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The New Observer –  Our relationship to image is changing. This docu-fiction by Fabrice HOURLIER  inaugurates a genre of the third type which one can think will become widespread…a dizzying result.  »

LEISURE TELEVISION  :  This immersion in the ancient world, which cleverly mixes fiction, historical truth and computer graphics is a real success. A beautiful odyssey  !  »

THE WORLD Televisions  : “  After "  Trafalgar  " and "  the fate of Rome  » Fabrice HOURLIER and Stéphanie HAUVILLE present an amazing new film, made of synthetic images and dialogues in ancient Greek, articulated around the battles of Marathon and Salamis in the 5th century. av. AD. A striking reconstruction, both entertaining and educational.  »

TV 7 Days  : History in show. (…) This French film, with neat digital images, combines meticulous reconstitution and scenes worthy of Hollywood.

The life  : Superb television fresco by Fabrice HOURLIER. Not only are the computer-generated images breathtakingly poetic, but they are also accompanied by dialogues in ancient Greek and Persian. The set recreates the Persian Wars like never before  !

TELERAMA  What a pleasure to see Marc-Antoine (impressive Pawel Delag) declaim in the language of Cicero the funeral oration of Julius Caesar. With its astonishing visual universe, its demanding historical perspective and its dialogues in Latin, the Destiny of Rome is a work apart. A success.  »

THE WORLD  :  The film flips through like a picture book. An unprecedented aesthetic in documentary fiction. Scientific rigor and pictorial magic go hand in hand here  !  »

THE FIGARO  the battles are breathtaking, the same for the cities of Rome and Alexandria which have been the subject of a meticulous reconstruction…  »

TV Z  Simply breathtaking  !  »

THE NEWEST OBS  :  "  Arte dares to offer a historical docu-fiction in Latin in prime time, it's great  !  »

TELE TNT PROGRAMS  : “  Closer to Rome. A colossal challenge, once again easily taken up by director Fabrice HOURLIER, who brilliantly revisits a crucial page in history.  »

THE WAR OF THE ACES

Directed by: Fabrice Hourlier

Authors: Marc Einsenchteter, Fabrice Hourlier.

Broadcast: ARTE

Rise in the air alongside "  of aces of aces  » and discover the Great War seen from the sky, as close as possible to men, during the First World War.

4 years, from 1914 to 1918, where great history is written between the lines of the story of combat missions experienced by 5 pilots of excellence, German, French and British - the Red Baron, Ernst Udet, Georges Guynemer, René Fonck and Edward Mannock.-

THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN

Directed by: Fabrice Hourlier

Authors: Jacques Dubuisson, Stéphanie Hauville, Fabrice Hourlier.

Broadcast: ARTE

1798: a huge armada leaves Toulon for a mysterious military expedition. 40,000 soldiers,

10,000 sailors and 167 scientists, mostly young, were called by the brilliant General Bonaparte, then aged  29 years old. A week before the landing, the destination is finally revealed: Egypt, the country of the pharaohs which makes Europe dream of enlightenment and more particularly our scholars. This two-part docu-fiction unveils the incredible adventures of this unprecedented expedition.

THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN

Directed by: Fabrice Hourlier

Authors: Marc Einsenchteter, Fabrice Hourlier.

Broadcast: ARTE

June 1812. Under Napoleon's orders, the largest European army ever assembled marches on Moscow. This is the start of the Russian campaign. Napoleon will lead half a million men to tragic defeat. Combining reconstruction scenes, interviews with historians, period documents and 3D animations, this two-part documentary will tell you in detail about the terrible Russian campaign: the destruction of Smolensk, the terrible battle of Borodin, the burning of Moscow , the retreat under the snow and the blizzard of the Berezina... You will discover the military strategies of Napoleon and his adversary Alexander 1st.

WING TO WING

Directed by: Fabrice Hourlier

Authors: Stéphanie Hauville, Fabrice Hourlier.

Broadcast: France Television

Find in this box 6 documentaries on the outstanding French women of the 20th century. Striking portraits of French figures who have distinguished themselves in various fields (science, medicine, resistance, politics, humanitarian, social and sport)  : Jacqueline Auriol, Claudie Haigneré, Marie Curie, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Sister Emmanuelle, Germaine Tillion and Geneviève de Gaulle.

METRONOME

Directed by: Fabrice Hourlier

Authors: Lorànt Deutsch, Fabrice Hourlier.

Broadcast: France Television

The phenomenon of bookstores arrives on DVD. The fiery Lorànt Deutsch tells the story of Paris in four thrilling 52-minute episodes, illustrated with spectacular 3D fiction sequences. The double-DVD is enriched, among other things, with an instructive making of. Metronome - 2-DVD (France Televisions Distribution).

TO  NAME OF ATHENS

Directed by: Fabrice Hourlier

Authors: Stéphanie Hauville, Fabrice Hourlier.

Broadcast: ARTE

5th century BC, the immense Persian forces swept over Greece and plunged us into the heart of the Persian wars (Greeks against Persians). Here, one man must prove his worth and defend his ideals, the other is a King, preoccupied with authority and expanding the borders of his empire. We discover a traitor wanting to restore Tyranny, a son who wishes to avenge his father with the means of an empire, the emergence of a naval thought and the courage of citizen-soldiers, heroic hoplites, ready to do anything to save their freedom.

DESTINY OF ROME

Directed by: Fabrice Hourlier

Authors: Stéphanie Hauville, Fabrice Hourlier.

Broadcast: ARTE

Shot as close as possible to historical reality, these two films invite us to the heart of Roman Antiquity, at a time when wars and conspiracies raged and where two men: Marc-Antoine and Octave will see their destiny change with death. of Julius Caesar assassinated by his son. One with Cleopatra Marc Antoine, the other by becoming the first Roman emperor under the name of Augustus. Long allies, the two men will then engage in a merciless battle with Rome and its Empire. Octave will win despite Cleopatra's support for Marc Antoine. Two films that retrace the duel of two men (the young Marc Antoine and the wise Octave) but also two worlds: the East of Cleopatra and the Roman West. A historical epic in the language of the time (Greek and Latin) where actors take up the challenge of speaking these dead languages.

TRAFALGAR

Directed by: Fabrice Hourlier

Authors: Marc Einsenchteter, Fabrice Hourlier.

Broadcast: ARTE

Since 1803, Napoleon dreamed of invading England. An ambition for which the Emperor transformed the small port of Boulogne-sur-Mer into a gigantic stronghold where 150,000 soldiers were stationed. In order to make a success of the landing, he sought to attract the English naval forces away from the Channel. After a few vain attempts to take the fleets of Collingwood and Nelson towards the West Indies, Admiral de Villeneuve allowed himself to be locked up in front of Cadiz, off Cape Trafalgar, to lure the English there. But he soon receives a counter-order and has to go to the Mediterranean. Two days after leaving the harbour, on October 21, 1805, the French ships commanded by Villeneuve were intercepted by twenty-seven English ships led by the flamboyant Admiral Nelson... A striking military and human history with a face-to-face between two admirals that everything opposes.

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