Chasing Dragons: The Forgotten Knight of the Round Table

To shed light on the dark side of history and to denounce the repression raging in their countries, Hispanic authors are reinventing the literary genre of the noir novel.

Along the 13th and 14th centuries, they were one of Central Europe’s most powerful orders of chivalry. For some, they were a civilizing and beneficial force; for others, they were fearsome and bloodthirsty soldiers. But who really were the Teutonic Knights and what was their true role in history?

Summer 1946. During a family holiday by the sea, Boris Vian wrote a fashionable noir novel full of sex, violence and rage in just two weeks. The novel "I spit on your Graves" still challenges and provokes readers to this day.

Diderot's La Religieuse is "a time bomb" published in 1796, 12 years after the author's death. If the ambiguous book created a controversy when it was published in post-revolutionary France, it became a real scandal in 1962 when it was adapted for the cinema. This sulfurous text made post-war conservative society tremble and three centuries later, the subversive power of Denis Diderot's novel has lost none of its force.

An immersion in the eerie and bewitching imaginary of the most inscrutable Brontë sister.

Through harmonious dreamlike shots, this film offers a lyrical escape into nature and unveils the day-to-day of those who chose a simple living. Combining writers and academics viewpoints, we delve into Thoreau’s poetic and revolutionary mind.