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La Machine a Ecrire

La Machine à Écrire et Autres Sources de Tracas

In June 1944 , shortly before the Normandy landings , Denis Porte works on a British military base that is completely fake. Every day, he moves dummy soldiers to deceive the troops of the Third Reich , as part of the vast Operation Fortitude . While several members of his… Read More

Être et Avoir 2002

The documentary’s title translates as « to be and to have », the two auxiliary verbs in the French language. It is about a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, France, the population of which is just over 200. The school has one small class of mixed ages (from four… Read More

Averroès et Rosa Parks

Averroès and Rosa Parks: two units of the Esquirol Hospital, which – like the Adamant – are part of the Paris Central Psychiatric Group. From individual interviews to «carer-patient» meetings, the filmmaker focuses on showing a form of psychiatry that continually strives to make room for and rehabilitate the patients’… Read More

Sur l’Adamant

L’Adamant est un Centre de Jour unique en son genre : c’est un bâtiment flottant. Édifié sur la Seine, en plein coeur de Paris, il accueille des adultes souffrant de troubles psychiques, leur offrant un cadre de soins qui les structure dans le temps et l’espace, les aide à renouer… Read More