1,547 Matches Found
For the benefit of their community, two children want to hand over to the authorities a precious stone discovered in an archaeological site. They have to face Kalidou, an intrepid and indebted old man who has already made an appointment with an antique dealer to sell him the stone.
Maurice and Katia Krafft are a couple of scientists, filmmakers, researchers and photographers who have made vulcanology the reason for their existence. Together, they completed more than 800 hours of filming 128 volcanic eruptions and developed more than 450,000 films of great aesthetic and scientific value. A journey in stages around the world, the film pays tribute to the two protagonists, from the first ascent accomplished by Maurice, then aged 7, at Stromboli, to their tragic disappearance in 1991 on Mount Unzen in Japan.
A class of five-year-old children gets lost in the forest after their schoolmistress faints from eating wild berries. All alone, they encounter a fourteen-year-old runaway, Tom the Truant, who lives in a centennial oak tree. Tom strikes a deal with them: he will bring them back to their parents, safe and sound, when they have forgotten everything they learned in school. A field trip led by a “master Truant”, or how to re-enchant the world with fantasy and impertinence.
A medical student leaves for Ecuador to join Marianne, a volunteer for "Médecins sans frontières", who finds himself involved in blood trafficking, which the poor sell to survive.
Vestiges is a Short film made during a workshop for the Espoirs de l’Animation 2016. A young girl uses the strengh of nature to struggle against the growth of a black mud.
For canyoning enthusiasts, the Trou de Fer on Reunion Island is a must-see, and not just for the faint-hearted. The first complete descent of the canyon, with a 1,000-meter drop, was made by Thierry Krattinger, Stéphane Girard, and Jean-Claude Dobrilla in 1990. Filming took place in very difficult conditions: an aquatic atmosphere, a dramatic void, and mediocre rock in the 300-meter waterfall. The documentary Trou de Fer was selected for competition at the Trento Film Festival in 1992.
In June 1978, Patrick Vallençant made the first ski descent of the southeast face of Artesonjaru in Peru, in the Cordillera Blanca, 6,000 meters above sea level and 60° of slope. He left Huaraz on horseback, a donkey carrying his equipment. While crossing Cajas, the last village on the trail to Lake Paron, he was greeted by Victor and Cesar, two Indians who accompanied him to the lake. The climb to the summit was tiring, requiring as much effort from his arms as from his legs. The beginning of the descent was hesitant, the slope extremely steep. He achieved his feat on June 9, his thirty-second birthday.
When you embark on an expedition to the other side of the world, things rarely go as planned. In the spring of 2024, mountaineers and friends Charles Dubouloz and Symon Welfringer flew to the Himalayas with the goal of climbing Gyachung Kang, a peak of over 8,000 meters on the Tibetan side. But faced with the conditions they encountered there, they revised their plans and headed towards Hungchi, on the Nepalese border. There, they opened a 1,700-meter route in pure alpine style, named The Headless Rider.
Liyoki, a silverback gorilla, lives peacefully with his family, when they are attacked by poachers.
In the snow-capped mountains of Alaska, a young wolf is unfairly banished from his pack. During his exile, he is confronted with the harshness of loneliness. At the end, he will face danger to save his pack.
Tells the story of the adventures of the resourceful Scheherazade. Newly married to Shahryar, a deranged monarch who murders his brides after the wedding night, Scheherazade manages to keep her head by entertaining her husband with exciting stories and always trailing off at the most infuriating cliffhangers.
Polichinelle the servant (called Harlequin in the English language version) rescues his girlfriend from a gang of decadent aristocrats, who have transformed her into a mechanical doll.
A young artist, an occasional gigolo, marries an older woman for her dough; however, he has not broken with his younger lover.
The Mer de Glace in Chamonix, November 86: every summer the meltwater that runs on the surface of the glacier flows into a huge crevasse called "a mill". In 1897, Joseph VALLOT had explored it to a depth of 60m, a lake had prevented him from going any further. Since then no one had descended into this well. In the fall, a multidisciplinary team made up of mountaineers including Jean Marc BOIVIN, speleologists and scientists descending into the crevasse... Superb images and live comments in a temperature of 0° and a humidity of 100%. The team reached 110m deep under the ice, a world first in glacier exploration. Jean marc BOIVIN seems delighted with his first speleological exploration. With the participation of Serge AVIOTTE, Jean Michel ASSELIN, Jean Marc BOIVIN, Janot LAMBERTON, Pierrot PILLET, Louis REYNAUD, Jean Luc RIGAUD and Denis TERMIER.
Breathtaking climbing sequences. As a guide, none other than "The Rock Queen" Catherine Destivelle. Climbing companions of the caliber of Chris Bonington or Tom Livingstone, one of the greatest Himalayan climbers today... for the production of "Great Britain, Journey to the Sources of Mountaineering," Vincent Perazio and Bertrand Delapierre have proven themselves equal to a complex but fascinating subject: the British origins of mountaineering. A journey through time. Since the second half of the 19th century and the beginnings of the British writer Albert F. Mummery, who would become the first sport mountaineer, notably in the Alps and the Caucasus.
Three years after the 1959 expedition, abandoned 350m from the summit, Lionel Terray leads a new assault on Jannu, one of the most demanding peaks in the Himalayas. At the base camp, equipment and food rations are prepared. The conditions are optimal and the ascent can begin. The camera follows the progress of the mountaineers and Sherpas as closely as possible, from one high-altitude camp to another: installing fixed ropes, progressing over crevasses, in the middle of frozen towers, vertically down immense ice falls or along the edge of sharp ridges. From 7000m, oxygen bottles become essential, as the difficulty of the climb prevents acclimatization. The expedition is a total success: the majority of its members reach the 7710m summit.
In 1913, laconic sea captain Corto Maltese, adrift in the Pacific, gets rescued by his bandit friend Rasputin who's taking two rich shipwrecked teens to an island where his boss the Monk will hold them for ransom. WWI complicates things.
Charlie, an inquisitive teenager uncovers a treasure in the forest. In finding its rightful owner, she restores the memory of a great passion and also her own path.
After the Movieland adventure, the new group decides to go big. Thus begins an adventure filled with magic, laughter, and excitement, set in one of the most magical places on earth: Disneyland Paris.
A first-person documentary on an expedition to one of the last regions of the world still unexplored by man.
On the border between Argentina and Chile, Katia Lafaille, widow of the mountaineer Jean-Christophe Lafaille, sets out on one of the hardest treks in the world. Thirteen days of joy and suffering, to conquer the summit of Mount Aconcagua, the 'Colossus of America', which stands at 6,962 meters... Trek movie, a roadmap of an exceptional human adventure, the film is to see for the breathtaking beauty of the landscapes and for the will of this woman who seems to have some accounts to settle with the mountain.
Three roommates try to find money to pay their rent in a rather unexpected way.
Anorak tells the story of Yàahl, a young girl from the Haida tribe in Alaska who is fascinated by birds. Her dream ? Being able to fly with them.
As the heir to her parents’ legendary pizzeria, Angelina, a feisty Italian teenager, fears breaking tradition might break their hearts. As her desire to break free grows, so do her lies. But when her web of deceit spins out of control, she opens a portal to a wondrous and treacherous mythical underworld putting her family in grave danger. To right her wrong, she is forced to team up with a neurotic but sensitive, truth-telling monster. The unlikely duo sets off on a mind-blowing journey to save the very traditions Angelina wanted to leave behind. A modern coming-of-age adventure, Twisted explores the universal themes of soul-searching. It challenges our relationship with truth, lies and looks at how life-changing decisions can sometimes affect the people we love.
The scene of action embraces Tangier, Toulon and the Mediterranean, where Pierre Fresnay, Rolf Wanka and Kim Peacock, cast as captains of French, German and English boats, respectively, unite to rescue the passengers of a neutral boat that is about to be engulfed in a cloud of poison smoke released by a smuggling ship.
In the 18th century, a group of mutineers end up shipwrecked on a deserted island. Striving to create a utopian society free from the constraints of their previous lives, the castaways establish a community with egalitarian principles. However, their attempts at cultivating an idealistic life are challenged by the complexities of human nature, power struggles, and the difficulties of survival in an isolated environment.
René Collet, skier member of the French team, guides a friend from the summit of the Aiguille du Midi. This descent is an opportunity to focus on the remarkable elements of the terrain: the cable car and its work still in progress, the surrounding peaks (Capucin, Mont Maudit, Mont Blanc). The two skiers stop regularly, here to observe climbers scaling the south face of the Aiguille, there to visit the Cosmiques Laboratory. They even take the time to rescue a skier stuck in a crevasse at the Séracs du Géant, before continuing their descent in style onto the Mer de Glace.
A problem forces a plane carrying passengers bound for the Far East to land on a desert island. Couples forms and they are happy. They are finally located, rescued and repatriated. A few months of 'civilization' are enough to pit them against each other. Then they decide to return to their paradise lost.
A couple and their two year old daughter live for several months in the far North.
Dinosaurs and humans evolve and live together throughout history. However, the annoying and invasive behavior of humans begins to annoy Rex, a peaceful dinosaur.
Faux Contact is a suspenseful road-trip that alternates between humor, anguish and emotion, taking the viewer from one emotion to the next.
After becoming paralyzed in a fateful accident, a former child track prodigy regains his will to live when a wacky, but brilliant inventor builds him a flying wheelchair and together, they embark on an unexpected adventure when they crash-land in a mystical forest that holds a tragic secret.
Finn has stains on his body. One day, he meets a group of cool kids with different stains on their bodies. One day, he understands that these stains aren’t just pretty.
In a lost country there is a strange mountain on which culminates a fortress which is the seat of a frightening legend. This mountain is called "The Mountain of a Thousand Glances" because one feels observed, watched... No one has gone there for a long time, the legend that surrounds it is far too oppressive... However, one evening of full moon, a group of daring young adventurers decides to spend the night there... Fatal mistake...
Clovis, Châtaigne and Mérovée leave home in search of new horizons. They meet Titus and Lucius, two legionaries who have survived the fall of the Roman Empire.