Le grand roman de l'homme (2014)
• January 1st, 2014 • 1h 22min
Documentary
Overview
At what point in our evolution did we start talking? To paint, play music and travel? When did we build our first imaginary worlds? When was the need to believe born? In short, where, when and how did the contours of man's essence take shape? Going back to the origins of language, art and writing, this documentary by Emmanuel Leconte and Franck Guérin traces the fantastic cultural epic of thought. Although animals also dream, today only our species has the power to recount its dreams, transforming them into stories, narratives and destinies... But where does this astonishing human faculty come from?
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Bloodlines: The Art and Life of Vincent Castiglia
Released on: 2018-01-09
Documentary
Vincent Castiglia paints in human blood.
Secrets of the Mona Lisa
Released on: 2015-12-09
TV Movie, Documentary
This landmark film uses new evidence to investigate the truth behind Mona Lisa's identity and where ...
Neanderthal Apocalypse
Released on: 2015-09-19
Documentary
40, 000 years ago the steppes of Eurasia were home to our closest human relative, the Neanderthals. ...
Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi
Released on: 2005-07-14
Documentary
In 2005, Michael Palin set out to unlock the mysteries and find out about the background and life of...
SEVEN
Released on: 2020-12-08
Documentary
What caused Building 7 to collapse on 9/11? Dr. Leroy Hulsey from the University of Alaska Fairbanks...
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
Released on: 2003-04-27
TV Movie, Documentary
A documentary about Rosalind Franklin, the scientist who first photographed and discovered the shape...
Underground and Emigrants
Released on: 1976-10-25
Documentary
In this film, outspokenly homosexual filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim has documented his encounters with...
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
Released on: 2015-11-06
Documentary
A documentary about young people with autism, and how arts and creative therapies help them to lead ...
Everything and Nothing
Released on: 2011-03-21
Documentary
what is everything, and what is nothing? Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores the true size and shape o...
My Indiana Muse
Released on: 2018-02-01
Documentary
Vacation slides are as much the butt of jokes as airline food, VCR clocks, and glamour shots. Americ...
Meteors
Released on: 1947-06-13
Documentary
Stones from the sky - tangible pieces of other worlds. After millions of years of wandering in the d...
Our Friend the Atom
Released on: 1957-01-23
Animation, Documentary
Dr. Heinz Haber, a noted scientist in the field of atomic energy, hosts this look at the possibility...
The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them
Released on: 2015-05-28
Documentary
Monet, Cezanne, Degas, Renoir: some of the world’s most popular artists. Their works, and that of th...
Priit Pärn in Tallinn
Released on: 2013-01-01
Documentary
Documentary about the work of the Estonian cartoonist and animation director Priit Pärn
A Visit to Picasso
Released on: 1950-08-20
Documentary
In this short 20 minute black and white Belgian documentary, the director, Paul Haesaerts, visualise...
Hungary 2011
Released on: 2012-02-02
Drama, Documentary
Anthology film made as an act of protest against Hungarian government of Viktor Orban.
Ugly Beauty
Released on: 2010-01-09
Documentary
Documentary in which art critic Waldemar Januszczak argues that beauty is still to be found in moder...
Secrets of the Super Elements
Released on: 2017-05-24
Documentary
In the first BBC documentary to be filmed entirely on smartphones, Mark Miodownik reveals the weird ...
The Mermaids' Tears: Oceans of Plastic
Released on: 2009-05-21
Documentary
Every km of ocean now contains an average of 74,000 pieces of plastic. A 'plastic soup' of waste, ki...