Marie Binet

Les Contes Secrets ou les Rohmériens features interviews with 16 actors who have appeared in Rohmer's films, and they talk on camera about his unusual working methods, his personality, and his spare but evocative signature style. Among the thespians who share their memories are Jean-Louis Trinitignant, Marie-Christine Barrault, Zouzou, Jean-Claude Brialy, Béatrice Romand, Françoise Fabian, and Andre Dussolier; the film also includes rare footage of Rohmer himself at work on the set of his 1978 effort Perceval.

After Hick returns from America, he finds himself in no man's land: his station in Last Valley has been closed and Hick, the now unemployed stationmaster, leaves his family to emigrate to no man's land. In his absence, he is put on trial in Last Valley, the charges and reasons for which become increasingly vague and remain unclear until the end. In this trial, his wife defends him by emphasizing her husband's virtue - but he has started an affair in no man's land.

For many, Georges Moustaki is "Le Métèque." He is also, and above all, the author of legendary songs for Edith Piaf, Milord, Reggiani, Sarah, La Solitude, Barbara, J'm'en balance..., Montand, Henri Salvador, Dalida, Colette Renard, and more. This film reveals how his songs have accompanied the key events in our history since 1968. It takes us to Egypt, to Alexandria, his hometown, and Paris with Henri Salvador, Serge Reggiani, Théodorakis, Paco Ibanez, Albert Cossery, Gérôme Charyn, Alexandre Fassianos, and Jorge Amado. A portrait at the crossroads of all the known and unknown paths in the life of Georges Moustaki, tenderly blending music, history, writing, friendships, and memories.