Discovery Travel and far horizons
Sur la route des épices
2016
Sous-titres : Français Espagnol Roumain Anglais Allemand Arabe
By following the Spice Route, the legendary Portuguese trade route, the Swiss woman Nina Mavis Brunner travels the world and presents the lifestyles of the people she meets.
Discovery | Travel and far horizons
Episode 1
51 min
Hope at the Cape
First destination: South Africa. Nina meets a wine merchant just starting out in a business dominated by white men, a company investing in maggots as a solution to food problems, and members of the Pondo people, who hope to protect their land, currently under threat.
Episode 2
51 min
Life is a struggle
In Mozambique, Nina meets Manuel de Araújo, who campaigns against the plundering of his country. They call him Mozambique's Barack Obama. Meanwhile, Jose Cuambe and his companions have been waiting 25 years for Germany, their former employer, to pay their salaries. Finally, we meet Rosa and her husband Alberto.
Episode 3
52 min
The fruit of the land
Nina continues her journey in India and Sri Lanka. Aardra wants her start-up to be an environmental showcase. Rita transforms abandoned land using traditional farming methods. Cookery, with 5 women who prepare tasty dishes using local spices.
Episode 4
52 min
Between two worlds
In Southeast Asia, the contrast between rich and poor is striking. In Indonesia, to feed their families the miners risk their lives to extract sulphur. In Singapore, we meet the ultra-rich Chong family. In Jakarta, a man proposes a clever solution to deal with waste.
Episode 5
51 min
Different shores
From Indonesia's capital Jakarta, Nina continues her journey eastwards, to the spice islands, to discover what it was that once encouraged the Portuguese to criss-cross the globe. She then travels to her home port of Lisbon. Today, what still remains of that pioneering spirit?
By following the Spice Route, the legendary Portuguese trade route, the Swiss woman Nina Mavis Brunner travels the world and presents the lifestyles of the people she meets.
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