Published on : 21/12/2022 – 18:03 A Nepalese court on Wednesday ordered the release of Charles Sobhraj, the French serial killer portrayed in the Netflix series “The Serpent”. The 78-year-old needs open-heart surgery, the court ruled. Nepal’s highest court on Wednesday 21 December ordered the release of Charles Sobhraj, the French serial killer portrayed in … Read more
Marc DugainFrench writer and filmmaker specializing in historical films, known for films such as “changing queens (2017), has now adapted “Eugénie Grandet” from the French classic Honoré de Balzac, a “visionary”, in his opinion, who always knew that women were “the future of Humanity”. “Balzac was a genius,” says Dughain on the occasion of the … Read more
The excitement is palpable in the impressive queue stretching out in front of the mythical Parisian venue. That evening, the public awaits the sold-out performance of the Nordic/pagan music collective (sometimes billed as “experimental folk”) Heilung. Like their precursors of Wardruna directed by Einar Selvik, Heilung has been delighting an increasingly wide audience with their … Read more
Shaken by new sex scandals, Catholics in France are going through a serious “crisis of confidence” which risks causing some to decline in practice and commitment, believers and sociologists testify, a year after the publication of a report shock. Thursday, a priest from the west of France, who had given an appointment at the beginning … Read more
This machine will revolutionize humanity’s view of our Earth’s lakes and rivers. Tomorrow at 12:46 p.m., the SWOT satellite, for Surface Water Ocean Topography, will take to orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher. The opportunity to quickly come back to the challenges of this prestigious and unique mission in which France played a central … Read more
Portrait of singer Françoise Hardy, circa mid-1960s. DPA/PHOTONONSTOP FRANCE 3 – FRIDAY DECEMBER 9 AT 11:10 P.M. – DOCUMENTARY All those whom Françoise Hardy has accompanied over time will experience happiness in rediscovering the tender verses of this gentle elegance. This film is a delicate gift, although a little belated, concocted in 2004 by Olivier … Read more
From 1 to 3 December, the “Chigiana Conference 2022” will take place in Siena, the international conference of the Accademia Chigiana, now in its third edition of the new format that renews the historic Chigian appointments that have characterized the history of 20th century musicology . The conference is dedicated this year to the theme … Read more
In 1931, during a stay in Normandy, Simone Weil accompanied the Lecarpentiers, a family of fishermen, to learn their technique and learn more about the reality of manual work. A few years later, in a small town in Portugal, she experienced a remarkable encounter with the spirit of Christianity while listening to fishermen’s wives singing … Read more
It was in October 2020. The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, launched his grand plan to fight against “Islamic separatisms“, remember The cross. A plan which, in addition to its security component, included an academic one. He thus announced the creation of a French Institute of Islamology (IFI). Created on February 2, it has … Read more
On November 19, the Academy of Oscars hailed the career of Euzhan Palcy. A look back at the exceptional career of this Martinican filmmaker, to whom we owe the film “Rue Cases-Nègres”. A true pioneer in the representation of black communities on screen, director Euzhan Palcy unfortunately remains unknown in mainland France. An injustice repaired … Read more