During an interview, the geobiologist Theodore MONOD talks about our society which is based on profit and money, is licit which yields..., The rest, mercy mercy fraternity is secondary and which authorizes the sacking of the planet in the name of the liberal economy by Homo sapiens.
Theodore MONOD talks about the Sahelian and Saharan populations, their millennial adaptation during which they acquired knowledge, customs and instincts allowing them to live in very difficult conditions thanks in particular to their sense of orientation.
Theodore MONOD speaks of the destruction and pollution of the planet by Homo sapiens in the name of profit and human actions to repair and limit air and water pollution. He predicts that the cleanup of the planet, a new profession, will pay twice for some.
Interviewed by Pierre DESGRAUPES on his book "Mythologies", Roland BARTHES expresses himself on the myths of everyday life such as fried steak, symbol of the French patriotic myth. It evokes the scene of a spy film and the liberation of General de Castries.
Shooting of a scene of the film "Detective" with Nathalie BAYE (Françoise Chenal) and Johnny HALLYDAY (Jim Fox Warner) under the direction of Jean-Luc GODARD. Both actors are in bed.
First part of Johnny HALLYDAY’s show at the Paris Pavilion at the Portes de Pantin in November 1979. Johnny HALLYDAY, in a futuristic combination, sings "My Face" accompanied by his musicians.
After an interview with Sophie CALLE, Virginie DESPENTES is interviewed by Philippe LEFAIT around her third novel, "Les jolies choses" published by Grasset. The hard world, she knows, everything happened to her. She also wants to have a good life, not a rotten one. "Where I come from, it takes courage to write books". She evokes on this occasion her social origins, her life journey in contrast to that of the artist Sophie CALLE and the differences of social class with the elite and the literary milieu she has been working with since her first successes.
Virginie DESPENTES is interviewed by Philippe LEFAIT about her third novel, "Les jolies choses" published by Grasset, a new great publisher for the writer since her literary successes. She evokes the violence of the social relationships evoked in her novels, she would like everyone to be recognized at the height of his competences in society and not according to his social origins affluent or not. At the end of the interview, filmmaker Guillaume NICLOUX is asked about the possibility for Virginie DESPENTES to play one of the characters of the series "Le poulpe".
After reading an extract of her latest novel "Les jolies choses" by Philippe LEFAIT, Virginie DESPENTES is interviewed about this third book published by Grasset and her very particular literary style that she claims. His book evokes the story of two twin sisters opposite: one, a "lady", the other "a whore" and the confusion it causes. The writer evokes the word of actress Anouck GRINBERG about the media, "a big mental orgy" and her hopes of changing society, "all hopes are allowed", an expression on which the actor Jean Pierre DARROUSIN bounces.
On the occasion of the 13th Rencontres de la photographie in Arles, interview with the director Agnès VARDA, before her film career. She presents a show of her photographs made between 1950 and 1960: "I gave up being a photographer to devote myself to cinema". She was interested in this profession but now wants to put an end to it.
Simone VEIL discusses violence against women; they are the first excluded or victims of an increasingly violent society. It then addresses the problem of the request to repeal the abortion law. While it respects everyone’s freedom of conscience, it condemns those who violate the law by integrating anti-IVG commandos and tries to influence parliamentarians.
Debate on antifeminism with Simone de BEAUVOIR who notes that feminism is outdated and that women today "do not realize that their elders fought for their rights". Delphine SEYRIG speaks of the "danger of us backing down" and says that we must "continue to be feminist about these things that we believe acquired" to this Simone DE BEAUVOIR agrees "there is a real danger that manifests itself especially in the United States" (as regards the right to abortion).
Following the accident experienced by the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, the glass protecting the painting was broken, Jean Marie DROT interviews the person in charge of the restoration of the Mona Lisa then the museum keeper who saw the act of vandalism
Interview with Edith CRESSON, new Prime Minister, at the end of the first Council of Ministers of her government at the Elysée. She talks about how she will remember her first Council of Ministers as head of government: "This is not the first time I have attended a first Council of Ministers. It’s like back to school. Everyone listens to the President and at the end there is the family photo [...]".