Daily life along the Li Jiang River in Guangxi province. Junks and floats of barges go up and down the river every day. On market days, the traffic is particularly dense, as workers, peasants and fishermen come to sell their local products.
Marc BESSOU and Valérie MAURICE present the concept of this new show, explain the title, then join their guests on stage, Irène FRAIN and Jacques LAFFITE.
The Uros Indians have always lived from the "totora", the reed of the Andes. Settled on Lake Titicaca, they repeat ancestral gestures, and began to build straw boats like the islands of their ancestors.
Interviewed by Jacques CHANCEL, Sylvain AUGIER expresses how the magazine "Faut pas rêver" brought him humanly. Then he explains his work on the show, his quest to highlight the idea put forward by the director on his report.
On the set of "Faut pas rêver", the comedian Jean Louis Trintignant explains happiness through a quote from Jules Renard. He talks about success and his passion for the job.
Interviewed on stage by Sylvain AUGIER, Jean-Claude CARRIÈRE talks about his conception of the journey, quoting a sentence by Saint Jean de la Croix. According to him, a successful trip is an exchange.
After a summary in pictures, Philippe GOUGLER, new presenter of the program "Faut pas rêver", is ecstatic in front of the dizzying website of Machu Picchu in Peru where the magazine is shot.
Laurent BIGNOLAS, new presenter of the program "Faut pas rêver", comments the summary in pictures and then speaks with his guest, the landscaper Gilles CLEMENT, creator of the exhibition "le Jardin planétaire" at the Parc de La Villette.
Sylvain AUGIER, new presenter of the program "Faut pas rêver", explains the principle of the program and presents his two guests Jean D'ORMESSON and Françoise FABIAN, both great travellers. The actress admits to being passionate about architecture. The writer confides that he loves to walk.
Laurent BIGNOLAS talks with Isabelle CARRE at Ruche, a city of artists built by Gustave Eiffel in the 15th arrondissement in Paris. The actress evokes the dangers of this profession, namely to withdraw into a role, to let herself be seduced by the glitter of the star system and to be outside the world and reality.
Laurent BIGNOLAS in the company of Yves COPPENS attend, with the children and the inhabitants of Longyearbyen in Spitzberg, the feast of the genesis of the sun. Yves COPPENS said he was impressed by the symbolism of this party which he would have liked to share with his son.
Soeur Emmanuelle, à la veille de ses 87 ans, est interviewée par Sylvain Augier et s'exprime avec fougue et passion sur l'amour qui, selon elle, est "plus fort que la mort".
On the occasion of the 5 years of the show "Faut pas rêver", its producer Georges PERNOUD explains how the magazine was born and the reproaches they have suffered on his title deemed too negative. Diffusion d'un extrait du reportage de Antoine Mora, "Sénégal: la cité des vieilles" du 23/12/1994, commenté par Suzanne Flon.
In Mongolia, horse breeders have been able to preserve, despite the surrounding political evolution, ancestral customs. Women play a predominant role in this nomadic society. As one explains, "it is the woman who coordinates family life".
In Paris, a small village of the Urals in the middle of the steppes, the inhabitants have stars in their eyes when they speak of French Paris, like this inhabitant who evokes the Eiffel Tower, its chic restaurant, and the beauty of women.
In the village of Oualata in Mauritania, women decorate the facades of the houses. Coming from an ancestral tradition, these wall decorations are entirely hand-drawn. Each motif bears a name and the abundance of the decoration depends on the social level of the inhabitants.
On set, Agnès VARDA answers Sylvain AUGIER’s questions about her interest in the status of women: "All over the world, women are suffering. Just because a few women get out doesn’t mean the case is settled. Women don’t have to give up, it’s up to them to keep them thinking, you don’t have to yell, you don’t have to throw bras in the street, you can be a feminist in an intelligent and harmonious way but you must say it all the time, say it again and act".