History and society People
Les pionniers de l'empire du Milieu
2023
Sous-titres : Français Espagnol Roumain Anglais Allemand Arabe
Succeeding thanks to their innovative projects in industry, hospitality, health, finance, architecture, tourism, IT, wine, technology and communication. We discover the interwoven portraits of thirty French entrepreneurs who decided to set up business in China.
History and society | People
Episode 1
26 min
Industrie / Éco-innovation
Stéphane Gonnetand et Gildas Olivier se lancent dans la construction navale à Dalian, au nord de la Chine. Cyrille Champagne effectue des audits industriels, sociaux et environnementaux. Stéphane Vernède et Zhuo Ya Li produisent de l'énergie renouvelable à partir de déchets. Tous s'engagent pour l'éco-innovation.
Episode 2
26 min
Restauration / Un goût de chez soi
Philippe Ricard gère des restaurants bretons et savoyards à Shanghai et à Hong Kong. Grégory Louraichi a créé Greg's Xiamen Xiamen, adresse française dans le sud de la Chine. Antoine Mansuy et Xiao Yan Lu développent The Roots, restaurant méditerranéen de Pékin.
Episode 3
26 min
Santé / Santé digitale
Laurent Le Pen produit des brosses à dents connectées à Shenzhen. Charles Bark se focalise sur des soins préventifs à domicile pour les séniors. Chuan de La Hosseraye s'investit dans la santé des employés. Tous sont résolument engagés dans le digital.
Episode 4
25 min
Finance / Fusion-acquisition et investissement
Emmanuel Gros ajoute de la créativité dans la fusion-acquisition d'entreprises. Éric Huet s'intéresse à la consommation de la classe moyenne chinoise. Les docteurs Min Zhou et Patrick Berbon parient sur les industries du futur.
Episode 5
26 min
Architecture et urbanisme / Design
Johan Sarvan et Florent Buis font de l'architecture minimaliste depuis leur bureau de Pékin. Emmanuel Delarue et Yang Qiu développent des projets d'architecture mais aussi d'urbanisme à l'échelle d'un territoire. Thomas Dariel a créé Dariel Studio, orienté vers le design d'intérieur, et la marque de mobilier Maison Dada.
Succeeding thanks to their innovative projects in industry, hospitality, health, finance, architecture, tourism, IT, wine, technology and communication. We discover the interwoven portraits of thirty French entrepreneurs who decided to set up business in China.
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.
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.
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.
Being confronted with having a family member in prison is always difficult, particularly for children. Prisoners' families, around 50,000 people in Switzerland, feel as if they are sharing the sentence and with few organisations offering support coping is even harder. Their personal stories come across as a cry for help.
