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Vivants

( Season 2023 )
And what if you left the reality of being human behind to explore the world as if you were an animal or plant. A well-known figure from Romandy takes up the challenge of discovering what it is like to be a totally different species, feeling and living as they do.

Commentary by: Andrea Gringeri.

Episodes

Episode
5
Julie Berthollet : devenir chauve-souris
Julie Berthollet: becoming a bat

They are nocturnal and said to dine on blood and transmit myriad diseases. Yet bats, the stealthy shadows that haunt our imaginations, have done nothing to deserve their bad reputation. Violinist Julie Berthollet is about to discover that these harmless little creatures are essential to the regulation of insect populations.

Narration: Andrea Gringeri.
Episode
6
Manuella Maury : devenir loup
Manuella Maury: how to become a wolf

Whether feared or protected, wolves leave few indifferent. Manuella Maury reconnects with her instincts, learning to trail an animal by scent, finding her own she-wolf call and following the many threads connecting the story of the wolf to that of humans.

Commentary by: Andrea Gringeri.
Episode
7
Philippe Chevrier : devenir cochon
Philippe Chevrier: if I were a pig

Chef Philippe Chevrier loves pork, in fact he adores it, Chops, trotters, spare ribs, cheek: in his kitchen the animal becomes some of the choicest dishes, just talking about it has his mouth watering. But putting himself in the place of a pig? An idea that seems much less tempting.

Commentary by: Andrea Gringeri.
Episode
8
Brigitte Rosset : devenir champignon
Brigitte Rosset: mushrooming into a fungus

Turning Brigitte Rosset into a mushroom needed all our imagination and every ounce of the Genevan comedian's sense of fun and self-mockery. And we certainly weren't disappointed.

Commentary by: Andrea Gringeri.
Episode
9
Emi Vauthey: becoming a spider

We discover the fascinating world of spiders in the company of circus artist and contortionist Emi Vauthey, who agreed to transform herself before our very eyes!

Commentary by: Andrea Gringeri.
Episode
10
Stress : devenir cheval

Le cheval fascine l'être humain depuis la Préhistoire, mais que savons-nous vraiment de lui?? On a proposé à Stress, icône?de la scène rap suisse, de se glisser le temps d'une émission dans la crinière et les sabots de ce fier animal.

Commentaires : Andrea Gringeri