Loulou - Saison 1 (1/11)

Loulou - Staffel 1 (1/11)

The Little Grain

Loulou (1/11)

"Loulou" (1/11)

Il semino

Loulou is 29 years old, enjoying Paris life with her three best friends. She's been in a relationship for the past year, and she had started thinking about the future somewhat... But this morning, the future suddenly comes knocking: she's pregnant. She's not ready. What now? 

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Loulou is 29 years old, enjoying Paris life with her three best friends. She's been in a relationship for the past year, and she had started thinking about the future somewhat... But this morning, the future suddenly comes knocking: she's pregnant. She's not ready. What now? <br /><br /><br />

Lulu's young, and carefree. And pregnant. She's not ready. What now? 

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Whenever Loulou has to admit to something to her parents, she relies on her best friend Max to do all the talking. Except this time it's not a piercing or a bad exam result. It's a baby. Can Max pull it off this time? 

Loulou (2/11)

When Loulou has to admit to something to her parents, she relies on her friend Max to sweettalk them: but this time she's beyond even his help

The Parents

Loulou is happily pregnant... right up until she realises the baby was conceived two months earlier than she'd originally thought. Cue the frantic calculations as she tries to figure out whether Marcus really is the father. 

Loulou (3/11)

Loulou is happily pregnant, until she realises the baby was conceived two months earlier than thought. Is Marcus the father?

The Conception

To practise being a mum, Loulou decides to babysit her neighbour's baby for an afternoon, with the help of Max, Alice and Marie. It's a tough afternoon for all concerned. 

Loulou (4/11)

Loulou minds her neighbour's baby to sharpen her mothering skills. Her training doesn't go well...

Baby Training

The bigger Loulou gets, the more attention she's hoping for. But for everybody else it's just another day, and nobody seems to care that she has an impromptu dinner to cook for. And there's no more curry powder left to make her curry: disaster!  

Loulou (5/11)

Loulou thought being pregnant would get her special treatment... but she feels invisible

Lou Lou Land

Lulu is five months pregnant and her pregnancy glow must have got lost in the post. She's never felt so ugly. But when Loïc looks at her, she feels like her old self again. So what's wrong with a harmless little bit of flirting?

Loulou (6/11)

Lulu is five months pregnant and her pregnancy glow must have got lost in the post

The Flirt

Vercingétorix, Loulou's cat, has died. Loulou is heartbroken and wants to find a fitting way of commemorating her love for him. She goes on a mission to find the perfect memorial with the help of Max, Alice and Marie. 

Loulou (7/11)

Loulou's beloved cat has died and Loulou is on a mission to properly memorialise him

The Cat

Marcus is worried about becoming a father and has been reading weird stuff online. Marie advises Loulou to take him to see a specialist: Gonzalo.

Loulou (8/11)

Marcus is worried about becoming a father 

Therapy

To immortalise Loulou's pregnancy, her friends gift her a photo shoot. But Patrick is in actual fact an animal photographer... and his pictures aren't the treasured memories Loulou hoped they would be.

Loulou (9/11)

To immortalise Loulou's pregnancy, her friends gift her a photo shoot. But Patrick is in actual fact an animal photographer...

The Photo Shoot

Loulou is obsessed with the idea of being a good mother, so Marie takes her to a support group full of pregnant women fighting their own demons. 

Loulou (10/11)

The pressure of impending motherhood is getting to Loulou

The Mum Club

Loulou is almost ready to give birth, and so Max, Alice and Marie decide to throw her a baby shower. But of course, not the basic baby shower: these three are going off piste.

Loulou (11/11)

Loulou's friends organise an extremely weird baby shower for her

The Baby Shower

Loulou - Bringing up Mum

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Loulou meets Violette, Max's new girlfriend. Violette loves wine… “and sex”. Perfect timing for Loulou to realise that perhaps after a lifetime of being friends, she's in love with Max.

Loulou (1/10)

Loulou meets Violette, Max's new girlfriend. Violette loves wine… “and sex”

Violette

Loulou really wanted her son's birthday to be special. But only two other kids showed up and now she's spiralling, worried that Alex is unpopular at school with no friends.

Loulou (2/10)

Loulou really wanted her son's birthday to be special. But only two other kids showed up

The Party

Sun, sea, and sand... Lou and her friends are relaxing by the beach. Until suddenly they realise. Where's Alex?

Loulou (4/10)

 Lou and her friends are relaxing by the beach. Until suddenly they realise. Where's Alex?

The Boat

Getting your child christened seems to be the thing to do; it's just tradition. So Loulou decides to go ahead with the ceremony... until suddenly she gets cold feet. Should she be the one calling the shots when it comes to her child's soul?

Loulou (3/10)

Loulou decides to get her son christened when mid-ceremony, she gets cold feet...

The Christening

Loulou, Marie and Max find Alice hyperventilating on the kitchen floor. She has a big announcement to make. For the first time in their adult lives, the inserperable quad is about to become a trio.

Loulou (10/10)

For the first time in their adult lives, the inserperable quad is about to become a trio

The Final

Since becoming a mum, Loulou has lost her mojo and she isn't sure she knows how to get it back. It's likely her friends have a plan...

Loulou (6/10)

Since becoming a mum, Loulou has lost her mojo 

Motherhood: Mojo Killer?

Feeling overwhelmed by being a single mum, Loulou is visited by her nurturing neighbour, Angela, who gives her the strength to keep going. 

Loulou (7/10)

Feeling overwhelmed by being a single mum, Loulou is visited by her nurturing neighbour

La Madre

Loulou's son showed off his 'chin-chin' again at school - in other words, his penis. The adults around him struggle to explain why public nudity is not okay.

Loulou (9/10)

Loulou tries to explain to her son why pulling his trousers down at school is not okay

The 'Chin-chin'

Loulou is launching her career in politics! On a whim, and to impress a guy she likes, she decides to run for Parent Teacher Council. Ball pit in the middle of the classroom anyone?

Loulou (5/10)

On a whim, and to impress a guy she likes, Loulou decides to run for Parent Teacher Council

The Parent Teacher Council

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Behind his polite exterior lies a formidable leader with a ruthless character, ready to do anything to make China the world's leading power by the People’s Republic’s centenary in 2049. This well-documented portrait of the Chinese president gives an unprecedented insight into his politics and shows how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

A portrait of the Chinese president giving an unprecedented insight into his politics and showing how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

The New World of Xi Jinping

In 1974, the French erotic film Emmanuelle broke audience records: almost 350 million viewers worldwide and a twelve-year run on the Champs Elysées in Paris. After the success of the sexually explicit Last Tango in Paris, Emmanuelle appeared at a turning point in French society: The sexual emancipation following May '68 in France. 

Queen of French Erotic Cinema

In 1974, the French erotic film Emmanuelle broke audience records: almost 350 million viewers worldwide and a twelve-year run on the Champs Elysées in Paris

Emmanuelle

Darío Aguirre is from Ecuador, living in Germany with his wife. When the city of Hamburg unexpectedly invited him to become a German citizen, Darío revisits his rocky path to building a life for himself in Europe and wonders about who he has become. This film is about arriving and living abroad in a time when xenophobia is suddenly acceptable again in Germany, and society is struggling to find the right way to integrate new citizens.

 What it's like to live in Germany as a foreigner when xenophobia is suddenly socially acceptable again

How I Became German

In France, the bungalow evokes holidays in the sun. In the UK, they are humble everyday dwellings for grandparents. But in Germany or the United States, they take on a very different form: they are a bourgeois luxury, a single-storey villa with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking nature. Inspired by the "bangalo", a traditional one-storey Bengal house open to the outside, this style was also a staple of colonial architecture. 

In the US and Germany, bungalows are a bourgeois luxury: a single-storey villa with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking nature

The Beauty of Bungalows

Star violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and composer JohnWilliams have long been something of a dream team. The 89-year-old American has composed a new violin concerto especially for the German violin virtuoso. Together with works by Jessie Montgomery, Aaron Copland and Igor Stravinsky, this world premiere is the highlight of the Tanglewood Festival 2021. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is conducted by BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons and John Williams.

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Jessie Montgomery: Starburst
John Williams: Violin concerto No. 2 (World Premiere)
John Williams: New arrangements of film themes “Across the Stars“
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
Igor Stravinsky: Suite from “The Firebird“ (1919 Edition)

Tanglewood Festival 2021

Anne-Sophie Mutter performs the world premiere of John Williams new violin concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Anne-Sophie Mutter - John Williams

Love is political, says journalist and author Şeyda Kurt. In her book Radical Tenderness she does away with the myth of romantic love. Ultimately, the widespread ideal of romantic, two-person love only serves to preserve existing patriarchal power relations, she says. Maria Schrader's new movie Ich bin Dein Mensch revolves around a humanoid robot with artificial intelligence that is programmed to serve as the 'perfect partner'.  Plus: Philosopher Peter Trawny, who says that freedom and love are incompatible, and LBGTQI+ groups fight for the freedom to love in Islam. 

Twist

Love is political, says journalist and author Şeyda Kurt. In her book Radical Tenderness she does away with the myth of romantic love

Why is Love so Hard?

In Japan, the “washlet” combines Western toilets with Japanese hygiene standards. A clever combination of comfort and cleanliness, they're considered a basic essential for people in Japan, although visitors may be left baffled as to how to use them. They have dozens of functionalities.

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Japanese toilets make the bathroom experience a high tech luxury

Toilets, Perfected

With his Stetson on his head and a cigarette in his mouth, Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997), was a singer-songwriter of incandescent, beautifully despairing country songs. He was an artist plagued by demons, often under the influence of alcohol and drugs, but he nevertheless wrote some of the masterpieces of American song, including "If I Needed You" and "To Live is to Fly", and managed to climb to the top of the charts in spite of himself with the song "Pancho and Lefty", first popularised by Emmylou Harris and then covered by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. His song 'Kathleen' was recently covered by Tindersticks.
 Troubled Troubadour
Through concert footage, film archives and interviews, this remarkable documentary sensitively traces Townes Van Zandt's formative experiences and existential and artistic ups and downs - from the beginning of his musical career, inspired by early Bob Dylan records and legendary blues bard Lightnin' Hopkins, to his untimely death. His managers, his children, his three wives and numerous musician friends shed light on his personality and reveal the affection they had for this troubled troubadour.

Portait of troubled Texan folk singer Townes van Zandt (1944-1997) who wrote beautiful and despairing country songs.

Townes Van Zandt: Be Here to Love Me

Moria, Europe's largest refugee camp, has become one giant shanty town. When Covid struck, those living in the camp felt abandoned as things turned from bad to worse.
Maurice Joyeux, from the Jesuit Refugee Service, and his friend Mortaza Behboudi chose this very moment to return to Lesbos, to find the forgotten people of the pandemic, surviving in this squalid and unsanitary camp.

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Moria, Europe's largest refugee camp, has become one giant shanty town. When Covid struck, those living in the camp felt abandoned as things turned from bad to worse.

Greece: Moria - A Living Hell

One Country, Two Systems? No Way! say the youth of Taiwan. But China under President Xi Jinping wants more than ever to bring the island of Taiwan back into the fold, just like Hong Kong. Can the burgeoning democracy on China’s doorstep, driven by digital technology, resist the Middle Kingdom’s advances?  

Taiwan: A Digital Democracy in China's Shadow

From Chur, Switzerland’s oldest city, to Tirano in Northern Italy, the Bernina Express winds its way through deep valleys and wild gorges, crossing some 196 bridges and going through 55 tunnels in its journey through the Graubünden Alps. A journey to discover one of the most spectacular railway lines in the world and an audacious feat of engineering.

A Train through the Alps

 A journey of discovery on one of the most spectacular railway lines in the world, and an audacious feat of engineering.

The Bernina Express

In Autumn 2020, Azerbaijan defeated Armenian troops in Nagorno-Karabakh after six weeks of war. Thousands of soldiers died and the exact number of civilian casualties is unknown. Armenian director Aram Shahbazyan was on the front line, interviewing residents and witnessing bombings.

ARTE Regards

We take you to the frontline of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Nagorno-Karabakh: The Last Days

From the Théâtre de l’Archevêché, Mozart’s opera – directed by Lotte de Beer – opens the festivities at the Aix-en-Provence opera festival. Conductor Thomas Hengelbrock leads a fine vocal ensemble that includes soprano Julie Fuchs, baritone Andrè Schuen and mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre.

Aix-en-Provence Festival 2021

Mozart’s opera – directed by Lotte de Beer – opens the festivities of the festival of lyric art in Aix-en-Provence.

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro

For decades, the middle classes were what held post-war Europe together. Confidence in the Republic and its values was a given for the French middle classes who saw the state as a force for good and believed in social mobility. That all changed with the Yellow Vest movement (2018-2019) which saw angry protests against the government. This documentary follows participants in this movement.

The Working Poor in Revolt

What is the vocal alchemy that propels pop singers to the pinnacle of success, decade after decade? While many of them, like Freddy Mercury or Alicia Keys, display impeccable power and technique, these assets are not always what counts. Can we identify common characteristics in the immense diversity of voices from pop music, past and present? With interviews from musicians such as Damn Albarn, DJ Koze, Joy Denalane and Joan as Police Woman, the first part of this two-part documentary explores the very essence of the pop voice.

The first part of this two-part documentary explores the very essence of the pop voice, with interviews from musicians such as Damn Albarn, DJ Koze, Joy Denalane and Joan as Police Woman.

The Magic Voices of Pop (1/2)

38 million Japanese live together in the most populated urban area in the world. No wonder that the people of Tokyo have taken over the roofs to have extra space. A traditional Japanese garden and tea house, along with a martial arts class, take to the skies in search of  tranquility.

A traditional Japanese garden and tea house, along with a martial arts class, take to the skies in search of  tranquility

City Rooftops: Tokyo

Eating ramen in Japan is a unique sensory and auditory experience. Here, the noodles are noisily slurped up. Considered rude in the West, in Japan this every day gesture is imbued with meaning.

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In Japan, far from being rude, slurping is all about appreciating ramen's unique palette of flavours

Zuru Zuru: The Sound of Street Food

After four years of waiting London Grammar have finally released a new album. To celebrate ,the British trio are invited onto the Ground Control set and ,as usual with London Grammar, the result is beautiful.

Ground Control

After four years of waiting London Grammar have finally released a new album. To celebrate ,the British trio are invited onto the Ground Control set to perform.

London Grammar

German producer and composer Pantha du Prince, exquisite blender of electronic and organic sounds, unveils his Conference of Trees album which takes us on a sonic journey into the heart of the forest. Live from the Nuits Sonores electronic music festival in Lyon.

Nuits Sonores 2021

German producer and composer Pantha du Prince unveils his Conference of Trees album at the Nuits Sonores electronic music festival in Lyon.

Pantha du Prince

In Tokyo, sounds blair at you from all sides: the traffic lights that sound like chirping birds, the beep that signals when you enter a shop, and most of all, the delicate and detailed train station jingles. Every station has its own aural identity, crafted by a dedicated composer who has been writing train jingles for decades. 

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 Every station has its own aural identity, crafted by composer who has been writing train jingles for decades