What becomes of the French Academy? Faced with the recent death of its most famous ambassadors, Jean d’Ormesson, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, with the emergence of English in all parts of society, the green clothes of the Quai Conti must manage a crisis of meaning and generation. They do so by withdrawing into their attributes, pageantry, a certain idea of France and all the same a pinch of the spirit of the times. Against all odds, it works. Find our summer series in five episodes.
Updated on 17-07-2022 at 18:01