Green Documentaries

Ma poubelle est un trésor, by Martin Meissonier and Pascal Signolet

AT LIBRARY OF ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DELHI (2nd FLOOR)

2 SCREENINGS

At 10:00 am & 5:00 pm

2010, 90 min

French language with English subtitles

On the occasion of 40th World Environment Day, the French library welcome you all for the screening of "Ma poubelle est un trésor”, a documentary by Martin Meissonier and Pascal Signolet, a creation devoted to the problems of our waste throughout the world. The film recalls that since 40 years, the weight of waste per household has doubled and our consumption is still producing 391 kilos a year. It is urgent now to reduce their amount and harmfulness.

L’eau, la terre et le paysan, by Christian Rouaud

AT M.L. BHARTIA AUDITORIUM - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DELHI

At 7:00pm

2007, 52 min

French language with English subtitles

Through two generations of farmers in the Côtes d’Armor, this film tackles the controversial issue of water pollution because of the excesses of industrial agriculture in Brittany.

Etienne, the father, has known the job in its traditional way, with horses and manual reaping. When modernization has brought its machines and products, along with domestic comfort, he has adopted it wholeheartedly. Encouraged by the agricultural technicians, he has poured fertilizers, pesticides and liquid manure on a large scale, without asking any questions. Yields were impressive. When his son, Joseph, has come back from the school of agriculture, he continued with pleasure this game with nature, until he realizes that his neighbor, the producer of mussels, found himself regularly prohibited from marketing his fishing. Following the story of the awareness of Joseph and his difficult conversion, the film considers the possibility of another agriculture, which would find, finally, a balance with nature.

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