Marguerite Yourcenar

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

Zénon is the hero of “The Abyss”, the famous novel by Marguerite Yourcenar published in 1968. He is also the main character in André Delvaux’s film, played by Gian Maria Volonte, for the movie adaptation of the same book in 1988. But what does Zénon represent for us today, and what has become of him? How can this entirely fictional philosopher, doctor, alchemist and inventor from the Renaissance help us understand the era in which he lived as well as our own in these uncertain times? This is what this documentary sets out to do.

Hours and historical meetings, Pierre Assouline has composed an anthology of the best extracts presented in the form of a primer, which he had commented on by a surprised Bernard Pivot.

In 2016, French writer and photographer Carole Achache took her own life. After Carole's death, her daughter Mona Achache, a film director, discovers thousands of photos, letters and recordings that Carole left behind, but these buried secrets make her disappearance even more of an enigma. Through the power of filmmaking and the beauty of incarnation with the help of actress Marion Cotillard, the director brings her mother back to life to retrace her journey and find out who she really was.

A one-night theatrical performance adapted from Marguerite Yourcenar’s epistolary novel, performed for TV in the monumental Canopo at Villa Adriana (Tivoli). Directed and starring Alessandro Preziosi (with Elisa Di Eusanio), it blends theater, music, and contemporary art installations by Alfredo Pirri, with original music by Giacomo Vezzani and live interventions featuring saxophonist Stefano Di Battista and violinist Giovanni Andrea Zanon.

Presentation of Marguerite Yourcenar's book about the famous Loire water castle Chenonceau as the "Castle of Women"

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

A one-night theatrical performance adapted from Marguerite Yourcenar’s epistolary novel, performed for TV in the monumental Canopo at Villa Adriana (Tivoli). Directed and starring Alessandro Preziosi (with Elisa Di Eusanio), it blends theater, music, and contemporary art installations by Alfredo Pirri, with original music by Giacomo Vezzani and live interventions featuring saxophonist Stefano Di Battista and violinist Giovanni Andrea Zanon.

The Sienese Pia Tolomei is imprisoned in a castle by a jealous husband. Based on the novel by Marguerite Yourcenar, inspired by a story from the Italian Middle Ages.