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Assassinated during WWII, Jean Zay (1904-1944) nevertheless left a lasting legacy in French political history. A great reformer, he particularly helped to structure the French film industry to ensure its sustainability and its influence.

Trance dances and out of body projection. In front of the camera, Parvaneh Navaï becomes a mediator who enters in contact with and immerses into the energies of Nature, while her own energy radiates and echos in the forest ("selva").

The scope of the world of Marey, architect of the very first moving images linked to the origin of cinema. It is composed of seven original films, mainly from archives. Each of these seven movements symbolizes a unique facet of the inventor, dealing with his principle discoveries and important phases of his life: the flight of birds, the locomotion of a horse, the observation of the human body, the fluctuation of curves. The last movement is a 3D animation which transposes the discoveries of the scientist towards current and future perspectives.

The viewer is invited to a visit of the amazing display of films, projectors, posters and vehicles, some of which unique, collected by two enthusiasts, the late René Charles and Guy Coursaud, then stored in a large warehouse in Angoulême. Besides René Charles' widow and Guy Coursaud himself, a couple of specialists comment to light up your lantern.

The life of a happy, close-knit French family from Aisne who must flee the German advance in 1914.