Nicolas Philibert Movies

This fascinating French documentary chronicles the reopening of the Zoology Hall in the Paris Museum of Natural History in 1993. It had been closed...

A new shorter and uncensored TV version of Patrons - Télévision (1979). The dates "1978 / 1991" are used in reference to the "missing...

A filmmaker returns to Normandy thirty years after a working on a movie based on a local homicide and tries to find the actors who worked on the...

Nénette, an orangutan, is the star of the Parisian zoo where she has lived most of her long life. She is a mother of four and has survived...

A voyage into the museum's reserves, and part of the extra work involved to mount the expositions after the renovation of the Louvre in the 1980s,...

From January to November 2004, as a kind of carnet de voyage alongside our other activities, we asked one and the same question of various people we...

At the age of 77, Roger Lapébie is the oldest winner of the Tour de France still alive. Half a century has passed since his legendary victory...

In the summer of 1995, as every year, the patients and staff of "La Borde" psychiatric clinic rehearse their summer play for a performance on August...

When Nénette watches "Nénette". Eight months after the theatrical release of "Nénette", the director, who had promised to show...

The star of the menagerie at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris since 1972, Nénette attracts hundreds of visitors every year. In June 2019, the...

A visitors’ day in a Parisian zoo is about to end. The last guests, tired with attractions, are going back home. What happens to the zoo...

Interview with Linda De Zitter, clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst. Complementary bonus film to the new DVD edition of "La Moindre des Choses"...

In a workshop in the National Natural History Museum (Paris), a taxidermist undertakes the task of stuffing a badger. This film was earmarked for the...

A TV-special offering more than three and a half hours of the latest standout production in the diverse and eclectic world of short films and...

While shooting Gerard Mordillat's film, "Billy ze Kick", Christophe Profit, one of the best climbers in the world, was asked to stand in for an...

Excerpts from a reading of texts on the heroes of the Tour de France by Jacques Bonnaffé, accompanied by Louis Sclavis on clarinet and sax....

Interview with Jack Thiney, taxidermist at the National Museum of Natural History, in Paris. Complementary bonus film to the DVD edition of "Animals"...

This film was made for the Grande Galerie in the National Natural History Museum in Paris, retracing the major stages of its recent restoration.

Interview with French Radio France forecaster, meteorologist and journalist Joël Collado. Complementary bonus film to the DVD edition of "La...