Jean-Claude Dumoulin

Les Cent Livres des Hommes (ORTF, 1969-1973) was a series of literary programs created by Claude Santelli and Françoise Verny, and produced notably by Santelli, Jean Archimbaud, and Serge Moati. Planned for one hundred episodes but completed at thirty-nine, the series aimed to introduce great literary works, 'chefs-d’œuvre', to a younger audience through a mix of dramatization, reading, and documentary techniques. It marked a transfer of cultural legitimacy from writers and critics to a generation of television producers, offering a new model of educational and creative literary broadcasting - 'télévision d’auteur'.

"This book is a descent into the soul of a child." On November 26th, 1865, Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' was published. In this 1973 broadcast, we discover the genesis of this "masterpiece of the absurd" and delve into the depths of a child's soul, thanks to Jean Gattegno's fascinating analysis. As a bonus, Claude Rich reads us an excerpt from Alice's adventures.

A secret organization of ex-sailors in Valparaíso hires a Frenchman to eliminate a rapist. Meanwhile Florencia, a young woman in the organization, is in charge of unwanted pregnancies. Forced to hide for a while at the house in Florencia, the Frenchman discovers the city and falls in love with his hostess. Escaping from prison and his feelings, he leaves the country clandestinely leaving Florencia pregnant.