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For the first time, the Prime Ministers of France are brought together in a documentary series to bear witness to a unique experience: the hell of Matignon. Pierre Messmer, Raymond Barre, Pierre Mauroy, Laurent Fabius, Michel Rocard, Edith Cresson, Edouard Balladur, Alain Juppé, Lionel Jospin, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Dominique de Villepin, and François Fillon have all agreed to participate. Those who have governed France for the past 35 years speak candidly about the practice of power, a story chronicled through archival footage. As the Fifth Republic approaches its 50th anniversary, and texts envisioning a Sixth are being published, the position of Prime Minister—torn between the President and Parliament, appointed without necessarily being elected, yet responsible for everything—is at the heart of the debate.

Documenting the Louvre's study days, in which works by five major artists--Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Watteau, and Poussin--were collected together, removed from their frames, and set on easels, replicating the feel of an artist's studio. Curators, historians, restorers, and scientists from around the world came to examine and discuss them in total freedom.

In the early 2000s, English policeman Graham Power manages to order a public inquiry on more than 50 years of heinous, hidden cases of child abuse. A handful of powerful men are quickly removed from their offices - or silenced. Troublesome witnesses are prevented from speaking. How deep does this go?

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Documentary series about art history

Comic-strip authors all have a region that inspires them, a small corner of France with which they feel a strong affinity, somewhere they can locate their action and unleash their imagination to produce the stories that make us dream.