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When I was 15 years old I discovered the French cinema (les quatre cents coups of François Truffaut, the classical films of Marcel Carné, the films of Jean-Luc Godard), the Czechoslovaquian cinema (Milos Forman, Jiri Menzel), the Italian realism (Fellini, Vittorio de Sica, Antonioni) and the young directors of my country: Alain Tanner, Michel Soutter, Claude Goretta and Rolf Lyssy.
I enjoy romantic films, but also dramatic, historical, comic films, crime stories of a lot of countries: United States, Canada, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Algeria, Marroco, Mexico, Argentina, Japan , Belgium, Czech Republic Republic, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and France.
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Meurtres à...: Le prix de la vérité (2017)
An interesting criminal case.
A woman called Célia has been found drowned in the swimming pool of a luxury hotel in Saint-Paul-de-Vence and the police captain Marie Jourdan of Lyon appears in the place;: immediately Marie Jourdan says that this was not a accident, but a muder,the fiscal accepts to incorporat Marie to the investigation team formed by Paul Dnceny and Luc Langevin. Then appears a first suspect, Jordan Guichard who was working as waiter during the art exhibirtion organized by the owner of the hotel Daniel Cron and Jeanne de Courcy. Marie Jourdan interrogates Daniel Caron, De Courcy and the accountnt Laurence Meurisse. Paul Danceny offers to Marie Jourdan to stay in his guesthouse and NMarie finds the notebook of Célia-who wrote that she was in love with a married man-. Later Marie finds a new clue, Thomas Chauvez, the photographer who made some pictures of Célia.
I enjoyed the performances of Mimie Mthy, Mathieu Delarive, Philippe Caroit, Chrles Clément, Selma Kouchy, Cécile Pallas, Louna Espinosa and Michel Biel.
Meurtres à...: Meurtres au Mont Ventoux (2015)
A dramatic story.
Alexia Méjean returns to her her home village for the burial of her uncle. Her neighbour Sylvain Jaume pays a visit and is ready to help her in hr stay in village. She meets also her mother Annie Méjean. Suddenly there is a second murder, Yves Tessier. Alexia meets then a childhood friend the gendarmerie captain Marc Messac. Another Truffles handler Paul Hugon has to share an informtion about the death of Maria, Alexia friend and Paul is also killed. Then Alexia discovers that his uncle, Yves Tessier and Paul Hungon, who were soldiers in the FRench-Algerian war were hidding a secret.
I enjoyed very the performances of Ingrid Chauvin, Thomas Jouannet, Yannick Soulier, Isabelle Spade, Aladin Reibel, Jean-Pierre Becker, Alain Cauchi, Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat and Christine Cardeur.
Le secret de la grotte (2023)
An interesting criminal case.
The gendarmerie captain Manon-Ferret-Duval and the gendarmerie captain Rid Lekcir have to work together in the case of the murder of Paul Cousin: Manon's parents have been killed some year ago and the brother Riad has been accused for this murder and committed suicide. First suspect: Philippe Mercier who acknoledges that he had troubles with Paul Cousin and burned the boats of Paul Cousin. Then appears the character of Xavier Berg, one of the discoverers of the grotto with Paul Cousin and Serge Locatelli. The team meet also the guide Elise Perrot. Some hours later Xavier Berg is killed near the grotto. Little by little Manon and Riad notice that that the murders of Paul Cousin and Xavier Berg are connected with the the murders of Manon's parents.
I enjoyed the performances of Élodie Varlet, Samy Gharbi, Anne Girouard, Nicolas de Broglie, Franck Adrien, Serge Riaboukine, Catherine Davernier, Guillaume Bouchède, Eric Savin, Crole Richert, Baya Belal Slimane Benaïissa and Evelyne Cervera.
Meurtres à...: Meurtres à Rocamadour (2014)
An interest criminal case.
The corpse of Julien Crozier has been found on te stairs of the penitent's way in Rocamadour: but some Lulien is again alive. The major Sophie Lacaze, who soon will retire is in charge of the case with her substitute Alexandre Delcroix. The young Chloé has been kidnapped and some hours a car has been found the Dordogne river with a corpse inside- François Thoral. A little the team discovers that Julien was drugged with tetrodotoxine-a drug simulating the death- but Julian dies eating bread and cheese-a medieval punishment. The team sees a note about the punishment of the false miracle makers. A medium appears and the team discovers in a mountain the corpse of a girl, but it is not not corpse of Chloé, the medium acknowledges that somebody paid him the discovery and the team discovers that the corpse belongs to Juliette Fournier, a missing personWhat is then the connection beween Julie Fournier and the recent murders ?
I enjoyed very much the performances of Clémentine Célarié, Gregori Derangère, Steve Kalfa, Gaëlle Bona, Catherine Davernier, Thierry Desroses, Claire de Beaumont, Antoine Michel, François Muller and Olivier Jaenenelle.
Mort sur la piste (2023)
A mixture of fantasy and seriousness.
The car pilot Matthieu Nerval has been found dead on the track of the Le Mans circuit: the police captain Sabrina is in charge of the murder investigation and she must work with a policeman sent from Los Angeles and then begings the touch of fantasy; Sabrina diiscovers that that Ryan is a former car pilot, that he had an terrible accident at Mans nd that he is looking for his daughter in this town. On the the other side Sabrina has som troubles with her adolescent daughter Lola. Besides Ryan likes very much the adrenaline-using the abandoned car of Mathieu Nerval por follow a strange biker-.
Back to the criminal investigation: Tristan Poncelet and other pilots tell them that Matthieu Nerval was the protege of Antoine Palestro and was often bad tempered. Suddenly Sabrina and Ryan went to a forest and iscovers the abandoned car of Matthiu Nerval: a biker arrives near the place and goes away, they try to follow him,but the man escapes. Later the manages to arrest the mysterious biker-the mechanic Jérémy Tellier who had an intimate relationship with Matthieu,but didn't kill him.they meet Dino Lavezzi had aquarrel with Antoine Palestro : Dino resigned to work with Antoine. THey speak with Camille and Thomas Palestro, and also with Léa Lavoine-the former fiancee of Thomas. A little later Dino Lavezi appears dead in his workshop and Sabrina and Ryan have a new clue, a youmng couple on a motorbicycle was deadly hit by car.
I enjoyed the performances of Eléonore Bernheim, Json Priestly , Roby Schinasi, Adèle Galloy, Jacques Jouanich, Guillaume Faure, Mathieu Delarive, Olivia Courbis, Rudy Basset, Louvia Bachelier, Paul Angeli, Yann Pradal and Sébastien Lazennec.
De miel et de sang (2022)
An interesting criminal case.
The gendarmerie captain Fred Carrel and the gendarmerie lieutenant Sarah Becker are in charge of the investigation of the death of Antoine Bernier who ws allergic to bee stings. Géraldine Portal and Max Laurin are very angry about tjhe theft of beehives in the region. At the same time Sarah notices that Fred has seen the report of the tragic bus accident (Antoine and Fred were the only survivor aand Sarah's brother died in this accident) and that Fred is severely traumatized). Fred and Sarah try to analyse the relationship between Antoine and Anaïs Portal. In the other side Christie Bernier has an important data; Antoine hasd a quarrel with Bastien, the boyfriend of Louise Portal.
I enjoyed the performances of Nicolas Gob, Léa François, Éva Darlan, Salma Kouchy, Kim Higelin, Sarah Saïdi , Baptiste Perais and Fabian Baïardi.
Meurtres à...: La Malédiction du Lys (2023)
The secrets of the rich families of Bordeaux.
The corpse of the entrepreneur and politician Hervé Landry has been found in his house by his guests- Daphné Moulinas, Baptiste Moulinas, Ambre and Romuald Claverie and Stéphane Martinez-. The victim has been drugged with Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate-GHB- ,was wearing a muzzle and then branded with a hot iron-the fleur de lys symbol symbol used for punishing slaves-. The police captain Clémence Lacoste and Antoine Rosy, an officer of the "Renseignements généraux" are in charge of the case and soon they meet the activist Anta Gomis who speaks about a report about the Bordeaux families involved in the slave trade in the Colonial time of France. Then Baptiste Moulinas is found dead withe same modus operandi, drugged, with a muzzle and branded with hot iron-the same fleur de lys-. Then there is a burglary in the apartment of Anta Gomis and the famous report is stolen by a burglar-a man who has worked for the drug dealer Goran.
An pleasant criminal story with a touch of suspense and the good performances of Erika Sainte, David Baïot, Jeanne Bournaud, Annabelle Lengronne, Frédéric Andrau, Vincent Lecoeur, Julie Papìn an Ismaël Sy Savané.
Meurtres à...: Meurtres à Aix-en-Provence (2016)
A dramatic criminal investigation.
THe corpse of a crucified man has been found in the crypt of the cathedral: soon an abandoned car is found: it belongs to the ophthalmoloogist Philippe Borg and the polic team finds the place where he has been killed. Also the dog of the victim appears with a message tied to its collar-a sentence of Nostradamus-. The police commander Anne Guidicelli must now work together with her sister,tthe historian Pauline Dorval-who just arrived at Aix-en-Provence for the valuation of an incunabulum of Nostradamus-. A difficult reencounter between the two sisters, but Pauline accepts to work with Anne. Then a second murder, athe fake suicide of the retired police officer Maxime Athanassian, again a sentence of Nostradamus near hi corpse. THe team discovers that Maxime received a phone call-a prepaid card- and that a woman called Aline Page received also a call from the same telephone: Mrs Aline argues that it was a mistake. The investigation goes towards the Club de Notre Dame and also towards a car accident seven years ago.
I enjoyed the performances of Astrid Veillon, Isabeñlle Vitari, Andréa Férreol, Christophe Rouzaud, Jérémi Covillault, François Feroleto, Renaud Leymans, Christiane Conil, Simon Guibert, Yann Lerat and Armand Giordani.
Crime en Lozère (2014)
A complicated criminal case.
The corpse of Jérôme Sennac has been found in the Aven Armand: the farmer and also volunteer guide has been stabbed to death in the grotto. The gendarmerie commander Jansac and the deputy attorney Richard are in charge of the investigation-some difficult moments for working together-. The first suspect in this case is Julien Cazagnes-Jérôme Sennac and Julien had a strong quarrel some days again. The team meet then Béatrice Lagarrigue who says that she was with Julien. Then the investigation goes towards an activist called José Lebras: but nobody knows anything about this missing man and so the investigation becomes more complicated.
I enjoyed the performances of Florence Pernel, Vincent Winterhalter, Jérôme Anger, Barbara Cabrita, Sophie Broustal, Renaud LeymansJean-Pierre Michaël and Didier Pain.
Échappées belles: Week-end à Narbonne (2022)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in Narbonne: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the Canal du Midi (the boatman Jean-Marc Samuel and his barge, the transport of the Greek olive oil and other organic products from Sète to Bordeaux and the painter Denis Carrière who enjoys the magic light of the canal), the tourism in Narbonne (the Finish tourist Eevi, the summer camp at the Moussoules since 1939, the season worker Jules and the "pontons flottants"), the wine maker Magali Roux and the "Domaine des 2 ânes" (the vinyard with grenache grapes, the donkeys for the weeding and the cleaning around the vineyard, the technique of "pigeage"), the Grands Buffets de Narbonne (the founder Louis Privat, the plate with 111 cheeses, th old styl building), the ponds of the Natural Park of the Narbonnaise ( the ornithologist Dominique Clément and the visitors, the migratory birds, the nice pictures of flamingoes in the ponds), the Gouffre Géant de Cabrespine ( the speologist Philippe Clergue and the visitors, the canoeing in the underground river and the zip line), the wind at Leucate (Laurent Simons showing the effects of the winds on the cliffs, his wife-the painter- and the care for the lighthouse), Lony and Patrice Cabanou and the salt marshes ( the wind and the evaporation in the salt ponds, the harvest of "fleu de sel") , the Medieval Rotisserie of the castle of Villerouge-Terménès (Thierry Cascino , the guests in medieval costumes eating medieval dishes-tourte à la viande-) and the knight of Carcassone ( Gwenael Vanstraellen wearing a medieval costume, the children and the sword play).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme with Frack Miro, with the Dellong family at the fish market, with Gregory at Gruissan, with Simone Ribes called Nénette and Aude Daras at the Manade Tournebelle, with Angélique Berget at the Ilots de Gruissan, and with Barthélémy D'Andoque at the Abbaye de Fontfroide; nice encounters with very kind French men and women.
Échappées belles: La Picardie à bras ouverts (2016)
A great diversity of places and encounters.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Picardie: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the Baie de Somme ( the beaches and the salt meadows, the migratory birds, the harbor or common seals, the horseback riding tours-Aurélie Stoll and the Henson horses), the lakes and rivers of PIcardie ( the guide Christophe Marie and the canoeing on the Somme river) , the Cathedral of Amiens (the Gothic style, the painted facade, the relic of Saint Jean-Baptiste) the cathedral of Beauvais or the end of the huge cathedrals, the Picard language (the school of Ally-le-Haut-Clocher, the teaching of Picard language with the puppet "La Fleur", Jean-Marie Braillon and the French-Picard dictionnary, the story teller Jean-Marie François at the theater festival in Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme), the equestrian trail "Route du Marioille ( the Thiérache country, Claire Halleux and the Maroilles cheese at Haution) , the flight over the battle field de la Somme, the commemoration ceremonies, Jean Boucault and the mobile carriage with the carrier pigeons) and the Parc Astérix (created in 1989 , the comedian Lyne, the organizer Sébastien, the spectacle).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme with the land yachting instructor Lonel Boone, with the marsh samphire collector Alain Tison, with Laure Henry at Amiens, with Gilbert Fillinger-Maison de la Culture d'Amiens-, with the typographer Julien Noiroux and the journalist Isabelle Nicolas at the Démocrate de l'Aisne, with Clklaire Amiable at the Cité souterraine de Naours, with the hunting horn player Hubert Michaux at Senlis, with the head gardener Thoierry Basset at Chantilly castlewith Sophie Thalmann and the parents of Antoine Fosse at the Prix de Diane ; nice encounters with very kind French men and women.
Échappées belles: Échappée en baie de Somme (2012)
An interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Baie de Somme: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
The are some interesting aspects of this region: the "hortillonnages" of Amiens (an area of 300 hectares with 55 kilometers of water canals, small parcels of vegetables, the truck farmers Thérèse and René produce vegetables, transport by boat to the market, the guide Jean-Baptiste organizes boat tours-about 120000 tourists each year-), the town of Abbeville and the Skate Park (the director Yann Colignon, the BMX bikers Antoine and Jon enjoy this place, the promotion of the BMX riding in Ault), the port of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme ( Sully Lebeau and the monitoring of the 46 buoys in the Baie de Somme, the cartographer Philippe and the new map of the channel, the fisherman Alain Delaby and the sea bass fishing , the selling of the fresh fishes in his "poissonnerie"), the salted meadow lambs (the sheep breeder Régis and the shepherd Mikael, the sheep walking in the meadow, then the footbath and the selection of the lambs, about 12 breeders in the Baie de Somme), the Henson horse ( Lionel Berquin, one of the first breeders of the Henson horse, the guide Stéphane and horseback riding tours , the polo-cross-the Henson horse is very adapted for this new sport coming from Australia that riders play on meadows or sand beaches-) and the pebbles of Cayeux-sur-Mer ( Pascal et Jean-Dominique and the collecting of the pebbles by hand, the 4 industrial companies and the dredging of of the sea bed and the mechanical separation of the sand, gravel and pebbles,Patrick Thierry-Picardie Nature- speaking about the pebbles and the growth of the seakales).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sacha with the guide Julie Guerin and the puppet maker Jean-Pierre Facquier, with Martine Roll (the Citroen 2 CV tours), with the artist and painter Pippa Darbyshire, with the train controler Claude Pierre, with Jean Boucault, with Jean-Marie Lecat at the Baie de Somme, with Aurélie Stohl (the horseback riding), with the caretaker of the seals Laetitia Dupuis and with the ULM instructor Didier Delvaux;nice encounters with very kind French men and women.
Échappées belles: Montana, Le pays du grand ciel (2013)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in Montana: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of Montana: the huge spaces and the wild nature (Bill McConnel and the survival training in the mountains, the fisherwoman June Starkey and the fly fishing, the rescue center fo grizzly bears near the Yellowstone Park-Dan Meat and the educational work about the importance of no feeding the grizzly-) , the fossils of dinosaurs (the paleontologist David Trexler and the geologist Gary Coverdell, the reconstitution of a dinosaur skeleton, the mystery of the disappearance of the dinosaurs), the powwow (the cultural moment of the American natives-dances and songs-the importance of their culture), the gold rush in Montana ( the ranger Allan and the gold miners village-the 20 gold mines-, the growth of Butte, in 1864 Montana becomes territory and a little later state of the Union), the classic car collectors of Montana, the demolition derbies in Montana and the world of rodeos (the clown Davis Bert, the life of the cowboys, the hatter John Morris Jr and the making of cowboy hats, the lasso champion Justin).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie with the singer David Walburn, with the helicopter pilot Jim Kruger, with the guide Denny Gignoux , with the artist Darell Norman, with Trace Wellman and Darrel Kipp at Browning, with the fisherman and sculptor Eric Thorsen at Bigfork, with the student Alyana Sherkas and the cheerleader coach Jenny at Missoula, with the guide and story teller John at Bannack State Park, with Jimmy Garrison, Cheyenne Garrison and with the hatter Harry at Dillon:; nice encounters with very nice Montanan men and women.
Échappées belles: La vallée de la Maurienne (2015)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the vallée de la Maurienne: beautiful snowy landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the wnter and summer jobs ( Lionel is ski intructor and manages a sports store in winer and works as bricklayer in the summer, his Loris want to become a "pisteur-secouriste" and studies at the "Lycée Saint-Michel de Maurienne the house building and wants also to become a mountain guide for the summer season, Axel who studies in the Lycée wants to become a freestyle skier), the family resort of "Les Karellis " (the commune and the associations manage this resort created by Pierre Lainé in 1973, the facilities for handicape persons), the winter sports ( at Bettans the practice of the luges in the snowy streets of the villages, in Bramans the practice of bobsleigh on the frozen roads, the Xbikes and the speed riding (acrobatic skiing with a paraglider), the road tunnel of Fréjus between France and Italy inaugurated in 1980, the French of Modane nd the building of the railways tunnel in 1870, the growth of the town , the laboratory in the center of the road tunnel (the physicist Ali and the particle physics), the sabbatical year of an Australian family in Lans-le-Bourg, the winter sports, the school year at the Collège de la Vanoise in Modane, the learning of the French language), and the "Grande Odyssée Savoie-Mont-Blanc created by the musher and explorer Nicolas Vanier in 2005 , the departure from Lans-le-Bourg to the Col du Mont Cenis-60 kilometers- the bivouac of the mushers and the dogs after the stage).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie with the sisters Magali and Emeline Veille, with the chalet owner Brigitte and Jean-Marc, ith Claude Guillot at the hamlet of Écot, with Corentin Cimaz (the game of the mourra), , with the ski tracks manager Dominique Petit and Erika Rozas at Val Cenis Vanoise, with the ski instructor and freestyle kier Max Vince, with the mailman Georges Cecillon alias Jojo at Bessans and with Daniel Gaïnetdinoff,- the commentator of the "Grande Odysée Savoie-Mont-Blanc with David Favre and the guests of Daniel for the traditional meeting of mamies in Bramans; nice encounters with very kind French men and women.
Échappées belles: Vercors, le paradis blanc (2013)
An interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Vercors: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the winter in the Vercors (Vincent and José and the mountain refuge of "La Molière", Vincent is also photographer, later Béatrice Ardet-the Salle "L'Anecdote" at Autrans and the choir singin, many cultural activities in these mountains), the forest of the Vercors (the forests belonging to the communes and to private owners, Gérard-the lumberjack and mayor of Corrençon-,the selection of trees to fell, his son John-the carpenter and wooden houses builder, the family hotel-a masterpiece of carpentry-), the life in the villages near Grenoble (the work in the town and the life in the village of Lans-en-Vercors, Jérôme Narcy-the photographer and blogger-, the couple of Fabienne-the infographist and Pasang-the cook- , the Nepali food in the restaurant), the biathlon athletes in the Vercors (Julie Gleizes and her study at the college of Villard-de-Lans-, Claire Breton-member of the French national team and living in Corrençon), the opening up of the Vercors (the road construction in the 18th century , the maintenance of the roads with snow plows, the cooperative of the milk producers and the 4x4 lorry for the milk collection) and the hiking in the Vercors (Théo Sanson and the snow shoes walk and the slack line in the mountain).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme with the mountain guide in the Massif des Coulmes, with Jean Lambert and Claude Gaillard at Corrençon, with Lydya and Berard Chabert at the Auberge of Malaterre, with Pierre-Antoine Simonneau and Alice Chabert at Villard-de-Lans, with Stéphane Guillot-Diat-the hockey player, with Angélique Doucet and Gilles Dacier-Faloue at Chatelus, with Jean-Luc Odeyer at Saint-Laurent-en-Royans with Laurent and Marlène Garnier at the Cave of Chorange and with the musher Erwan Mairy at the Camp Vanier; nice encounters with very kind French men and women.
Meurtres à...: Meurtres à Cayenne (2020)
A pleasant criminal investigation.
The police captain Cassandra Molba and the lieutenant Antoine Lagarde are in charge of the investigation of the murder of Bertrand-throat slit and some scarifications-. This happened in the night of the loca carnival "Touloulou". They meet the widow Marguerite Thiego, then the associate Clément Marigny and Gérard Villalonga who were working with Bertrand. Then they learn through Gladys Ho Tang that Bertrand has a very close relationship with Ophélie Tinkali. The investigation becomes complicated because Marguerite Thiego has been attacked in one island and they managed to save her life.
I enjoyed the performances of Philippe Caroit, Nadège Beausson-Diagne, Anne Caillon, Alexis Tiouka, Rani Bheemuck, Stany Coppet Louis-Karim Nebati, Marielle Salmier, France Zobda and Serge Serge Abetucini.
Meurtres à...: Maddy Etcheban (2020)
A pleasant criminal investigation.
The corspe of the chef Céline Barenaga has been found by fishefrmen in the sea: suicide or murder. Maddy and his colleague meet then her husband Richard Barenaga who denies that he has killed his wife. Then the police finds the abandoned car of Céline and find the finger prints of Gaetan Burgo who has stolen the stolen the bag and the cell phonne of Céline, but the man has an alibi. Next suspect the cook Nicolas Petit who was making strange travels to Spain, but he has an alibi. Then Maddy learns that Céline had a love affair with the cattle beeder André Loyd and this will help her in the investigation.
I enjoyed the performances of Cristiana Reali, Arnaud Binard, Lorie Pester, Annie Gregorio, Clément Guénaire, Daniel Jo Lobé, François Feroleto, Jérémie Poppe, Victor meutelet, Charley Fouquet, Eric Savin, Sandrine Rigaux and Oscar Copp.
Échappées belles: Sologne, un concentré d'émotions (2013)
A very nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in Sologne: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects: the landscapes of Sologne (the writer and photographer Pierre Aucante and Christophe Blanchard discovering the landscapes-forests, ponds, castles- frm a hot air balloon, the 3000 ponds of this region, the fish farming by the monks,now the fish farmers are working for fish restocking of other French rivers, the fish farmng menaced by the cormorants), the castles and estates of Sologne (Michel and Lydie and the restored "Chéteau d'Ortie, the guesthouse and the suppers with the hunters after the hunting with dogs, Bertrand d Marie-Laure and the "Domaine du Chêne", the old pedunculated oak, the restoration made by themselves and the guesthouse), the fauna of the Sologne (the professor and wildlife photographer Cyril Delorme and the.wildlife filmmaker Jean-Paul Grossin, the birds in the ponds, the red deers and doe in the forest), the hunting with dogs (the music of the hunting horn, the workshop of the hunting horn maker Francis at Blois, Laurent and the hunting dogs at the castle of Cheverny, the taxidermists Eric and Sébastien) and the castle of Chambord (the king François 1er and the building of the hunting lodge in Chambord, the mystery of the double -helix staircase, the graffiti of Victor Hugo).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme with Jean-Philippe Van Lauwe (the boat tour on the Loire River), with the fisherman Brunos Gabris (the fishing and the fish eating), with the naturalist Vincent and the snails producer Nicolas), with Adrian , Alexandre and Cyril (the hunting with dogs), with Rodolphe Delord at the Zooparc of Beauval, with the female wine maker Laura Semeria at Cheverny, with the pilot Philippe Raton (the flight from Blois to Chambord)and with the forester Jacques Lefebvre at the Park of the castle of Chambord; nice encounters with very kind French men and women.
Échappées belles: Les couleurs de la Sologne (2019)
An interesting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in Sologne: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the region: the forests of Sologne (about 500.000 hectares of forests, the hiking paths- Pierre-Etienne and Raymond and the Association "Les Amis des chemins de Sologne"-, Nathalie and the children playing in the forest, Philippe and the Association "L'appel des forêts"-the walk in the forests, the edible plants, the pleasure of living in the nature-), the castles of the Sologne (Lancelot Guyot and the rescue of abandoned castles, the Castle of La Ferté-Saint Aubin,the 60.000 visitors each year, Xavier and Sandrine and the restoration of the "Château de la Morinière"- the "Chantier de formation"), the gliding in Sologne ( the airport of Romorantin, Léa-the young glider pilot and her instructor Philippe-. The French Air Force, the future pilots learning gliding), the birds in the ponds of Sologne ( Angélique and the recount of birds -the famous grey heron, the eared grebe-, the painter Marie-Joëlle and the huge fresco with the landscapes of Sologne-the grey heron-, the wildlife photographer Alexandre and the pictures of the birds), the antique cars collectors (Alexandre and Laurence and the Rallye des Toques de Sologne", the pleasure to drive old cars through the beautiful landscapes of Sologne) and the flea market at the castle of Chambord (the 500 authorized antique owners, the bargain hunters, the high quality of the objects, the 30.000 visitors each year).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie with Nils Aucante , with Nicolas Saint-Ouen, with Achille de Sparre, with the chef Hélène Tubach, with the baker Claude François, with Nadège at Romecrot Farm, with Sandrine Sanchez at Cerdon, with Gwendoline Daragon, with Hélène Mrchisset , Vincent Aldebert and Maxime Longeaux at Saint-Dyé, with the fish farmer Vincent Hennequart, with Christelle and Freddo at Chambord; nice encounters with very kind French men and women.
In Wahrheit: Unter Wasser (2022)
An interesting criminal case.
The corpse of the police office René schubecker has been found in a river -a bullet in his chest- .When Judith and Freddy investigate the desk of their colleague they notice that the recorder of René is missing -René used to record ¡his cases on this recorder, but they fing a picture of Corinne Tolbert, a young French girl who has been found dead. Immediately they remember that Willy Foss was accused for this crime and spent 13 years in jail. So they pay a visit to Willy Foss who claims that he is iinocent. Then Judith travels to Koenigsmark to know more about the criminal investigation of the murder of Corinne Toilbert and discovers strange things.
I enjoyed the performances of Christina Hecke, Robin Sondermann, Jeanne Goursaud, Rudolf Kowalsi, Andreas Anke, Robert Schupp, Pascal Houdus and Florien Anderer.
Échappées belles: Les trésors du Périgord (2011)
A very inteteresting and nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Périgord: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of this region: the 4 stars camping site "Sur les Plages" near Vitrac (the manager Anne and the seasonal worker Matthieu and Manon, the Dordogne river, the swimming pool, the English, Dutch and French vacationers and the karakoe moment), the Périgord truffles ( Edouard and Carole Aynaud at Péchalifour, how to look for truffles-the truffle dogs-, the finnding of a summer truffle, the cooking workshop and the tasting of truffles), the duck farm and the guesthouse of the Gonzales family ( the breeding of ducks and the making of duck products-magret de canard and foie gras-, the lodging in the gypsy caravan and wooden cabins), the Occitan language ( the female singers group "La Mal Coiffée", the "Félibrée" festival at Belvès, Martial Peyrouni and his Occitan spoken radio program, the accordionists and the folk dances, the concert in Occitan language), the Château des Milandes ( the actual owner Angélique de Saint-Exupéry,the stay of Joséphine Baker from 1937 to 1968-the adoption of 12 children, Akio Bouillon-Baker visiting where he lived as child-, now the restoration of the roof and the making of new gardens) ,the Cave and the Alaskan shamans (Hubert de Commarque, the parietal art-a horse painting- in the cave under the castle, the story of the restoration of the castle) and the prehistorical archeological site of Castel Merle (the archaelogists Randall White and Romain Mensan, the looking for silex and bones).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie with the helicopter pilot Jean Max, with with Katia Veyret at Sarlat, with Alain Frances at the "Gouffre de Proumeyssac, with Pierre Chasmoukine at Gorodka, with BernardColombie and Muriel Mussard at La Roque-Gagéac, with Jean-Marc Audit at the Cabanes du Breuil, with the guide Philippe Colomy and the gold digger Alain Viguier at the Vézère river, with Adeline and Firmin Boudy at Montignac, with the guard Bruno Desplat at the Lascaux Cave, with Yves Martin and Francis Ringenbach at Lascaux 2 ; nice encounters with very kind French men and women.
In Wahrheit: Jagdfieber (2020)
A dramatic story.
Julia Collmann, the spouse of the doctor André Collmann has been killed by an attacker using a hunting rifle. Later the police shows a video in which Wolfgamng Abeck has kidnapped Robert Haffner and asked for a new criminal investigation and trial because André Collmann and Robert have been involved in the death of his daughter Nadine. Besides Judith and Freddy speak with Tanja Abeck about her last contact with her sister Nadine and at the same time they learn that a person of Metz was missing.
I enjoyed the performances of Christina Hecke, Robin Sondermann, Jeanne Goursaud, Rudolf Kowalski Joachim Król, Barbara Prakopenka, Tristian Seith, David Rott and Jean-Yves Berteloot.
Échappées belles: Magie blanche dans le Jura suisse (2018)
A nice journey.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Swiss Jura: beautiful snowy landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the region: the connection of the people with the nature (the geobiologist Joëlle, the childhood in the nature, the menhirs of Clendy- 45 statues near the Neuchâtel lake-, Julien and his walks in the forest, the "Salamandre" magazine, the great egret in the nature reserve of Fanel, the protection of the nature), the watchmaking at La Chaux-de-Fonds, the Golden Bridge watch of the Corum Company, the enamaler Vanessa Lecci, the watch as work of art, the architect Denis Clerc and the architecture in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the "Ancien Manège" built in 1868, the workshops of the watchmakers) , La Brévine-the Siberia of Switzerland- ( Martine Rebetez and the monitoring of the climate, Jean-Claude and the building of an igloo and the eating of a fondue, Jean-Pierre Schneider and the maintenance of the cross-country skiing tracks, the good place of the cross-country skiing) , the people and their animals ( Evelyne Gaze and the roller dog sledges-therapeutical use of the dogs-, Adrien Catin and his horse and carriage tours, Christian Lecomte and the breeding of American bisons- the forest cabins and the tasting of bison meat-) , the chocolatiers ( Valérie and the making of chocolate with flowers and herbs-wild thyme-, the delivery to her daughter Maude-the Bar à chocolat "Crème renversante" and the laces on the chocolates, the story of Philippe Suchard, Catherine and her chocolate workshops-the risotto with white chocolate, the chocolate with dried Boletus-) and the story of the absinthe in the Val de Travers, (Philippe Martin and the making of absinthe with common wormwood, anise and fennel, François Bezençon and the Musée "Père François", the prohibition from 1910 to 2005, Philippe and his friends tasting absinthe, the ceramist Patricia and the "fontaines à absinthe").
I enjoyd the encounters of Sophie with the photographer Jean-François Robert, with the biplane pilot Patrick Guern, with the female guide of the Maison Blanche, with the cheese maker Pierre-Alain Sterchi, with the train conducter Olivier Luder, with the model train maker Alan Stocker, with the musher Caroline Clerc and Morgan Clerc, with Marlène Pini and Gérard Balanche, with Vincent Steuder and Sébastien Bilquez in Neuchâtel, with Claude Delley and his son at Portalban, with the chef Béat Keusen, with Damaris Lauper and Claudia Burri at Bern and with Annelise Cavin at Yverdon-les-Bains; nice encounters with very kind Swiss men and women.
Échappées belles: Week-end à Rouen (2020)
A nice excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excursion in Rouen, a place with great historical, cultural and economical life.
There are som some interesting aspects of Rouen and its region: the discovery of the town through dynamic activities ( the comedian Hervé Goubert and his character Jacques de Valambry walking through the town, the associative restaurant of "La Cantine", the Association "Guidoline"-Timothée and the "Atelier de Auto-rération de vélos", 1200 members-, the Panorama on the bamks of the Seine River built in 2014- the pictures of the Rouen cathedral when Claude Monet was painting it-, the medicine interns living on a barge and the sculpures on the forest), the Rouen Cathedral (the sacristan Didier taking care for the candles, the Archbishop Lebrun talking about the role of the volunteers and visitors, the guide Sophie and the visit of the crypt, the restoration works in one of the spires, in the statues and in the great organ, Patrice Latour and the carillon of the cathedral), the antique shops and the flea market of Rouen ( the rue "Eau de Robec" called also "Rue des Antiquaires", the antique shop owner Bruno- the modern trade by internet-, Stéphanie and the "Brocante Jacotte and Gavotte", the flea market at St-Marc square, Philippe bbuying a lamp for his flea market at Morgny) , the medieval and Viking past (the statue of the Viking chief Rollon,first count of Normandy, Gwenahel and the Association "Les Enfants de Rollon", Jimmy Didier of the Association "Vegvisir" and the medieval history student Valentin speaking of the Viking culture, the enigma game at the Dungeoin of Jeanne-D'Arc organized by Gaëtan Perreau), the Grande Armada (the sailboat exhibition on the banks of the Seine, Sabine and Colombine will participe as mariners on the "Hermione" in the Grande Parade, the navigation to Brest and Rochefort) and the port of Rouen and the navigation on the Seine River ( Rouen as the second cereal port of Europe, the touristic cruiser "Botticelli- the captain Xavier Wattiau and the German tourists-, the Musée Maritime de Rouen, the marina for the sailboats-Erwan living on his sailboat, Tony, the English vacationer who will join Greece, Martial who is preparation his world tour).
I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme with the boatman Nicolas Guyaud, with the head gardener Jen-Mrie Avisrd at Roche-Guyon, with Laurence Catel at Rouen and at the cliff of Romilly-sur-Andelle, with the chocolatier Jean-Marie Auzou at Rouen, with Loïc Patin at Jumièges , with the chef Christophe Mauduit, with Nicolas, the owner of the Duclair Castle, with the stone cutter Philippe Dumas , with Camille and Valentin at the Cabane à Milo and with Christophe Van der Cruyssen at the cliff climbing; nice encounters with very kind French men and women.
Échappées belles: La Vallée de la Roya (2021)
A very interesting excursion.
I enjoyed very much this excurion in the Valley of the Roya: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the region: the portraits of the villagers on the viaduct of Tende (the photographer Géraldine and Estelle speaking about the tenacity and the courage of these villagers who have stayed in the village) , th Italian culture in the valley (people coming from the Piedmont, some communes became French in 1947, the guide Annie showing her village to te visitors, the two chapels and the two groups of "pénitents"-secular people helping to deprived people-), the importance of the associations of volunteers (Martial Lyonnais and the volunteers cleaning an unnderground water canal obstructed by sand and stones after the storm Alex, Fabrice Roy and the volunteers installing 1000 meters of new water pipes for the house of his parents), the Roya's Sisters ( Julia, Charlie, Diane and Pauline, the hiking guide Charlie and the walk in the National Park of Mercantour, the 4000 years old petroglyphs, the guesthose manager Pauline, the welness practitioner Diane, the cooking workshop- the tourteaux or pies, the local vegetables and aromatic plants), Breil-sur-Roya ( Denis and the Ecomusée du Train des Merveilles-the model trains-, the railway track for Nice to Cuneo built in 1928-90 bridges and 105 tunnels, thge travel in the Train des Merveilles with the guide Lucie, the great help of the trains after the storm Alex), the green transports in the valley (François and Pul and their mountain bike, the sharing of letric bike at Morignole, the new experimentation hydrogen bikes) and the National Park of Mercantour (the great biodiversity-the chamois and the Alpine ibex-, the "Refuge des Merveilles", the hikers, Yann and Aude in charge of the refuge, the volunteers, the shepherd Alan and his "Brigasque" sheep).
I enjoyed the encounters of Ismaël with Camille Aupois , Solange and Damien Beranger at Tende, with Patrick Teisseire, Barthélemy Lanteri and Baptiste at La Brigue, with Nathalie, Rémy and Naïs Masseglia, Rafael Pilares, Serge and Murielle and Alain Brunelli at Breil-Sur-Roya; nice encounters with very kind French men and women.