From the early 19th century 1946 Paris had many brothels that were tolerated and controlled by the state. These were sometimes rough places but more often were housed in richly designed buildings and serviced a clientèle from all walks of life. This documentary looks back at the Paris brothels through photographs, historians as well as memories from some who would frequent them as clients or work there as prostitutes.

From May 10, 1940, France is living one of the worst tragedies of it history. In a few weeks, the co...

In May of 1982 Julio Cortázar, the Argentinean writer and his companion in life, Carol Dunlop set ou...

Czech painter and illustrator Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) ranks among the pioneers of the Art Nouveau...

The prostitutes of Bombay live a nightmare life, yet there are some people who try to bring a little...

A captivating and personal detective story that uncovers the truth behind the childhood of Michaël P...

Johan van der Keuken went against the grain in 1980: from Amsterdam (on April 30 with the coronation...

A fictional documentary on Notre Dame de Paris, produced in 2019.
A short documentary about the construction of the parisian subway in the 50s.

In the Makarenko public elementary school in the Paris outskirts, children want to learn and to be c...

Produced by the Fox Movietone News arm of Fox Film Corporation and based on the book by Lawrence Sta...

Using a rostrum camera, Raymond Depardon films a long series of photos, from the narrow streets of P...

Throughout the 19th century, imaginative and visionary artists and inventors brought about the adven...

A look at the life of Toty Rodríguez: An actress who made her career in France during the 60s, a wel...

The film tells of the radical life-search by the Swiss writer Paul Nizon, born 1929 in Bern, Switzer...

"Makten och sanningen" - depicts the Geijer-affair or the Brothel-affair in 1977 where journalist Pe...

An incredible travel through space and time between the walls of the Paris Observatory, which is cel...

In 1970, a British film crew set out to make a straightforward literary portrait of James Baldwin se...

This documentary traces the capture of serial killer Guy Georges through the tireless work of two wo...