Franco Dragone

Director

He has reinvented circus arts and revolutionized the entertainment world with his scenography. His ideas and innovations have found a permanent home in Las Vegas. But this reknowned director wants to do even more. As Franco Dragone journeys into the heart of creation, Stéphan Bureau catches up with him in Belgium.  

Jean d’Ormesson

Writer and member of the Académie française

He is as comfortable being in the company of the well-read as he is with the commoner. However, far from resting on his success, this illustrious academic likes to look the world straight in the eye.  Stéphan Bureau meets his lively and captivating gaze head-on. .

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Writer and playwright

He envisioned becoming a musician, but made his way towards philosophy and then turned to writing. Today, he is the world’s best-selling French author. Stéphan Bureau met with this luminary at his Brussels residence.

Simone Veil

Politician

Having survived the concentration camps, Simone Veil turned to politics and devoted her life to promoting freedom, justice and pushing forward laws. A remarkable figure, she was the first woman elected to the European Parliament. A riveting encounter with an outstanding fighter.

Jacques Attali

Writer and economist

He’s an economist, writer, chronicler and adviser (former special adviser to French President Francois Mitterrand). But Jacques Attali is even more. If he is an inexhaustible source of reflection, he’s also a man of action. In very personal and symbolic locations, Stéphan Bureau challenged the ideas of this thought-provoking intellectual.

Robert Lepage

Playwright, actor, director and film director

Alone or with his troupe, he revolutionized the theatrical arena by constantly pushing the limits in stage production. He meets the challenges of renewal head-on, and with panache. In a rare interview, Robert Lepage recounts the journey to his astonishing career.

Philippe Labro

Journalist, author and film director

Journalist, writer and film director Philippe Labro claims three distinct and creative identities. Although polychromatic, he draws on his personal experiences to reveal the fundamental colours of his palette. Stéphan Bureau revisits with him the most cherished places that influenced his life.

Marek Halter

Painter and writer

Painter, writer and leftist intellect engaged in the battle for the protection of human rights… He seems to have had many lives, making his journey difficult to decipher. Stéphan Bureau interviews the creator who dons many hats.

Mario Vargas Llosa

Writer

An outstanding figure of Latin-American literature, Mario Vargas Llosa is a distinguished writer who enjoys an extraordinary international reputation. At times a novelist, an essayist, a critic and playwright, his literary career has had to play alongside his political ambitions. Stéphan Bureau met with him in Lima.

Jean-Claude Carrière

Screenwriter and writer

Always in search of new experiences, this unrelenting worker has contentedly devoted himself in all realms of literature, theatre, television and cinema. Stéphan Bureau discusses with him how his work bears the mark of both quantity and quality.

Mavis Gallant

Writer

Exceptional short-story writer, Mavis Gallant is one of Canada’s greatest writers. If all now concur to recognize the prowess of her pen, booklovers and critics in Quebec and Canada ignored her for nearly 30 years. Stéphan Bureau attempts to mend the wrongdoings.

José Saramago

Writer

Nothing in José Saramago’s background indicates that he was destined to become the only Portuguese writer to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. A literature course taken during his training as a locksmith would be the key to unlock his writings. Acknowledged by critics worldwide, his work is a fabulous metaphor on the human condition. Stéphan Bureau introduces us to this mastermind writer of Portuguese writings.

Julia Kristeva

Novelist and psychoanalyst

Psychoanalyst, linguist, semiologist, essayist, novelist, strong defender of the rights of the disabled… A multitude of titles to describe one of the most outstanding intellectual figures of the 20th century. Stéphan Bureau met her in Paris.