To see on TV5: 100 days at the Palace of Versailles
Notice to history and art lovers. The Palace of Versailles opens the doors to its mysterious backstage for the first time. If the Hall of Mirrors, the orangery, the Royal Opera and the Trianon estate are visited by crowds and regularly shown on screen, little-known activities take place there well out of sight. Thanks to careful filming and numerous interviews, the fascinating documentary series 100 days at the Palace of Versailles highlights the daily life of the people who work discreetly to preserve this jewel of French heritage where Louis XIV, Marie-Antoinette and Napoleon lived and which is much more than a museum. Some 3,000 pieces, 660 hectares of parks and gardens and 84,000 works of art are thus reviewed, calling viewers to witness the commitment and know-how of those who, every day, maintain the brilliance places.
This exploration takes us into the heart of the intimacy of various professions, from fountain workers to gardeners, from restaurateurs to watchmakers. Among the secrets revealed, those of the workings of the films and series which are shot on site, but also the cleaning of the Queen’s hamlet and the work of the castle photographer.
Monday at 7 p.m. starting June 3
To see on Télé-Québec: How beautiful you are! Be 20 years old in Taliban country
Sofia and Niguina are two friends, as the world knows so many. They are in their twenties, are beauticians and owners of a beauty salon in Afghanistan. Despite themselves, they embody the hope and determination of the youth of Kabul, under the yoke of the Taliban since their return to power on August 15, 2021. At all costs, Sofia and Niguina try to preserve their dream and their space of freedom, this sanctuary where women are invited to take care of themselves. How beautiful you are ! Be 20 years old in Taliban country, whose captivating story begins the day after the sudden arrival of the mullahs, follows them for eighteen months, while the extremists impose their ever more repressive and liberticidal laws, especially against women. But in their establishment as in the city, Sofia and Niguina defy the ban: they indeed show their faces, they learn to drive in secret in the middle of the hills and even narrowly escape the Taliban while they agree to a brief moment of pleasure in a Ferris wheel, hair in the wind… While the oppression becomes unbearable for them, a quest for lightness sets in in the documentary, not without consequences for them.
Tuesday June 4 at 8 p.m.
Watch on Disney+: Clipped
Clippedadapted from the podcast The Sterling Affairs from ESPN, tells the true story of an NBA team, the Los Angeles Clippers, under the spotlight after, in 2014, its white owner, Donald Sterling, made racist comments that were recorded and then widely distributed worldwide. This high-voltage drama miniseries created by Gina Welch (Ray Donovan) plunges the public into the heart of the conflicts of a dysfunctional basketball team, but also those of a marriage in crisis. The characters — played, among others, by Laurence Fishburne (Matrix), Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook), Cleopatra Coleman (The Last Man on Earth) and Ed O’Neill (Modern Family) — thus all struggle to succeed within the cursed franchise, at a time when scandals of favoritism and harassment are breaking out and, above all, a media scandal. Clipped therefore returns to the sporting and human fall of the Clippers as interpersonal relationships are torn apart, while examining the privileges and responsibilities of celebrity in a deeply divided America.
From June 4
Watch on Netflix: Hitler and the Nazis. The trial of evil
Filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Madoff. The Monster of Wall Street) dusts off the horrors committed by the Germans during the Second World War with an interesting and in-depth documentary series. Hitler and the Nazis. The trial of evil revisits this dark period of history based in particular on the writings of journalist William L. Shirer, and offers, in fact, a unique perspective, from the inside, since the correspondent was a direct witness to the rise of the führer and of the Nuremberg trials. William L. Shirer thus acts as a guide for viewers throughout the episodes which keep them in suspense thanks to reconstructions, archives and audio recordings of Nuremberg. Joe Berlinger hopes with this production for Netflix that no one forgets what happened in the death camps in Europe, at a time when the far right and populism are attracting more and more voters around the world. using rhetoric that is nothing new. In this regard, it is impossible not to think of Donald Trump, candidate for the American presidential election this fall, whose speech undoubtedly resembles the one given, if we trust the series, by Hitler in the 1930s…
From June 5