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Frédéric Chaussoy

I am not a murderer

A deeply moving book “Defying laws and social habits, a mother brought to his suffering and incurably ill son the death he was longing for. This extreme and modern tragedy, overwhelmed the ...

I am not a murderer

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Sabine Dardenne

I was 12, I took my bike and I went to school

An exceptional testimony On May 28th, 1996, Sabine Dardenne, 12 years old, was kidnapped by Marc Dutroux, a paedophile and multiple offender who had already raped other young girls in Belgium. ...

I was 12, I took my bike and I went to school

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Leila

Married by force

Married by force, she was forced to submit to a man she didn’t love. Leila was 21-year old when she was married by force in France. She is now determined to bear witness, in order to make people ...

Married by force

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Jean-Pierre Moreau

Parce que je ne veux pas mourir - Moreau

Because I don’t want to die

An incredible trip round the world in pursuit of the “other” medicines. Imagine that you are thirty years old and suddenly you’re seized by recurring cramps which make you totter and ...

Because I don’t want to die

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Patrick Chauvel

War Reporter

For thirty-five years Patrick Chauvel has been photographing the violent conflicts which have broken out across the world. In prose that is spare and arresting, with the force and conviction of ...

War Reporter

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Tavae

Si loin du monde - Tavae

So Far from the World

The true story of a Tahitian fisherman shipwrecked for 4 months in the Pacific On April 15th, 2002, Tavae cast off from Papeete for an ordinary day at sea. Soon afterwards his engine failed, and ...

So Far from the World

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Souad

Burned Alive

A Victim of the Law of Men Souad is seventeen years old, she is in love. In her village like many others, love before marriage is synonymous with death. “Dishonoured”, her family ...

Burned Alive

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Jean-Jacques Le Garrec

Evasions

74 days in Jolo

Evasions

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Serge Humpich

Le cerveau bleu - Humpich

The Blue Brain

This young man will shake up banks. In 1999, alone at home, he finds a fault in the security of bank cards. He could take advantage of it, spend millions with impunity. No, he is honest, he wants ...

The Blue Brain

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