From audiovisual and radio interviews of the writer extracts, enamelled archives and personal photographs, images, news of the day and adapted film footage of his novels, Pierre Assouline weaves a unique portrait Georges Simenon. Is telling himself while evoking the atmosphere of the age, the novelist to two hundred and sixty pounds (seventy-two of which Maigret) reveals his childhood in Liège – whose hazy atmosphere will continue to bathe his stories – debut journalist, his mania for collecting women and his creative process … A story punctuated by his shocking reading, sometimes violent, never heard so far, in his “Letter to my mother.”
Read MoreOne girl, two boys … They are soldiers … They arrive in Cyprus … they spent six months in Afghanistan, in the valley of Kapisa … They saw their friends die or be tear the arms and legs jumping on mine … They return, alive but traumatized. But before as an assurance on death, they robbed the bank … a bank there, in the mountains … A bank like no other …
Read MoreBEING
Francis, embittered cop does not support more work that his married life. Mohammed wants to leave his city by any means. Ester can not accept her daughter requirement adopted. Christian wants to leave his village and the family bakery where he worked. All live between Paris and the provinces. They do not know, yet, in 24 hours, their fates will cross, transforming their painful lives in a pristine path where everything remains to build ..
Read MoreDifficult to find a job when you have more than 40 years … It’s hard to be comfortable when you live alone in an old caravan in the middle of an old desert camping. Hard to be calm when you are unemployed in Seraing. Hard to believe in yourself when everyone looks at you wrong, you speak badly, you assaulted. Difficult to find meaning in your life when your only pleasure is your old bike. Hard to be the zombie bike …
Read MoreKANGAROO
In a house under renovation, a pregnant girl and her boyfriend who ends their baby’s room. Clotilde felt a contraction, you must go to the hospital. But downstairs, the room is not ready, and Thomas wants to finish … Within minutes, all their frailties resurface.
Read MoreFrom audiovisual and radio interviews of the writer extracts, enamelled archives and personal photographs, images, news of the day and adapted film footage of his novels, Pierre Assouline weaves a unique portrait Georges Simenon. Is telling himself while evoking the atmosphere of the age, the novelist to two hundred and sixty pounds (seventy-two of which Maigret) reveals his childhood in Liège – whose hazy atmosphere will continue to bathe his stories – debut journalist, his mania for collecting women and his creative process … A story punctuated by his shocking reading, sometimes violent, never heard so far, in his “Letter to my mother.”
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