Episode 10
53 min
Chantal Thomas, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Sara Najjar, Maya Kamaty, Gilbert Pounia
Member of the Académie Française, Chantal Thomas presents her book on water, sea and swimming. Tahar Ben Jelloun takes us to Casablanca. We present a Swiss revelation, the illustrator Sarah Najjar. Stars on Reunion Island, Maya Kamaty and Gilbert Pounia, of the group Ziskakan, accompany us for this final chapter.
Episode 9
52 min
Samuel Benchetrit, Marie-Aude Murail, Scholastique Mukasonga, Medhi Charef
Samuel Benchetrit returns with his new "Chroniques de l'Asphalte". Marie-Aude Murail, 2022 Andersen Award-winner, publishes a new work about animals. Scholastique Mukasonga looks at the activities of the Evangelical Church in Rwanda in the 1930s. Medhi Charef continues his introspection and his major humanist discourse on the theme of immigration.
Episode 8
53 min
Blaise Hofmann, Daniel Auteuil, Kossi Efoui, Nathalie Rheims
Blaise Hofmann paints a portrait of farming and farmers. The actor Daniel Auteuil releases an album in partnership with singer Gaëtan Roussel. Writer and playwright, Kossi Efoui shares his childhood memories of Lomé, Togo. Nathalie Rheims recounts her relationship with a key figure in the world of music.
Episode 7
53 min
Hélène Dorion, Patrice Leconte, Philippe Besson, Julia Sarr
The Quebec poet Hélène Dorion makes poetry easy to understand. The film-maker Patrice Leconte recounts his passion for Tintin from A-Z, in a totally subjective book. Philippe Besson looks back at a dramatic femicide, a novel inspired by real events. Music with Julia Sarr and her new solo album.
Episode 6
53 min
Omar Pène, Aurélia Aurita, Myriam Leroy, Raphaël Haroche
Omar Pène, musician and environmental activist, celebrates a musical career spanning fifty years. Aurélia Aurita publishes an immense illustrated book of her culinary memories. Myriam Leroy paints the portrait of a forgotten war-time heroine. After two anthologies of poetry, Raphaël Haroche publishes a remarkable first novel.
Authors and booksellers from France, Switzerland, Canada and Belgium discuss their top picks and the books making the news in their respective countries.
French language Literature
The first woman to be elected to the Académie française, Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) broke down the barriers of a literary world dominated by men. The author of "Mémoires d'Hadrien" is never academic and does not allow herself to be labelled: bohemian aristocrat, citizen of the world, pioneer of ecology, free woman with an assumed bisexuality.
French language Literature
In honour of the 19th Francophonie Summit, this special programme was filmed at the Cité Internationale de la Langue Française at Villers-Cotterêts. Augustin Trapenard receives Francophone authors who spread the beauty of the French language around the world and make it their literary territory.
French language Literature
The 2024 final brings together the nine best candidates, from 120,000 secondary and high school students. Before the judges, the finalists have to read a set text, seen for the first time on the eve of the final, judged on four main criteria: expression, rhythm, tone, ability to transmit emotion.
Cinema Documentary
Recognised as the father of Ivorian literature, Bernard Binlin Dadié died in 2019 at 103. Having lived through a century of history, his views are clearly stamped on his innumerable writings. A look back at the turbulent career of a visionary who fought for the dignity of his fellow citizens.
French language Literature
Ten stories, ten experiences made possible thanks to the French language. Here are 'Les Visages de la francophonie' (the faces of the French-speaking world), proposed by the Ministry of International Relations and Francophonie of Québec in partnership with 'La Fabrique culturelle' of Télé-Québec.
French language Literature
Paris, 1840. Rodolphe de Gerolstein, prince without fear but not without reproach, investigates the disappearance of his housekeeper's son Germain, an investigation that takes him deep into the Parisian underworld and to some of its most chic addresses, before finally revealing a dark and very personal secret... An animated series adapted from the novel by Eugène Sue in forty three-minute episodes, created from period engravings.
French language Literature
The story of twenty figures whose creative work in the French language served ideals of liberty, emancipation and independence. The series recounts the destiny and work of these men and women, exceptional artists, some of the best writers amongst francophone poets and novelists. The ink may sometimes have faded, almost disappeared, leaving a blank page blown by the winds of history. "Black Ink and White Page" brings them back from oblivion.
