The way we tell and make culture live on television is changing. The Astonishing Doc! celebrates beauty, rock’n’roll, icons, what’s popular and all components of culture.
Which central place did prostitutes occupy in the development of modern painting and literature? Can art afford anything? How has the lockdown and its consequences changed the world of culture? Did the artists of the 70s and 80s participate in the slippage that the liberation of speech has revealed in recent years?
This 7-episode series deals with strong topics which resonate and create bridges between today and yesterday. Astonishing sequences, unpublished archives, secret images, and exclusive interviews with major figures of our time offer a fresh look, lift taboos and reveal the truth behind these cultural myths.
Episode 1: The Art of the Brothel
Episode 2: Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a lost paradise
Episode 3: Jesus the artist
Episode 4: The crazy story of the transvestites
Episode 5: Exposed childhood
Episode 6: Deconfined culture
Episode 7: François Truffaut's secrets
Direction: Jérôme Bermyn & Guillaume Auda & Aurélia Perreau & Julien Beau & Elise Le Bivic & Grégory Draï
Production: Bangumi & France télévisions for France 2