Sartre/Camus: A Fractured Friendship 2014

Sartre and Camus, the two most world-famous, 20th century, French writers, form a legendary and inseparable couple. The two extraordinary thinkers propelled the figure of the politically engaged writer into the limelight.

Elvis Gratton 2: Miracle à Memphis 1999 ( 5)

Elvis Gratton, dead for three days, comes back to life.

The Battle of St-Denis... Yesterday, Today 1970

The Metropolitan Opera: Manon 2019 ( 10)

Massenet’s tale of passion, excess, and their consequences stars rising soprano Lisette Oropesa in the effervescent title role. Tenor Michael Fabiano is her ardent admirer, Chevalier des Grieux, with Maurizio Benini conducting Laurent Pelly’s enchanting production.

Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon 2007 ( 6)

Natalie Dessay and Rolando Villazón bring Jules Massenet's classic opera to the stage in this dazzling production. In 18th-century France, Manon (Dessay) faces life as a nun, despite catching the eye of many men. When she meets the handsome but penniless des Grieux (Villazón), she falls deeply in love. The pair elopes, but their future together is threatened by outside forces.

Lakmé 1976

Opera Australia's 1976 production of Lakmé, an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes, with a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille. Set in India during the British Raj, the story focuses on Lakmé, the daughter of a Hindu priest. Lakmé's life is troubled by her infatuation with a British officer.

Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman 1997 ( 6)

Janine Bazin and André Labarthe approached Chantal Akerman about making a film for the series; eagerly, Akerman proposed a number of filmmakers—but all had already been done. So she suggested…“How about me?” Akerman creates a fascinating self-portrait that takes us through her career, aided by critics Emmanuel Burdeau and Jean Narboni and filmmaker Luc Moullet.

The End of the Night 1997 ( 5)

A woman and two young homosexuals spend a hectic late night.

Arrêt sur image 1987

Drama about a white young woman who finds a wounded black man in her house.