The writer Florence PLOUCHART-COHN, fervent reader of KAFKA talks about the circumstances of her discovery of the author’s work, her approach. She speaks of the character of Joseph K who evolves in a smooth world where one can not cling to anything.
Georges BORTOLI receives Marthe ROBERT who directs the publications of Franz KAFKA. Marthe ROBERT talks about the style of KAFKA which uses the extreme subjectivity of what he tells, masked by an appearance of impartiality, as if it were always a third person.
On the occasion of the publication of "Lettres à Milena" by Franz KAFKA, Alexandre VIALATTE who ensured the translation, is invited to tell the context of this correspondence between the author and Milena which lasted two years. In this excerpt, Alexandre VIALATTE talks about the personality of KAFKA: "In Kafka, there is no distinction between the inside and the outside".
Exhibition of Benjamin VAUTIER called "Ben" in Biarritz. For him, everything may be art. He says that he would like to be "a shit fly", he likes to bother the viewer.
In Nice, exploration of the record store of Benjamin Vautier, dit Ben, "the terrible child of the school of Nice" founded by Yves Klein. A multitude of objects not always identifiable is piled up, all dotted with sententious or interrogative inscriptions of which he is the author.
Portrait of the Nice artist Benjamin VAUTIER, called "Ben". He tries to define his style and presents his house in the heights of Nice. The latter is itself a work of art and consists of his works and objects recovered and staged.
The artist Ben exhibits in museums but also makes derivative products for the general public. He believes that the message to be conveyed will be more visible on T-shirts of thousands of copies. His messages are often humorous.
Artist Ben explains what he calls "No Art". He thinks that "in the search for the new, the artist must disappear a little". A performance of non art is offered by Ben and his friends. Novelty is its watchword.
A show of "total theater" is given on the stage of the Artistic in Nice. Its instigator, the artist Ben, advocates a metaphysical approach to art, where every gesture is entitled to the title of work, as long as it is new and marks the destruction of previous harmonies.
One year after the Allied landing, during his official visit to Normandy, General De GAULLE, President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, went to Saint Lô in ruins and Coutances in Calvados.
Testimony of Bernard DUBOIS accompanied by archive images on the American bombings on Saint Lo. He lost his parents and two sisters in the bombing. He survived because he was staying with neighbors during the attack. He confides his testimony with emotion and concludes that he has no resentment towards the Americans.
Visit of President Vincent AURIOL in Caen and in the cities that were destroyed by the Germans and on the landing beaches like Arromanches. On the program, laying a wreath in front of the prison of Caen where 70 patriots were shot by the Germans, handing over the Cross of the Legion of Honor and reccueillement in front of the monument of Port Winston from which the allied troops for the Liberation of France left 6 June 1944.
The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, participated in the commemorations of the resistance fighters shot in 1944, the day of the landing. If we know that they were executed in the prison of Caen, we do not know where the bodies were buried. They remain so far untraceable. Children and grandchildren remember and try to find clues.
The site is still under construction, but, exceptionally, the former tobacco production plant, Altadis, taken over by Oxylane, opens its doors. 1300 privileged were able to visit the future "wonderful world of cycling". Altadis closed in 2005. The battle to maintain industrial activity finally paid off. Far from cigarettes, the "b'Twin Village" will be a unique place in the world, an innovation center dedicated to cycling. 400 people will work there. The inauguration is scheduled for November 18. The commentary on images of the b'Twin village alternates with interviews with visitors and Olivier ROBINET, international director of b'Twin.
Decathlon chose Lille and the former site of Altadis, to install in 2009 the world headquarters of its bike brand, the B'twin village. Enthusiasts will be able to test and see the products. There will also be a research and development dimension. The new Lille site will include research and development activities, currently hosted on the Villeneuve d'Ascq campus and the first bike assembly plant in Decathlon. Eventually, these stone sheds should again house up to 500 employees, including 300 newly created jobs.
Some already call it the "Disneyland" of the bike. 18 hectares on the former site of the cigar maker Altadis dedicated to the cycle in all its forms. With shop, manufacturing plant, gym, but also laboratory and research and development center. A unique place, it seems. And then innovation is to be able to test, in situ and before purchase, the technical advantages of its future car. 450 cycling enthusiasts work here for the Oxylane Group. On the public side and on the backstage side, the 12 current models of the brand are elaborated in the greatest secrecy. The b'Twin Village inaugurated this evening in Lille-sud, opens tomorrow morning to the public at 9am... 300,000 visitors are expected the first year...
The first 5 workers arrived at b'Twin, in the former Altadis factory, to work on the production line of bicycle wheels in the test phase. 300 bicycle wheels are made per day. The commentary on images of the production line alternates with interviews with new recruits, Patrick MALARDIER, production manager b'Twin, and Jérôme RIBADEAU, director of the factory b'Twin.
In the village Oxylane, near BETTON, they are 80 mentally disabled (children and adults) to taste the joys of sport. Motor and sensory activities to learn to coordinate their gestures, feel good in their bodies. This is the fifth edition of these sporting events, called "the beautiful challenges". The French Federation of Adapted Sport co-organizes them and thus allows disabled people to find the sport that suits them. Comments on images of these sports events alternate with interviews with people with disabilities, and Julie SICOT, medico-psychological help in Betton.
The frames and forks of the bikes of the Ag2r team were designed at the design workshop of the Decathlon store in Villeneuve d'Ascq, according to a very precise specification. The supplier has been working with the French team for two years. These bikes that will be on the Tour de France are also on sale in stores. The commentary on bicycle images alternates with interviews with Andrew LORENZI, frame and fork designer, Yves TOMASINA, mechanic team Ag2r-Prévoyance, and Dominique BROUTIN, product manager, partnership coordinator.