In this first episode, Raed Hammoud heads to East Farnham, in Estria. He meets Edem Amegbo, originally from Togo he has become a farmer unlike any other, growing African vegetables.
Raed arrives in Piopolis, where he meets Spomenka Adzic and her husband. After fleeing the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the couple are today the proud owners of the village shop.
The call of wide open spaces draws Raed to the Gaspé Peninsula. Here he discovers the touching story of Mustapha Ben Hamidou and his son Mohammed. Originally from Morocco, they opened a family restaurant in Carleton-sur-Mer.
Raed stops off in Percé where he meets Jean-François Kacou from Côte d'Ivoire and discovers his extraordinary story. He is today director general of the town, for which he has innumerable projects in mind.
In Rimouski, Raed meets Lisan D. Chng, an artist originally from Singapore who has already lived a thousand and one lives. She uses her ceramics as a means of uniting the members of her new host community.
In Saint-Georges, Beauce, Raed discovers how a woman from Colombia, Viviana Paola Cárdenas, contributes to solving the problem of labour shortages in the region.
In Mauricie, Raed gets to know Dora Maria Caro Rios. After falling in love with a Quebecker who happened to be visiting her home town of Acapulco, she moved to Sainte-Thècle where she opened a Mexican restaurant.
In Sainte-Martine, Raed meets Paul Akpa Barnabé, a young and energetic priest officiating in the region's three parishes. He discovers the fascinating life story of this man from Côte d'Ivoire whom nothing destined for a religious life.
Raed meets Marcellin Gbazai, who has put down his roots in the Saguenay region. Someone who naturally brings people together, the man from Côte d'Ivoire puts all his energy into encouraging a spirit of "living together" in his little corner of the country.
Raed arrives in Baie-Saint-Paul in the middle of autumn. Here he discovers the story of a Belgian, Pascal Miche, who inherited a unique family recipe: that of the tomato wine he has successfully managed to produce in Quebec.
In Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Raed meets Salah Ben Hassouna, one of the region's first immigrants. Teacher and electrician, originally from Turkey, he even became responsible for organising the Saint John the Baptist festivities.
Born in Egypt of Lebanese parents, Rafik Atallah had always felt a foreigner in his own country. Raed meets him in Alma, where he had settled a few months earlier with plans to become a coach.
Originally from Guatemala, Olga Coronado Mijangos never imagined that life would lead her to Val d'Or. Raed discovers that she had successfully made a place for herself by becoming a businesswoman.
Paraplegic following a trapeze fall, Silke Pan has become a high-level athlete in paracycling. Coline Confort follows her as she prepares for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Sixty years of music, thousands of concerts, four and a half million albums sold, fifteen gold discs, thirty schools bearing his name... Henri Dès is a monument. In Switzerland, France, Belgium and Quebec, four generations of children know his songs. An intimate look at the creator.
World-renowned Dutch-speaking Belgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui covers all styles of dance. He draws inspiration from his origins and his deep-rooted commitments, and resists being put in a box. "I'm Arab, white, gay and vegan, whatever I do is political", he explains. Portrait.
Claudia Lebeuf arrived in Toronto fifty years ago, to marry an Egyptian widower. Later, when selling the family property, La Reille, in Carcassonne, she discovered a series of letters between her ancestors. For Claudia it's the start of a quest for identity, in the footsteps of her great-grandmother Rosine.
Building on her own experience of cancer, the film-director Vanessa Boisset sets out to discover the latest and most-promising advances in terms of detection, treatment and well-being for six of the most deadly cancers.
Before starting her career as a citizenship judge, Suzanne Pinel captivated the heart of thousands of children across Canada with her iconic character as Marie-Soleil. A great ambassador for French-speaking culture, she highlights the importance of protecting all languages and cultures in a multicultural Canada.
Benoit Marcotte, a 69 year-old pensioner, suffers from severe heart disease and needs a new heart to survive. This is the story of his wait, one that was filled with hope.
1950. At the dawn of the wildest decade in Argentina, a promising Italian illustrator arrives in Buenos Aires. He is dazzled by the country's dramatic economic development and its lively cultural scene. The young man soon makes a name for himself, and Hugo Pratt is born.
How to become the funniest and most popular cartoonist of your time? We discover the archives of Philippe Becquelin, alias Mix & Remix: from childhood and through the lean years to final fame... His friend Frédéric Pajak, writer and illustrator, paints his portrait in the form of an open letter.
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