Nicolas Philibert Movies

Jacques Lemonnier of IBM France, Francois Dalle of L'Oreal and other ultrapowerful French moguls are surprisingly candid -- and cold-blooded -- as...

In a workshop in the National Natural History Museum (Paris), a taxidermist undertakes the task of stuffing a badger. This film was earmarked for the...

Interview with French Radio France forecaster, meteorologist and journalist Joël Collado. Complementary bonus film to the DVD edition of "La...

From January to November 2004, as a kind of carnet de voyage alongside our other activities, we asked one and the same question of various people we...

Four hundred animal portraits. This film was made for the renovated Grande Galerie in the National Natural History Museum in Paris.

This is a peaceful conversation between two filmmakers, Nicolas Philibert and Jean-Louis Comolli. A conversation, or the pleasure of spending time...

Every year, thousands of students – mostly female – embark upon courses that will lead them to become nurses. This film follows the ups...

Interview with Jack Thiney, taxidermist at the National Museum of Natural History, in Paris. Complementary bonus film to the DVD edition of "Animals"...

Interview with Linda De Zitter, clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst. Complementary bonus film to the new DVD edition of "La Moindre des Choses"...

Interview with Emmanuelle Laborit, actress and director of the company l'International Visual Theatre (IVT). Complementary bonus film to the DVD...

In the summer of 1995, as every year, the patients and staff of "La Borde" psychiatric clinic rehearse their summer play for a performance on August...

Excerpts from a reading of texts on the heroes of the Tour de France by Jacques Bonnaffé, accompanied by Louis Sclavis on clarinet and sax....

The star of the menagerie at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris since 1972, Nénette attracts hundreds of visitors every year. In June 2019, the...

This film was made for the Grande Galerie in the National Natural History Museum in Paris, retracing the major stages of its recent restoration.

A TV-special offering more than three and a half hours of the latest standout production in the diverse and eclectic world of short films and...

A panel of people representing nothing at all tries to open supposedly easy-open packages.

This fascinating French documentary chronicles the reopening of the Zoology Hall in the Paris Museum of Natural History in 1993. It had been closed...

When Nénette watches "Nénette". Eight months after the theatrical release of "Nénette", the director, who had promised to show...

A film arising from "Trilogie Pour Un Homme Seul" (Trilogy for One Man), about the medical and nutritional monitoring of French mountaineer...