forthcoming screenings

Antibiotics Adventure: Birth of an Empire

Monday 23rd July 2012 at 14h35 - France 5

Does antibiotics overconsumption endanger us?


Antibiotics are undoubtedly the greatest discovery of all time in the field of health. With it, man has managed to neutralize microbes for the first time in history. This fundamental victory has led society to an unprecedented revolution. Life expectancy in Western societies has increased by several decades practically overnight, infant mortality has virtually disappeared, as have many deadly diseases. But the discovery of antibiotics has given humankind the illusion that they can control disease and dominate the natural world.

Through the use of archive images, CGI and interviews with the world’s foremost experts, The Antibiotic Adventure tells the story of one of the most fascinating episodes in the eternal war between man and microbes. Passing from the society of man to that of microbes, the film describes the attacks, riposte, and counter attacks struck by enzymes and molecular pumps invented by each of the belligerents to foil the stratagems of his adversary.

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In search of the King's head

Friday 06th July 2012 at 20h35 - France 5

January 2010. A mummified head is found in an attic. But whose? Could it be King Henri IV's, assassinated in 1610?

This documentary records the amazing adventure that led to the solution to that mystery. Working with internationally renowned historians and scientists, directors Stephane Gabet and Pierre Belet travel through four centuries of history and to distants corners of Europe. The production has been granted unique access to key historical sites for the first time ever. The trail starts in the Bourbon mausoleum wich is Marie-Antoinette's last resting place. It moves on to the Louvre, scene of King Henri's final hours; to the streets of Florence to unravel the secrets of the necropolis of the Medicis and to the castle of Count Erbach in Germany, in search of lost sacred relics.

Filmed like a forensic investigation, In search of the King's head is the unique story of one of the most important archaeological discoveries of recent times.

Selected at Pariscience 2011

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