Alexandra David-Neel is a pioneer French explorer of the early twentieth century, passionate about the East. His rich literary work includes travel stories, novels and essays on Buddhism. She is the first woman of European origin to have stayed in Lhasa in Tibet
Evocation de Alexandra David-Néel par sa secrétaire Marie-Madeleine Peyronnet dans leur maison à Digne-les-Bains. Elle la dresse au rang de pionnière du féminisme.
Interview with Marie Madeleine PEYRONNET, governess of Alexandra DAVID-NEEL who was the first woman to return to Tibet. His housekeeper talks about his archives and his house, views of his house and travel memories.
Inauguration by the Dalai Lama of a stele in homage to the explorer Alexandra DAVID NEEL, in Digne-les-Bains. Feedback from Marie-Madeleine PEYRONNET, the writer’s personal secretary, and from a lecture given by the spiritual guide of Tibetan Buddhism. Illustration by photos and an animated archive of Alexandra DAVID-NEEL.
Report on the 100 years of Tibetan writer and explorer Alexandra DAVID NEEL in Digne-les-Bains. She was the first European to enter Tibet in 1914. She receives at her home a team of journalists who ask her if she believes in reincarnation and if she plans to write an essay on Buddhist philosophy.
Disappeared on September 8, 1969 at 101 years old, this is one of the last appearances of Alexandra DAVID-NEEL on television. She gets the cameras but refuses to show her face. She talks about her age and the title of women’s track and fields champion she was awarded for the distances she travelled on foot in difficult conditions. The images illustrate the many objects of art she brought back from her travels as well as photos of her youth.