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When I was 15 years old I discovered the French cinema (les quatre cents coups of François Truffaut, the classical films of Marcel Carné, the films of Jean-Luc Godard), the Czechoslovaquian cinema (Milos Forman, Jiri Menzel), the Italian realism (Fellini, Vittorio de Sica, Antonioni) and the young directors of my country: Alain Tanner, Michel Soutter, Claude Goretta and Rolf Lyssy.
I enjoy romantic films, but also dramatic, historical, comic films, crime stories of a lot of countries: United States, Canada, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Algeria, Marroco, Mexico, Argentina, Japan , Belgium, Czech Republic Republic, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and France.
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Échappées belles: Réunion-Maurice, les îles soeurs (2012)
A very interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in La Réunion and Mauritius: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of both countries: the canyoning in La Réunion ( Emeric Beaucheron and Sébastien Jay and the canyoning in the Takamata Canyon, the 70 meters abseiling, the toboggans of the river, another abseiling and the climbing of a mountain), the mail delivery in the Cirque de Mafate ( the post master Jean-François Lomonaco at Salazie, the mailman Cyril Maillot and his walk to the village of Marla, the visit of all the houses, the nurse Dominique de France and the home visits-3-5 hours of walking every day-) , the firewalking ceremony in La Réunion ( the tradition brought by the Tamil people, the abstinence and the cleansing before the ceremony, the relationship with the Mahabharata epic, Nicolas and his first firewalking), the Créole identity in La Réunion and Mauritius ( Clovis Etchiandas and Georges Thenor and the revival of the créole culture, the fisherman and singer Wesley Jeannot and the sega music in Mauritius), the tea plantation in Mauritius ( Ashwin Seetaram and the tea plantation of Bois-Chéri , the preparing of tea in the tea factory, the tea as very popular drink in Mauritius), the touristic weddings in Mauritius ( the wedding planer Madhavi at the Maritim Hotel, the wedding of Simon and Anna, the photo shooting in in touristic submarine, the Belgian Elise and Xavier and the honeymoon in the touristic submarine) and the environmental protection in Mauritius ( Giannie Clarisee-Fondation mauricienne pour la vie sauvage- and the bird reserve of the "île aux Aigrettes, the environmental education, Hughes Vitry and the looking for the sperm whales, Matthieu Bayon and the touristic submarine "Blue Safari" ).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with the fisherman Joël Leguen, with Sébastien Ladrange and his wife Daisy at Marla, with Logambal Souprayen-Cavery snd Gilbert Souprayen-Cavery at Saint-Denis, with the musician and story Roger Valliane, Max Carpin and the moringue instructor Jean-Claude Calimoutou,, with Joyce Jaune and Ti-Henri at the Touessrock Hotel, with the singer J. E. Steeve Lebrasse, with the golf instructor Pravesh Mewa and with Marco Alphonse at Mahébourg; nice encounters with very kind men and women of La Réunion and Mauritius.
Échappées belles: La Réunion, île nature (2021)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in La Réunion: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this island: the miscegenation and the cultural diversity in La Réunion ( Philippe Mellon speaking about the "pain bouchon"- a sandwich made with baguette and Chinese raviolis-,the miscegenation of European, Malagasy, Indian and Chinese people, the archaeologist Anne-Laure and the story of the runaway slaves in the island, the photographer Edgar Marsy and the portraits of the people of the Réunion island), the extreme sports in La Réunion ( Reyhann, Eva and Pierre of the "Collectif Mahaveli Cliff jumpers"- the cliff diving and the cliff jumping, the mountain guide Christophe Grande and the climbing of the ridge and the walls of the 3 Salazes), the life in the Cirque de Mafate ( the hiking as necessity for reaching the hamlets of the cirque,the schoolteacher walking 1.000 meters of altitude difference to reach her primary school, the pupils of Grande Place Léo walking every day during 20 minutes to reach the school, the cooperative education-the elder pupils teaching to the younger pupils-, the botanic class about medicinal plants), the peloton de gendarmerie de haute montagne ( the lieutenant Stéphane Narbaut, commander of the PGHM explaining the duties of the peloton-the rescues of hikers and mountain climbers-, about 600 interventions each year), the growing of sugar cane in La Réunion ( the farmer Yohan Grondin and his father Loïs-Rémy growing the sugar cane, the farmer Jacky Ichabe and his ox cart, the tradition of the "rhum arrangé" ) and the "abeille-pays" and the honeys of La Réunion (the beekeeper Magdi Fridmann and his breeding station-the breeding of queen bees for other beekeepers, the beehives in the National Park, his sister and pastry chef Laura Fridmann using honey for her pastries).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with the hiker and blogger Chloé, with Georges-Marie Govindama ,with the "guide d'approche des cétacés" Emmanuel Antongiorgi, with the guesthouse owner Nathalie Renaut, with the helicopter pilot Mickaël Mottequin, with the touristic guide Raphaël Folio and his grandmother Solange Folio at Hell-Bourg, with the cook Jacky Aroumougom and Bertrand Côme , with the guide for speleology and canyoning Mélissa Lemarié, with the musicians Jacky Malbrouck and Eric Dorval at the seaside and with the cowboy Emmanuel Bougnoux-also called Manou- at the Cap La Houssaye; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Week-end à Menton (2023)
Very beautiful landscapes.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in Menton: very beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: Menton and its palaces ( the fame of Menton as a winter resort for British tourists, the antique cars collector Philippe Mazza enjoying the panorama of Menton, Bruno Geoffroy speaking about the 21 palaces of Menton, the Riviera Palace-now an apartment building with it great garden-), the "jardins d'exception" of Menton ( Gilles Deparis speaking about the Major Lawrenc Johnson and his garden-the acclimatation of exotic plants, there are 15 remarquable gardens in Menton-, Alexandra Boyle and her "jardin des Antipodes"-plants coming from New Zealand, the little guavas and the yucca flowers-), Le Corbusier and Jean Cocteau ( Elisabetta Gaspard and the hiking on the "sentier des douaniers du Cap Martin", the cabanon of Le Corbusier and the bungalows built by Le Corbusier-now residence for artists-, Jean Cocteau and the decoration of the "salle des mariages" of the town hall of Menton), the lemon of Menton ( the citrus farmer Laurent Gannac harvesting lemons, his wife Lucie Maziere Gannac is ceramist and his son Adrien is using all parts of the lemons, the amateur lemon farmer Jean-Claude Corazza and the jam maker Maxime Lefort producing lemon jams), Saint-Agnès and Gorbio (Vincent Calderone and the hiking to Saint-Agnès on a "chemin muletier", Nathalie Piazza and the care for the gardens of the castle- the medicinal plants-, the medieval village of Gorbio- the medieval festival, the 300 years old elm tree in the main square of village) and the Brigasque sheep breed ( Marie-Pierre Lanteri, her father-the 76 years old Francis Lanteri- and her husband -Philippe Sendre- fighting for the rescue of this sheep breed, the alpine pasture and the making of cheeses, the chef Patrick Teisseire and the cooking with the sheep cheeses, the "créatrice feutrière" Emilie Olivier and the use of the wool for making hats and dresses).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with the fisherman Loïc Vergé, with the three Michelin stars chef Mauro Colagreco, with the olive oil specialist Karim, with the honey and chesnut vendor at Ventimiglia, with Erica Perrino and his father Nino Perrino at Dolceacqua, with Murielle Oriol, with the accompagnatrice en montagne Jessica Viale, with the patrimony restorer Mickael Guyader and with Julia Bonnet and Alessandro Nattero at Casterino; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Week-end à Granville (2023)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in Granville: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the beach huts of the Promenade of Plat Gousset ( Granville as seaside resort in the beginning of the 19th century, the arrival of the railways, the rules for the use of the beaches written in 1837), the coastline seen from above ( the photographer Jérôme Houyet and his paramotor-the pictures of the effects of the global warming on the coastline, the photographer Hervé Hillard and the pictures of the Chausey Islands taken with a drone, Max Langlois and the "Aéroplume at Ecausseville), the three masts schooner Marité (the former owners Staffan Hugoo Lyrestram and Rickard Engberg, the boat built in 1923 , the finding of the schooner in the Feroe islands and its restoration, Gérad d'Aboville and the return of the schooner to France, the captain Matthieu and the 100 years anniversary of the schooner, the sound and light composition in Granville), the "pêcheurs à pied" ( the beach of Saint-Martin de Bréhal, the ecogarde Eric Jean Girard of the Conservatoire du littoral and the advices about clams collecting in the Chausey Islands, Maxime Spagnol and the visit of the intertidal zone-the advices about the gathering of "huîtres creuses" and "couteaux") , the nomad chef Sarah Herpin (the picking of edible flowers,the truck farmer Victor Maes and the organic vegetables, the the meal prepared for Enora Wiffen at the cottage of the Braize) and the fishermen Malo Esnouf and the mariner Thomas (the lobster fishing between Granville and the Chausey Islands-many spider crabs but only a few lobsters, the passion for the fishing and the Chausey islands).
I enjoyed very much the encounters of Ismaël Khelifa with Léo Hamard-th paragliding moment over Granvill-, with the fashion designer Cassandre Lemeilleur, with the models Françoise, Morgan and Jean, with the guid Pierre Baudry at the Mont Saint-Michel bay, with Margaux Coyette, with Thierry Petillault, with Margaux's family, with the horse trainer Reynald Coppens and with the apple cider producer and castle owner Louis de Thezy; nice encounetrs with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Echappée en Franche-Comté (2015)
An interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very this excursion through the Franche-Comté: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the Peugeot car factory ( the family business founded in 1810-the mill transformed into a steel foundry, the making of coffee grinders, pepper grinders and bicycles and later cars-, the former employees of Peugeot driving their Peugeot cars through the landscapes, the all day life of the region going around the car factory-the summer camps, the soccer team of Sochaux, the use of the Peugeot products in the daily life-), the Institut européen de formation des compagnons de France at Mouchard ( the three years studies at the institute and then the Tour de France for improving their technical knowledges, the compagnon ébéniste Abdelkarim Ben and the compagnon roofer Bruno Jerome) , the lakes, ponds and rivers of the Franche-Comté ( Eric and Valérie looking for film locations in the Plateau des Mille Étangs, the hydrogeologist Florain Barrau studying the water net-the limestone mountains and the underground rivers), the mountain bikes in the Franche-Comté ( Jean-François Fillod and his guesthouse "La Vie Neuve", the mountain bike race "La Forestière" through the hilly landscape ) the lynx in the Jura Mountains ( the disappearance of the lynx in the 18th century, the reintroduction in the seventies in Switzerland and Franche-Comté, now there about 100 lynx in the Franche-Comté, the lynx lives mainly in the forests and is a predator of the roe deer,Gilles Moyne and the animal rescue center "Athenas" for injured lynx and other animals, the naturalist Patrice Raydelet and the promotion of protecting dogs- the sheep breeder André and his "Patou" or Pyrenean mountain dog "Domino" for the protection of his sheep-) and the comté cheese (the brothers Gürtner and the promotion of this cheese-the posters and clips-, the meilleur ouvrier de France 2015 crémier affineur Marc Janin and the refinement of the comté cheese, the cook Romuald Fassenet, meilleur ouvrier de France 2004 and the cooking with the comté cheese).
I enjoyed very the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with Louis Poix-president of the Association Conifer-, with the clock maker Philippe Lebru , with the lumberjack and shipwright Vincent Bouvere and his family, with Emile Marnat, his wife Dominique and his mother Alice Marnat, with David Vuillaume, Mélodie Thabard and Adrien Vuillaume at Remoray, and with Claude Querry at Fort Saint-Antoine; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Marseille, la Méditerranée (2013)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in Marseille: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this town: Marseille and its population (850.000 inhabitants in 2013, the town lost between 1970 and 1990 about 100.000 inhabitants, from 2000 the population is increasing again, the taxi driver Marie-José Tardy and the delivery man Jacques Bernard speaking about this town, the photographer Cyril Becquart and the evolution of the town,the arrival of people of all the Mediterranean area), Notre Dame de la Garde ( the warden Michel Metro, the 2 millions of visitors each year, the fort and the little chapel and then the basilica, the devotion of the Marseille people and the ex voto in the church), the cuisisine of Marseille ( the culinary journalist Anne Garabedian- the navettes" in the neighborhood of Saint-Victor, the panisses and the chichis in the neighborhood of Estaque, Bénédicte Sire and the walk with the tourists in the market of Noailles and her meeting with the chef Lionel Levy), the ocellated lizard in the Massif de l'Étoile ( the biologist Laure Bourgault and the monitoring of this lizard-), the Mer 2 Crew ( a band of five rappers, the songs about the town of Marseille and its issues, the soccer fans of Olympique Marseille and the looking at a match of this team, the night improvisation with a hip hop band singing a cappella) and the Calanques ( Jean-Marc and the Association "Les Calancoeurs", the hiking in the Calanques-the little forts build under Napoléon, the cave of the prehistorical period, the arrival of the Ligurians and their union with the Phocaean people).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with Michel Lamberti , with the singer Alain Huet , with Jessica Venediger at Le Panier, with the Michelin star chef Guillaume Sourrieu at the Vallon des Auffes, with Julie Demuer, Nassur and Gina Caramba in the northern neighborhoods, with the actor Laurent Verusore at the Belle de Mai, with the kayaking coach Jérémie Metzger , with Sacha Bollet and the curator Alain Mantes; nice encounters with very kind Marseille men and women.
Échappées belles: Marseille, la vie en bleu (2016)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Provence: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the Marseille and the Provence: the depths of the blue sea ( Morgan Bourc'his and the free diving, the divers Serge,Géard and Pierre and the marine archaeology), the Vieux-Port of Marseille ( the marina of 24 hectares and about 3200 boats, the skipper Yannick Long and the story of the port, the painter John Pendray and his daily walk through the port), the half marathon Marseille-Cassis ( from the Stade Vélodrome to the little port of Cassis passing by the Col de Gineste, a very popular race, 15 runners), the French Air Force and the skies of Provence (the Patrouille de France, the training for the aerobatics, the "École de l'air" and the training of the pilots and navigators), Marcel Pagnol and the Provence ( Edmond Mattone showing the village of La Treille and its famous fountain, the "Bastide Neuve", the place of birth in Aubagne, Daniel Scatturo and the santons with the characters of Marcel Pagnol) and the pétanque in Marseille (the pleasure to play pétanque, the 550 clubs of petanque in the town, the great competition of petanque called La Marseillaise-about 3900 petanque teams, Hervé Rofritsch and the making of the petanque balls).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with Didier Tani and the fisherman Gilles at Goudes, with with the skipper Grégoire Guignon, with the architect Marie , with the poissonier restaurateur Fabien Rugi, with the cliff diver Lionel Franc , with Julie Fabre and Jean-Pierre Denne at Salon-en-Provence, with the cheese maker Fabio Fabbri at Marseille and with Frédéric Martinez at Martigues; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Luxembourg (2011)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through Luxembourg: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this country: the immigrants and the multilingualism ( Luxemboourg as financial and administrative center- the investment banking and the European Union-, the demographic increase of 100.00 persons in the last 30 years,the immigrants working mainly in the builing construction and the trade, the Portuguese community and the Miss Portugal in Luxembourg contest, the three official languages), the cultural life (the musicians and the associative radio station, the On Stéitsch festival, the theater, the cultural diversity), the village of Schengen ( the 600 inhabitants, the Schengen agreements-14th of June 1985-, the European museum), the vineyards of Luxembourg ( the 400 wine makers of the Moselle area,, the Musée du Vin at Ehnen, the winecellars- the Cave Saint-Martin built in the limestone between 1919 and 1921 in the limestone rocks and the Crémant du Luxembourg, and the Cave Saint-Rémy managed by Marc Desom, the wine waker Patrizia Schmitz, the harvest of grapes with French and Polish season workers, the tasting of white Moselle wines), the "Ardenne luxembourgeoise ( Ronald Streumer and the promotion of the local products, Manu de Meulemaer and the Ardenne draft horses) and the castles of Luxembourg ( the fortress and the Renaissance castle of Beaulieu- the guide Jacqueline Kuijpens-Fisch and the the visit of the fortress, the "Châtelaine" Anne-Marie Linckels and the visit of the Renaissance Castle- , the count Gaston d'Ansembourg and the castle of Ansembourg and its legend).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie with the photographer Paulo Lobo, with the strongman Georges Christen, with Jacques Thill, André Wolter, Jean Villemin and Metty Franzen at Fonds-de-Gras, with the boat captain Jean Herrig and with the fisherman Franck at Schengen, with the guide Alain Muller and the chef David at the Mullerthal forest, with road racing cyclists Johny, Andy and Franck Schleck and Marco Lux at Mondorf-les-Bins, with the Bavarian dancers, with the journalist and columnist Pierre Dillenburg and Adelaïde Pia at Luxembourg-City; nice encounters with very kind Luxembourgish men and women.
Échappées belles: La magie de la Drôme (2023)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very very much this excusrion in the Drôme department: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the Nationale 7 and the newcomers in the Drôme ( the travel with with a Kombi, the restoration of the La Touche castle, Tim Heider and the associative farm), the "Réserve des Hauts Plateaux du Vercors ( the photographer and the Alpine ibex) , thge Baronnies provencales ( Montbrun-les-Brins) , the organic farming in the Drôme ( the flower gromer Lydvine Carre, the experimental orchard of the INRAE), the craftsmen of the Drôme ( François and Jeanne Morel and the bird calls, the tin potters Patrick and Maggie Brassac)and the new life in the Drôme ( the traveling radio station, the traveling bar).
I enjoyed the encounters of Ismaël Khelifa with the magician Dany Lary, with Frédéric Legro at Hauterives, with the the assistant Manon, with the farmer Odile Guerpillon-Fssi, with the beekeeper Serg Bompard , with the pastry chef Pierre Bonnieu at Montélimar, with Yvon Rosier and Fitou at La Bégude-de-Mazenc, wth the Jill Strong and the coutelier Gbriel Berthelemy at Crest and with Colin Deforge at the Forest of Saoû,
Échappées belles: Drôme, aux portes de la Provence (2016)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Drôme : beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the first organic farmng department of France (the dairy farm of André and Romain Bouchet, the delivery of dairy products to the canteen of the Collège Paul Valéry, the ecological workshops at the college), the "routes du vertige" (the roads built into the cliffside, the maintenance and the making segure of these roads), the Vercors in the airs and underground (the mountain climber Arthur and the climbing of cliffs, the speleogist Laurent Garnier and the exploration of underground rivers), the crocodile farm ( the breeding of crocodiles and other protected species), the Drôme river (the source, the torrent -the canyoning-, the quiet river-the canoeing-, the river without any hydroelectric dam), the harvest of olives at Nyons ( Régine Bres and her father Henri, the harvest, the calibration and sorting, the olives in the brine for 6 months).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with the chef Baptiste Poinot,wth the baker Denis Maurin, with the photographers Sandrine and Matt Booth, with the écogarde Nicolas Perron, with the cheeese maker Aymeric with Maurice and his alpaca Diego, with the boat captain Jimmy, with the owner of the Brocantik and with Bernard Morin at Montélimar, with the potter Alain and with the winemaker Philippe and Alain at Saint-Maurice-sur-Eygues; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Week-end sur la côte d'Albâtre (2018)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Côte d'Albâtre: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the cliffs and pebble beaches of the Côte d'Albâtre (the 130 kilometers long limestone wall, the pictures of the natural arches, the protection of the pebbles of the beaches), Mers-les-Bains ( the story of the seaside resort, the coloured villas, he little train, the preservation of the architectural patrimony), the Port of Le Havre ( the most important container port of France, the "Capitanerie" tand the tugboats, the work of the dockers), the glass factories of the Vlley of Bresle (the "Glass Valley", the making of perfume bottles), the mariners of Fécamp (the fishing boat, the lycée maritime de Fécamp) and the Operation Jubilee at Dieppe (the intent of landing on 18th August 1942, the sacrifice of many Canadian soldiers, the museum and the memorial of the Canadian soldiers).
I ejoyed very much the encounters of Tiga wth Cyriaqe Lethuillier, Yves Devarieux and Mrie-José Geulin at Etretat, with the "vitrailliste" Ludivine Rogeaolle and Anne Caron at Le Havre,with the miller Vincent Trottin and the pastry chef Jean-Lois Tettelin at Vittefleur, with the mariner and professor Daniel Billiaux, François Louen and Lc Prouveur at Fécamp and the kite maker Stéphane Dole at Dieppe; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: La Haute-Corse, de village en village (2020)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Haute-Corse: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the Haute-Corse: the family reunions in the Corsican villages in the summer, the summer touristic activities, the singing in the Corsican villages, the Fango river, the churches of Corsica and the revival of the some Corsican villages.
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with Angélique Saraïs, with Dominique Franceschini, with the brother Olivier-Marie, Paul and Ombelline at the convent of Corbara, with the luthier Ugo Casalonga, Tony Casalonga and the singers Claude, Jérôme and François Philippe at Pigna, with the ranch manager Ange-Pierre Negroni and his daughter Déborah Negroni, with the traveling butcher Jean-Charles Martinelli, the chef Jean-Baptiste Pastinelli and the radio presenter Jean-Pierre Acquaviva, with the chef Alessandro Capone and the shepherd Jean-André Santini at Fiuminale and with Maria Grazia Capone, the cook Ernesto and Alessandro's family at Folelli; nice encounters with very nice Corsican men and women.
Échappées belles: La Corse gourmande (2019)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Haute-Corse: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of Corsica: the market of Ile Rousse ( the fishmonger Olivier Manfredi coming from Bastia with spider crabs and red mullets, the pork butcher Pascal Astolfi and the Corsican "charcuterie"- pork saucisse , coppa, lonzo, hams-,the beekeeper François Gacon-the transhumance of the beehives to higher altitude, the chestnut forests-), the young Corsican entrepreneurs ( Pierre-Antoine and Stéphanie Battini, the breeding of the Corsican pig-porcu nustrale-, the good quality of the meat, the making of sausage and other delikatessen on the farm, Marie-Charlotte Pinelli and her father François Pinelli and the vineyard in the Nebbio region-6 hectares and the vine cellar-, Nicholas de Zerbi and his food truck, the use of local products like brocciu, goat and sheep cheeses, all these Young Corsican men and women enjoy the quality of life in Corsica), the Étang de Diane (Jean-Michel Garrido showing the mussel farming-mytiliculture- in the coastal lagoon, Bernard Pantalacci speaking about the oyster farming in the lagoon, the technician of the Ifremer institute and the monitoring of the water in the lagoon, the Étang d'Urbino (also a protected area- the former owner Luc Bronzini sold the ground to the Conservatoire, du Littoral, but still lives on ground with his son Vincent who manages a small restaurant -the oysters and mussels of the Etang de Diane-), the tourism in the inside of Corsica ( the montagne guide Robert Cervoni and the hikers on the "sentier de grande randonnée 20"- the great diversity of landscapes-, the farmer Nathalie Leonelli and her farm-guesthouse, the meals made with the products of the farm- a good introduction to the Corsican gastronomy, Marine and Florian working on the farm of Robert-the wwoofing-, the kumquat trees , the discovery of San Antonino-), the botanical diversity of the "maquis" ( the horticulturist and accompagnateur en montagne Stéphane Rogliano and the botanical walks in the maquis-the wild lavender and the immortelle d'Italie-, the garden of aromatic plants- the Corsican mountain thyme, the tarragon, the rosemary, the nepeta or Corsican mint-, the chef Vincent Peinado preparing a veal filet with a vinaigrette au miel, fresh herbs and a touch of immortelle d'Italie) and the professional fishermen of Corsica ( Michel Serreri and his son Michel Serreri at Ajaccio, the fishing of the lobsters and later of the sea urchins, the celebration of Saint Elmo-patron of the mariners and the fishermen-, the mass, the procession in the streets and on the water, Michel and the revival of this tradition- a great moment of friendliness-).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with the professor Antoine Orsini , Pascal Verduri and Roselyne Filipini in Corte, with the shepherdess Claire Duval-Chiesi and his father Jean-Paul , with the helicopter pilot Hervé Bertocchi, with Anne Marchetti and Emmanuel Venturi at Ponte-Leccia, with the guide Jean-Christophe Bastiani in the Valley of Asco, with the cook Nicolas Stromboni, with Antoine-François Fieschi, with Tomek Lemaitre, with Antoine Fieshi-the 87 years old fishermen- and his wife Hélène, and with the cooks Marie and Victorine at Ota; nice encounters with very kind Corsican men and women.
Échappées belles: Raphaël en Corrèze (2016)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Corrèze department: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the Corrèze river ( the river going from the Plateau de Millevaches to the Dordogne river-150 kilometers- the regional nature park of the PLateau de Millevaches, the pearl mussels in the river and the otters- Stéphane Raimond and the help to the fish farmers to protect their fish farm-,the fishers and the brown trout, pike and zander), the foie gras producers of the Corrèze ( Agnès and Claude Dignac and Jean-Luc Abina and the ducks in the meadows, the Halle Georges Brassens of the market of Brive-la-Gaillarde and the stand of Jean-Luc Abin, the chef Nicolas Soulie and the preparing of the foie gras with local products), the Corrèze and the political life of France ( Michèle Perissere and the Jacques Chirac Museum, the interest of Jacques Chirac for all the cultures, Marie-France Houdart peaking about the celebration in Tulle of the election of François Hollande, Thomas Jacquelin-five of seven presidents of the V French Republic are coming from the Massif Central- the good connectionb of these politicians with the local electors-), Tulle and the accordion ( the Maugein accordion manufacture, Yoann Gsniere and his father Stéphane Gasniere, the "Nuits de Nacre" celebration, the renewal of the accordion- not only in bal musette but also in jazz , classic music and folk music-), the red sandstones villages of Collonges-la-Rouge, Noailhac and Meyssac ( the guide Yann Goasguen speaking about the revival of Collonge-la-Rouge- the 600.000 visitors each year-, the mayor Christian Lasalle of Noailhac and the red sandstone abandoned quarries, Meyssac and the pottery activities) and the village of Saint-Julien-de-Près-Bort ( Danielle driving the school bus, the school of the village-now 24 pupils, the importance of the school for the villagers).
I enjoyed the encounters of Raphaël de Casabianca with Lucie Prioux, Sophie Bourel and Marcel Brossard at Uzerche, with René Maury and the wine maker lbert Parveaux, with Sébastien Farge and Yoann Gasnire at Tulle, with Jean-Franço Bugeat at Tarnac and Travassac, , with Vincent Layotte and Fabienne Majerus , with Richard Espinasse at the Castle of Val and with the ornithologist Jean-Michel Teulliere at the Tours de Merle; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Week-end au Cap Corse (2018)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Cap Corse: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the coasts of the Cap Corse ( Thibaud Assante-organizer of the Corsica Classic- and the sailboats navigating around the the Cap Corse-the beautiful landscapes seen from the sailboats-, Sylvain Giudicelli and the restoration of the Hotel Misincu- the integration of the hotel in the environment-, Xavier Calizi and the growing of citron trees- a strong activity at the end of the 19th century, then a decline and now a renewal of this fruit used for jams and candied fruits-), the traveling through the Cap Corse ( the guide Robert and the training of trail runners on the paths of Cap Corse- the medicinal plants "immortelle d'Italie and germandrée ,the new life of abandoned paths-, the rally drivers Yoann and Jean-Luc and the training on a road with many turns, the carpenter Antonio driving slowly through the mountain roads and the looking for olive tree stumps, the making of the furniture with the olive tree wood), the convents of the Cap Corse ( there were about 150 convents in the Cap Corse, but many have been abandoned, nevertheless the Convent of Canari is a new space for lyric singers- the soprano Joanne Deom and the tenor Romain Barboni-, the International competition of lyric singing in Canari, the catholic priest Baudoin Budoin Ardillier and the convent of Corbara, the young people sharing the life of the monks for two weeks, the diving to an underwater cave to see the statue of the Virgin Mary and the underwater mass), the angel guardians of the Cap Corse (the Ostriconi beach and and the firemen in charge of this beach, the care for the environmental protection and for the swimmers, the peloton de gendarmerie de haute montagne and the practice of the rescue with a helicopter in a cliff, the firemen and the permanent surveillance of the forest-the danger of forest fire in the summer-), the Corsican horse ( Bruno Battaglia and Anne-Marie Graziani of the association "U Cavallo Corsicu", the Corsican horse used for the cattle herding, Sébastien Emmanueli speaking about the transhumance of the Corsican horses, the training of this horse breed for long distance horse races) and the superstitions and the rites in Corsica ( Sylvie Casalta-guide of the "Légendines" and the visitors walking through Bastia,the "signadora " Mimi and the "cérémonie de désenvoûtement" for Sylvie-, the fashion designer Brigitte and the creating of amulets for the good luck).
I enjoyed the encounters of Tiga with the rock singer Doria Ousset , with Sébastien de Franco and his "limonella", with Christian Felicelli and the "nitchi" pastries, with Anne Rochi-the Corsican song-, with the submarine photographer Stéphan Le Gallais, with Cécile Castellani and Nicolas Quilici at Tomino, with Paul Saladini at Rogliano, with the fisherman Sébastien Guazzelli and the chef Olivier Alessandrini at Centuri, with the accompagnatrice en montage Eve Schneider , with the brewer Pierre-François Maestracci, the ceramist Julien Truchon and the members of the brotherhood "San Martin de Patrimonio" and the one star Michelin chef Yann Le Scavarec at Sint-Florent: nice encounters with very kind Corsican men and women.
I Love Périgord (2011)
A quiet weekend in the Périgord.
In London Darren and Ludivine have decided to marry and Ludivine asks Darren to spend a week-end in the house of her parents in the Périgord. As soon as Darren announces his decision to marry Ludivine the baron Ademar becomes very angry-my daughter will never marry an Englishman-, but Béa, Ludivine's mother accepts this marriage. So Béa nd Ludivine ask to Darren to make all his efforts to conquest the friendship of the baron Ademar. The begin the tribulations of Darren (the repair of the tractor, the tasting of wine): besides Darren has some doubts about his relationship with Ludivine-the former boyfriend Lionel has reappeared after some years of absence in the village- and thye other side Darren wants to help to Ademar and his family-the sale of the fine wines-. Also Darren has to play a rugby for the Sauvadieu team.
A pleasant comedy with some "clichés" about the French rivalry (the village rivalry between Sauvadieu and Savignac, the " Association of the francophobes anonymes", the Englishmen and the danger to marry a French woman).
I enjoyed the good performances of Bernard Le Coq, Lizzie Bocheré, Charlie Hanson, Thérèse Liotard, Mathieu Delarive, Paul Brrett and Stéphanie Mathieu.
Un père inattendu (1998)
A pleasant comedy.
What does happen when a biological father who has had a lot of problems and and who has given up his son for adoption reappears in the life in the life of his son and the adoptive mother ? A great confusion !! Cécile and her adoptive son have a quiet life, besides Cécile's boyfriend Marc and his children Romain and Sophie have a very good relationship with Cécile and BenjaminThen Francis Haudrant, the biological father of Benjamin, full of remorse, wants to meet his son: a surprise for Cécile ,a quite protective mother, but finally Francis manages to convince her: Francis and Benjamin will spend a moment together and Benjamin enjoys this moment-the judo training, the hamburger, the cinema and the ride in a motorcycle-. But soon there are tensions in the relationship between Cécile and Marc and also between Marc and Benjamin. Then there is a great moment of suspense when Benjamin makes a runaway.
An interesting and pleasant comedy about fatherhood with the good performances of Yves Rénier, Grace de Capitani, Pierre-Quentin Faesch, François-Régis Marchasson, Marie Arnaudy, Marion Game, Maud Rayer and Françoise Armelle.
Échappées belles: Le grand spectacle du Vercors (2024)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Vercors: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the amoureux du Vercors (the photographer Luca Melcarne in the southern part of the Vercors- the pictures of the Eurasian pygmy owl, the book about the Vercors fauna and also working as accompagnateur en montage, the hiking and the naturalist walks-, the cattle breeder Pauline Guillot-member of the Association "Graines d'éleveur", the Villard-de-Lans cows, the making of the "Bleu du Vercors-Sassenade cheese, the direct sale at the farm), the limestone of the Massif du Vercors ( Laurent Garnier speaking about the water going through the limestone, the cave of Chorange with its 30 kilometers of galleries-the famous limestone stalactites called fistuleuses-, the climbing of the "Aiguilles des Trois Pucelles by Juliette Marenne and her 3 friends), the "Jolie colo" ( three couples and the restoration of a former summer camp, the shared place for different activities-the bakery with it bread oven, the rooms for craftsmen and offices-14 companies, 30 persons working and 10 permanent inhabitants-, besides Nathalie growing aromatic and medicinal plants in the vegetable garden), the biodiversity of the Vercors ( the entomologist Yann Baillet and the butterfly hunting in the nature reserve,the ASPAS -Béatrice Kremer-Cochet and her husband Gilbert Cochet,two of the 20.000 donnors who have bought 500 hectares of forest to protect this forest-, the camera trap-the hare and the young red deer-. Benoît Betton and the reintroduction of the bearded vulture -the young birds coming from Spain and sheltered in a cliff for two months before their release-), the battle of Vercors ( the manager of the Musée de la Résistance en Vercors speaking about the Maquis du Vercors-the attack of the German army on 21 of July 1944 at Vassieux-en-Vercors, Germany's largest anti-partisan operation in Western Europe-, Marc-Antoine Bidon and Anne-Laure Juret speaking of the importance of the memory of this battle of Vercors) and the noix de Grenoble ( Nathalie and the promotion of the noix de Grenoble, the farmer Jules Jany and the family farm of 9 hectares at Saint-Marcellin-the sorting of the walnut halves, the broken halves for making walnut oil and the entire walnut halves for pastry and conserving-, the pastry chef Laurent Champon at Vinay and the making of several pastries with walnuts).
I enjoyed the encounters of Ismaël Khelifa with the guesthouse owner Gilles Dacier Falque, with the paragliding coach Sébastien Glenat, with Marie Dorin Habert and her husband Loïs Habert at Corrençon-en-Vercors, with Marion Forestier and Sylvain Piltant at Font d'Urle, with Fanny Vidal Romezin, Thierry Marcel and Nicolas Vidal, with the chef Guillaume Monjuré and Chrystel Barnier, with the poultry farm managers Francis Buisson and Aurélie Blanc at Méaudre; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Au fil de la Garonne (2015)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion along the Garonne river: beautiful landscapes ( the Pont Neuf at Toulouse, the tidal bore at Saint-Pardon and the Gironde estuary) and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the colours of Toulouse (the great fire in the year 1453, the pink brick houses, the guide Céline Gazel speaking about the painting of the pink brick walls with lime plasters for a better illumination in the night and later the taking off of the lime plasters and then Bordeaux became the pink city, the houses with the Cariatides statues-the "statuaire" Jean-Lou Ficat and the restoration of the statues and other ornaments-, the blue colour- Jean-Louis Fragasso and the woad, the boules de cocagne and the renewal of the use of this natural pigment-, the violet colour- Hélène Viet and the Maison de la Violette- the.violet used in candies, perfumes or in bouquets, the red and black colours of the rugby team Le Stade Toulousain in the arcades of the Toulouse Capitole), the Canal de Garonne ( the continuation of the Canal du Midi towards Bordeaux, the Australian couple of Rita and Tony navigating on the canal, the port of Moissac, the luxury barge "Saint-Louis" managed by Peter and Penny and the British, American and Canadian tourists, the navigable aqueduct of Agen- the dream moment for the boaters-), the two Michelin stars chef Michel Trama ( the restaurant at Puymirol, the Mac Trama- a hamburger filled with foie gras-, the use of the local products, the visit of a wine cellar in the vineyard of the Brulhois, his son Christopher managing an inn besides the luxury restaurant of his father, the local cuisine), the tidal bore at at Saint-Pardon (the "mascaret" when the river Dordogne shocks with high tide, the surfer Pierre and his handicaped brother on a Polynesian dugout crossing the tidal bore), the navigation on the Gironde estuary ( Pierre-Yves Travers and the guiding of the.cargo ships and cruisers through the estuary, the tugboat helping these boats to cross under the Chaban-Delmas Bridge and the arrival at Bordeaux-about 40 cruisers arrive at Bordeaux each year-) and the cave houses of Meschers-sur-Gironde ( Julien Menant and his cave house, the story of the caves-at first the pirates who were attacking the boats in the estuary, then the Protestant refugees and later the poor people squatting the caves).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with the greeter Rachel Abovici at Toulouse, with the Chasselat grapes producer Jean-Michel Rigal, with Jean-Michel's sister Sabine and the nephew Hugo at Moissac, with Cédric Chaumien and Jean-Pierre Cillau at Damazan, with Aurélie Bachelet, the volunteer and stone cutter Cyril Gaugez and the castle owner Norbert Fradin at Préchac, with the shepherdess Sarah Dumigron at Paillet, with the bloggers Vincent Bart and his associate Piere -Marie, with the painter Jean "Jofe" Duplantier, with the hydrogeologist Marie-Pierre Viallet-Nouhant, with the plastic artist Laurent Valera at Pauillac and with the cook Gérald Raze at Le-Verdon-sur-Mer; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Haute-Garonne, week-end à Toulouse (2024)
An interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Haute-Garonne: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the urban farming ( the beekeeper Emmanuelle Parache and the beehives on the the roofs of the building- the good quality of the urban honey-, the rooftop gardens-the tenants of a building sharing the cares for the garden and the harvet-, Magalie Russo and the aeroponics farms in Toulouse), the mountains of the Haute-Garonne ( the mountain guide Patrick Lagleize and the hiker Hélène and Anne, the hiking in the mountain, the practice of a cliff climbing, the mountain refuge of the Portillon-2568 meters above sea level-, the refuge keeper Régis Gatti-from May to October-, the walk to the Tusse de Montarqué, the panorama of 3000 meters peaks), the Via Garona ( from Toulouse to Saint-Bertrand de Comminges-170 kilometers-, a brach oof the camino de Santiago, the archaeologist William Van Andriga and the remains of a Roman town near Saint-Bertrand de Comminges, the cathedral Notre Dame-the pilgrims of the Camino de Santiago-, the organist Eñlisabeth Almaric and the unique organ, the female bakers Amandine and Tulipe), the accessible mountain for all people (the mountain bike coach Laurent Pradere and Céline and Morgan using electric bikes-the pleasure to go to higher places-, the paragliding coach Olivier Teres and Albine and Ali doing paragliding on their wheelchair, Alexandra Genesty and the association Handicaf-the hiking in the mountain-), the red deer in the Central Pyrenean Mountains ( the reintroduction of the deer in 1950-1960-now about 18.000 deer in this area, the accompagnateur en montagne Thomas observing the stags and does in the valley of Oueil, the accompagnateur en montagne Marc Chatonnay observing the stags and does in the valley of Aspe) and the rugby team of l'Isle-en-Dodon ( the photographer of the club Jacques Coustere speaking about the story of the club, the meal before the match-magret de canard prepared by the former player Eric Lairle- and the two matches of the day, the Dr. Motton and and the breast cancer survivors playing "soft" rubgy" as a physica and mental therapy).
I enjoyed the encounters of Tiga with the former rugby player and now baritone Omar Hasan, with thew pastry manager Baptiste Faivre, with the kayaking coach Ludovic Daviau, ith with Astrid Beteille, with Emilie Capelle, with the mayor of Rieux-Volvestre Maryse Vezat, with the chef Jean-Christophe Michelet, with Serge Duplan and Beatrice Lopez, with the shepherd François, with the yoga professor Betty Basset, with the chef Aziz Mokhati, with the wine maker Florence Maynadierand with the machinists Sonia Berg and Sandra Casellini; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Landes, entre océan et forêt (2021)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the department of the Landes: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the Landes: the Côte landaise ( in the early morning Emmanuelle Bescheron and some inhabitants of Hossegor practice the "marche aquatique" -walking in the water and physical exercise-, at 8 am. At Capbreton the lifeguards are training -surf, swimming or kayaking to rescue a person in danger in the sea-,besides lifesaving is a sport-Jérémie Lahet is junior world champion of lifesaving-, also children participate and learn how to rescue people in the sea, at the sunset the local rugby players have a training moment at the beach), the Landes seen from above ( at Mimizan airport the parachuting instructor Olivier Jean-Baptiste organizes parachuting jumps- the pleasure of the free fall at 200 kilometers/hour-, the French National gendarmerie and the rescue practices with the helicopter at Capbreton, the French Air Force and its base at Mont-de-Marsan- the training with the fighter aircrafts Rafale-), the pastis landais ( the traditional brioche of the Landes-originally made for the great events-, the historian Gérard de Prevot and the original recipe-with rum and vanilla-, the retired bakers Michèle and André Larrat and the making of 150 pastis each Friday at the Ferme de Guillon, the chef Nicolas Fort "revisiting" the pastis landais for new desserts), the Forêt landaise (the greatest cultivated forest in Europe, Napoléon III decided to dry up the marshland of the Landes, Jean-Claude Lacrotte and the Association des Gascons de Biscarosse practice the extraction of the pine resin, the Écomusée de Marquèze-the curator Florence Raguenes showing the traditional house of the farmers called the erial and explaining the hard life of his farmers-, Cécile and Laurent, the erial transformed into a guesthouse, the horse and the carriage through the great forest), the "sources guérisseuses" des Landes ( the story teller Isabelle Loubere and the visit of the water sources, Olivier de Marliave-writer of a guide of the healing sources ,the department of the Landes and the mountain bike trail of 100 kilometers from source to source, the volunteer guide Marie-Hélène Rebours speaking of the magic of these water sources) and Brassempouy ( the archaeological site of the Paleolitic Age, the discovery of 350.000 objects, the Museum and Research Center of Brassempouy, the archaeologist Thomas Walbott speaking about the importance of these discoveries, the Dame de Brassempouy-25.000 years old statue- and the children playing and learning about the Paleolithic Age).
I enjoyed the encounters of Tiga with the sea plane pilot Bernard Liagre, with the "sauteur de la course landaise" Nicolas Vergonzeanne, with the fisherman Julien Pinsolle, his mother and the chef Patrick at Capbreton, with the artist Karine Bourguet, with Alain Strozyk at Contis-les-Bains, with the wine makers Cyril and Julie Laudel and with the cattle breeder Jean Barrere; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Cartes postales de Luberon (2013)
A very interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Luberon: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the Luberon: Bonnieux ( the ébéniste Vincent Gils- the playing of the carillon and the restoring of antique furnitures-, the Canadian newcomers Dominica and Alistair- their integration in the social life of Bonnieux, the English lessons at the public library, the pleasure of buying fresh local products in the market and the moment of relaxation at the Café du Terrail-, the cafe owner Michel Boyer and the "douceur de vivre" in Bonnieux), L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (the "brocanteurs" Pscal Bey and Henry Bey, since 1966 the "Foire à la Brocante" every year, the arrival of antique shop owners like Pierre Laudoueneix, Régis Matthieu- his collection of 300 chandeliers and the restoring of chandeliers for famous places), the mountain climber Antoine Le Menestrel ( the cliffs of Buoux, the climbing sector of "Le Bout du Monde" and the two climbing routes,the training with his son Joachim, the climbing of building in the Palace of Popes of Avignon as part of a theater spectacle), the cherry growing in the Vaucluse ( the cherry grower Jérôme Chabert at Gargas, the 10 hectares of cherry trees, a part of the harvest is transformed into candied fruits and the other part is sent as fresh fruits to the French market, the Fair of the Cherry at Caseneuve), the last ochre quarry of the Vaucluse at Gargas ( Stéphanie Angles and the "Société Ocres de France, the extraction of the ochre mineral, the tanks of the separation of the ochre pigments, then a part of the ochre pigments is crushed and cooked in an oven, the pigments are used in paintings and colorants, the Conservatoire Ocra where students learn to make Renaissance frescoes with ochre pigment) and the aromatic plkants of the Luberon ( the organic farm of Rachel Smets at Bonnieux, the 150 varieties of aromatic plants- the clary sage, the rosemary, the chamomille, the basil and the sale of these plants in the market of the Luberon, the chef Christophe Renaud and his "Potager du chef" with a lot of aromatic plants, the cooking of rabbit meat with sage and estragon).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôm Pitorin with the journalist and writer Patrick Devys at Gorges, with Michel Mélanie at the Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, with Eric Arnaud and Gilbert Arnaud at L'Isle-sur-l-Sorgue, with Patrick at Apt, with the distiller Raymond Agnel, with the guesthouse owner Michèl and Sylvain Vene, with the chef Edward Cristaudo and the botanist Frédéric Fourdinier at Oppède, with the equestrian center manager Olivier Augier and the mountain bike freerider Killian Bron at Rpoussillon; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Échappées belles: Aveyron, un souffle nouveau (2023)
A very interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the Aveyron department: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the newcomers in Aveyron ( Sarah and Gary and their herd of donkeys near Brevat-the milking of the female donkeys and the making of shampoos, soaps and creams for dermatological cares-, the collective farm "Les Clefs du Sol"-Alexis, William and 3 other associates, the pig breeding, the organinic farming of vegetables and the sale of the products of the farm in the local market), the hiking in the Aubrac Plateau (the students of the veterinary school of Toulouse, the cattle breeder preparing local specialities like farçous and fouace, the arrival at the buron, the dairy farmer Géraud explaining how to make the aligot -potatoes, cream and tomme-, the visitors enjoying the aligot), the photographers in the Aveyron (the wildlife photographers Théo and Romain in the Aubrac region, the camera trap-the red deers-, the pictures in the forest, the speleological photographer Philippe and the visit of an abandoned cheese cellar and of a cave-the pictures of this cave with its underground lake), the medieval hamlets of the Gorges du Tarn ( Annie Bullaert , Jean-Louis Bringuier and the "Amis de Saint-Marcellin"-the restoration of the hamlet of Saint-Marcellin focused now on the old fort, Albin Gianetti and the restoration of the hamlet de la Sablière and now the restoration of a sheepfold in the hamlet of Boubais), the chefs Michel and Sébastien Bras (the vegetable garden with 180 varieties of plants, the restaurant "Le Suquet" , the intense use of vegetables and edible flowers), the artist Pierre Soulages (the Spoulages Museum at Rodez , the stained glasses of the Abbey of Conques) and the cattle breeder Froment and the cattle market of Laissac ( the arrival of the cows and calves at the market-Aubrac, Limousine and Blonde d'Aquitaine-, the deal called "de gré à gré).
I enjoye the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with Agnès Couturier, with Philippe Mouysset , Dylan Lacaze and Anna Gaucher at Bozouls, with the cook Eugénie Solignac at Aboul, with the boatman and guide Ismaël Hamlaoui and Michel Joinville at Peyre, with Antonin Pons Braley and his wife Alix Bellegarde, with the wine maker Jean-Luc Matha, with Laure and Matthieu Bernat at Camarès, with the maître affineur Bernard Roques at Roquefort-sur-Soulzon and with the Orthodox seminarist Maryian; nice encounters with very kind men and women.
Le motorizzate (1963)
A pleasant Italian comedy of the sixties.
I enjoyed this Italian comedy about car driving by women.
Five different stories: the two Catholic sisters carrying an old man, the prostitute Lola and her caravan, the lady in the convertible car and the sportsman, the female driver and her first accident and the fake traffic policeman and the women.
A comedy with a great touch of humour: the sister Maria and her strong language, the sister Teresa and her great energy, the malice of Lola, the relationship between the lady driver in her convertible and the sportsman-the great pressure on Walter by his trainer, his fiancee and the manager-, the astuteness of Camillo who has been hit by chance by the young female driver or the tribulations of the unemployed Urbano Cacare as fake vigile.
I enjoyed very much the performances of Ave Ninchi, France Anglade, Ennio Girolami, Carlo Pisacane, Bice Valori, Pierre Doris, Walter Chiari, Sophie Desmarets, Toto, Liana Orfei, Anna Campori and Raimondo Vianelli.
Échappées belles: Guyane, un nouvel eden (2023)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion through the French Guiana: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the French Guiana: the Salvation islands (Ile Royale, Ile du Diable and Ile Saint-Joseph, Daniel Pradinaud and his friends on the Saint-Joseeph island-the nice seashell beach-the coconut trees-, but also the past of the islands as penal colony-Aurélie Schneider and the investigation of this period-), the Maroni River ( the guide Denis Nicot and the boat tour on the river, the dugouts, the visit to a village of Bushinengue people-runaway slaves- in Surinam), the hunting of the capybaras and the eating of "viande-bois" ( Ritchy Camille and Xavier Guillot hunting with archery the capybaras, the "viande-bois"-the inn of Mahury and the cooking of capybaras, agouti, paquira and cochon-bois meat-, the respect for the hunting rules), the botanical biodiversity of the French Guiana (the 5500 species of plants, the "naturopathe" Marc and the botanical walks in the forest-the medicinal plants,the preparation of the plants for the sale in the market-, the founder of Bio Stratège Mariana Royer and the investigation about the roselle-Hibiscus sabdariffa-, the red colour used in the perfume industry and cosmetics), the wildlife protection ( Mathis and Cyrielle of the Association "Kwata" and the monitoring of the sea turtles in the beaches of Rémire, Benoît de Thoisy and the monitoring of the giant otters in the rivers-the gold diggers and the water pollution with mud-, Jean-Philippe Magnone and the Animal rescue center-the young kwata, howler and tamarin monkeys,the breeding the howler monkeys during three years and their return to the nature-, also Benoît collaborates with the biologist Margot Gradoz in a monitoring program of the jaguars of the area,the camera trap), the market of Cacao (the Hmong refugees from Laos and the growing of fruits and vegetables, Lucie Soler and Frédéric Craste and the icecreams and sorbets made with cocoa and local fruits, the boom of the cocoa production in the 18th century, the decline and now the renewal-Drupa Angénieux and her cocoa plantatio near Saint-Laurent du Maroni, the production of chocolate) and the Amerindians of French Guiana (the men and women playing the "sambula"-also called sanpula,a traditional drum, the Kalina village and the meeting of Amerindian communities-the preservation of the Amerindian culture-, the Fédération Lokono de Guyane and the recovery of 800 hectares for the Arawak inhabitants of Iwa).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sabine Quindou with the pilot Bastien Legere, with the chef Thelvan Luce, with the fashion designer Johanna Sully, with the arborist Valentine Alt, with the guide Gilles Blakaman, with the rosewood producer Claire Couturier, with the cook Charlette Victorine, with the pilot Christophe Prudent, with Justin Raymond, Fabienne Dumas, Lorina Charles and Didier Rostaing at Saül; nice encounters with very kind men and women.