with the wine maker Christian Thomas at Saint-Dizant-du-Gua, with the guide Stéphane Majeau and the sculptor Alain Tenenbaum, with the singer Donin Lemaitre, with the paludier Brice Colonier, and the the sea urchin breeder Yvan Le Gall, nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Les trésors du Lot (2015)
An interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Lot: beauficul landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the Cmino through the Lot ( Rocamadour as convergence point of the Camino de Santiago, Yves Ruer and his friends making the pilgrimage through the Lot-150 kilometers into 6 days-, Dominique Pourcel and his family and the guesthouse "La Source d'Ussac", the sheep, the organic vegetable garden, the harvest of vegetables and the the supper-moment of friendliness with the pilgrims-) , the Châateau de Lantis (abandoned castle during 200 years, Françoise Barbier-Damiette and the restoration f the castle since 1993), the Château de Cénevières (the Braquilanges family-owner of the castle since 1793, te castle clasified as "monument historique" in 1957, the visitors can wear the traditional costumes and live the "vi de château one night every week), the gastronomy in the Lot ( the chef Pascal Bardet buying local products in the market, the restaurant "Le Guindreau", the Michelin star and the "cuisine du Terroir", the cooking with his aunt Paulette at the family home), the traveling grocer Pierre Vedrune (the delivery of food in the isolated villages for 30 years, the care for the senior people), the caves of the Lot (the speleologist Lionel Auber and the archaelogist Jean-Christophe,the visit of a cave, the caves with parietal art -cave paintings- of Cougnac and PechMerle, Jean-Christophe and the archaelogical excavations on a prehistoric site-23000 years BC-) and Jean-François Champollion ( the Rosetta Stone, the decoding of the Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Museum Champollion and "Les Ecritures du monde", the museum manager Benjamin Findinier and the stele fragment, the guide Gilbert Mijoule and the workshop with the children about hieroglyphs).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with the rector Ronan de Gouvello, with the founders of the spectacle "Durandal" Romain Vergnaud and Lionel Dufourcq, with the president of the Cahors Auto Retro and Jeannot Martos at Cahors, with the speleologist Jean-Luc Guinot at the Gouffre de Padirac, with Karine Cayla and Guillaume Cayla-the Rocamadour goat cheeses-, with Maryline and Jean-François Lafon-the inn of the Mas de Thomas-, with the owner of the Château de Cabrerets Philippe Sahu d'Izarn, with Nadine Ric, Marthe Viguie and the women of "Atelier Pastis"; nice encounters with very kind men and women.