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This documentary explores the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, its priceless treasures, and how humanity remembers itself.

The hour long documentary by the master of the essay film examines the country of Cuba under the dictatorship of Batista and then the seizure of power in a revolution by Castro.

Five youths quit their low paying work to become thieves, and inspired by film noir study boxing and judo to set up a school for future gangsters.

This short documents the preparation of a musical event, a ritual associated in this African community with a marriage ceremony.

Jean-Jacques and Kim pose for a photo comics on a transatlantic liner, Le France. The passengers watch with interest. But a filmmaker, François Reichenbach (playing his role), observes and films their reactions, much to their exasperation.

One snowy winter. In fact, the last winter of the 'Great Pacific' locomotives, the 'Queens of the Rails' for a hundred years, before they are dismantled. Meanwhile, they make their last runs, and both the engineer and the stoker do their job as usual but their hearts miss a beat. Soon the gentle giants they are so proud of will be part of the past...