As part of the Micro-Folie program, immerse yourself in a fascinating adventure through time with the screening of the documentary "Chauvet, Voyage aux Origines", a 90-minute film directed by Guy Padovani, in collaboration with Marc Azéma.
SYNOPSIS
December 1994. In the heart of the Ardèche Gorge, 3 speleologists make a major archaeological discovery: an immense decorated cave, one of the oldest in the world. Its walls are covered with a thousand drawings, engravings and paintings, now considered to be the first artistic masterpieces of mankind.
For 30 years, scientists - paleontologists, prehistorians, parietalists and geomorphologists - have been trying to unravel its mysteries.
How did this prehistoric sanctuary, the fruit of an astonishing collaboration between nature and man, come to be here? How and by whom were its works created? What messages did the artists leave behind? And how can it be preserved in the face of the dangers that threaten it?
This film takes us on a fabulous journey of 120 million years.
First shaped by titanic geological forces, the cave is sculpted into a massif emerging from the depths of a coral lagoon. It was successively inhabited by Ice Age animals, including the colossal cave bear, which reigns supreme. Decorated by the first Europeans with unprecedented virtuosity. And finally, sealed by the whims of nature to allow it to survive to the present day, at a time when the threats hanging over it have never been greater.
Indeed, its natural conservation is now facing the challenges of environmental change, which is forcing it to close itself off ever more tightly to the outside world.
The film crews were given exceptional access to the cave to capture never-before-seen images and tell the great story of the Grotte Chauvet. This documentary questions our own conception of art and invites us to preserve and pass on this common heritage of mankind.
December 1994. In the heart of the Ardèche Gorge, 3 speleologists make a major archaeological discovery: an immense decorated cave, one of the oldest in the world. Its walls are covered with a thousand drawings, engravings and paintings, now considered to be the first artistic masterpieces of mankind.
For 30 years, scientists - paleontologists, prehistorians, parietalists and geomorphologists - have been trying to unravel its mysteries.
How did this prehistoric sanctuary, the fruit of an astonishing collaboration between nature and man, come to be here? How and by whom were its works created? What messages did the artists leave behind? And how can it be preserved in the face of the dangers that threaten it?
This film takes us on a fabulous journey of 120 million years.
First shaped by titanic geological forces, the cave is sculpted into a massif emerging from the depths of a coral lagoon. It was successively inhabited by Ice Age animals, including the colossal cave bear, which reigns supreme. Decorated by the first Europeans with unprecedented virtuosity. And finally, sealed by the whims of nature to allow it to survive to the present day, at a time when the threats hanging over it have never been greater.
Indeed, its natural conservation is now facing the challenges of environmental change, which is forcing it to close itself off ever more tightly to the outside world.
The film crews were given exceptional access to the cave to capture never-before-seen images and tell the great story of the Grotte Chauvet. This documentary questions our own conception of art and invites us to preserve and pass on this common heritage of mankind.
