forthcoming screenings

Far Side of the Universe (The)

Thursday 18th June 2015 at 16h20 - Arte

Selection of Pariscience 2012

This is an amazing fact : according to our current models, the total mass of the matter (stars, galaxies…) accounts for only 4% of the Universe. An invisible and unknown matter would massively fill our cosmos. And no tool ever detected it… 

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When a man asks to die

Sunday 07th June 2015 at 05h10 - France 2

Selection of Pariscience 2012

Victim of a locked-in syndrom, Michel S. has been living for 3 years in an institution. He is totally paralysed, he needs machines to eat and breathe. During the last months, he made a decision and asked to die, as the law allows him to… But the doctors refuse.

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Secrets of the Parthenon

Wednesday 03rd June 2015 at 09h00 - Arte

Selection of Pariscience 2008

Through unprecedented access to the restoration project, “Secrets of the Parthenon” is the definitive film on the engineering of the Parthenon.Though revered as a symbol of beauty and perfection, for 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes and explosions, looted for its sculptures, and disfigured by catastrophic renovations. Now, to save it from collapse, the modern restoration team must uncover the secrets of how the ancient Greeks originally built it.  

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