Discovery and science

Excerpt from the press release:

Five years after the success of "Le Plus Beau Pays du Monde 1 & 2" (exceptional prime-time shows that won the hearts of French viewers with 7 and 5 million viewers on France 2), director Frédéric Fougea returns with "Le Sanctuaire," the third installment, broadcast on Saturday, February 23, 2019, at 9 p.m. on France 2. Narrated by Gérard Lanvin, this 90-minute film takes us to the heart of a wild land where nature still hides some of its most beautiful secrets: the Alps. Close to home, there is a world where winter lasts eight months, where temperatures drop to minus forty degrees, and where the air is severely lacking in oxygen: the Alps. All the living creatures that inhabit this region have adapted to these extreme conditions. But how do they manage to attract mates, raise their young ( in the case of animals!), and conquer new territories?

Our heroes have incredible stories to tell us: a wolf condemned to exile after her mate was killed by a bear, the journey of a bearded vulture searching for his birthplace, the romantic escapades of a red frog in frozen lakes, the strange fate of an ancient immortal tree, a shepherd's heroic battle against wolves...

And then, of course, there's the world of alpine plants! Four people working full-time for a whole week of filming dedicated to the Garden... for a few minutes of breathtakingly beautiful images of the Lautaret Garden and, more generally, the area around the pass.

Get ready to discover an unexpected, unforgiving, and wonderful world. A great journey right on our doorstep, in Europe's last sanctuary.

The figures

2 years of filming
4 years of production
20 cameramen