British author Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is the world's most translated author: her heroes, private detective Hercule Poirot and amateur sleuth Miss Marple, are known the world over. But who is the woman behind her bestsellers? A biographical search for clues, the unraveling of an iridescent personality whose existence and works were shaped by the tragic history of the 20th century: the eventful life of the Queen of Crime.
A remarkable walk through the life and work of the French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), one of ...
A female writer of popular thrillers decides that it is time to kill off one of her characters, a se...
To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these re...
A documentary about Vincent Van Gogh's life focusing on his stay in Belgium -the Borinage area- base...
A portrait of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), a witness of the Tiananmen Square massacre (198...
In nearly a century, Sabine Weiss (1924-2021) has left behind a monumental and eclectic work: thousa...
A lonely house-wife’s plan to end it all takes an unexpected turn when her last hurrah begins a radi...
A journey through the work of Spanish filmmaker Juan Piquer Simón (1935-2011).
Lots of young tourists dive into the famous club and party life of the German capital. They’re looki...
An account of the childhood and youth of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize for Lit...
An account of the life and work of the charismatic Spanish writer Terenci Moix (1942-2003).
Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering h...
Sir Elton John looks back on his life and the astonishing early days of his 50-year career in this e...
How African artists have spread African culture all over the world, especially music, since the hars...
A portrait of American actress Uma Thurman, muse of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and courag...
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...
In 1935, German scientists dug for bones; in 1943, they murdered to get them. How the German scienti...
Jane Birkin has forged a unique bond with France and the French. Between the small Englishwoman, mus...
The true story of the seven weeks that changed China forever. On June 4, 1989, pro-democracy demonst...
An intimate portrait of the superb actress Gena Rowlands, icon of independent cinema. Together with ...