De Paris à la Manche : la Seine, un fleuve de légendes et de rencontres – Documentaire Voyage – SBS

De Paris à la Manche : la Seine, un fleuve de légendes et de rencontres – Documentaire Voyage – SBS

Did you know that before flowing under
the bridges of Paris, the Seine had an incredible life? Yes!
We’ll take a sailor. Yes, I’m taking you to a
mythical river, still wild, but before sinking into its bed,
I’m going to meet some strange boatmen. Do you want action?
You’re going to get some action. The Seine also flows
through the veins of distillers. There, it smells good. And in the eyes of the pretty sailor shirts. You are the age of a princess. Once on board, follow the guide,
even if he is high-ranking. They are busy with work and that’s what
keeps them going in these situations. And until then, remember,
one thing is certain. At the end, it’s the sea. It’s still surprising,
this feeling of being lost. If someone asks me to put my finger
on the map where I am, I don’t know. I don’t know if it’s the Haut Morvan,
the Basse Champagne, the beginning of the Vosges. I’m completely lost. Source of the Seine, plural. Well, it’s marked, it’s over there. But I still feel like I’m
among people there. With a sort of dead end. Hello ladies and gentlemen. Good morning.
Hello Sir. Francis. I feel like I’m
on a private road here. Here is a
rural path from the source of the Seine. And then here, it’s our home.
Is this your place? So, does the Seine flow through your area? There you go, that’s it. Can I go through your
garden to see? My pleasure.
Come in, come in. THANKS.
We’ll take you. I didn’t even
ask your first name. This is Marie-Jeanne. Here we go.
Here we go, the little river. So, the Seine is a baby, we’re not going to
talk too loudly, we’re going to let it take its own little path. She is deaf. Do we say she’s deaf?
Yes. Deaf, it is a reduced runoff. The scene is deaf.
Deaf. It’s beautiful. There’s a little song that Mom used to
sing to me when I was a kid, that she learned at school, that her
grandmother learned at school, etc. It’s what ? Tell me, little spring
that is born in the reeds. Tell me, little spring,
why are you running? It’s beautiful. And if I want to go down a little by boat,
when will I find a boat? That’s a long time away, isn’t it? We have to wait until almost
Saint-Mars-sur-Seine. Saint-Mars, yes.
We might have to row after that. Afterwards, I’ll get used to it. I will continue. I am the stream,
I am the song. She sings in my ears and I follow her. Hi Jacky, thank you very much. I allow myself to kiss you.
Bye. And see you soon.
Thank you Marie-Jeanne, thank you very much. So it is due east,
in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, that my journey begins. A long journey of 777 kilometers awaits
me, from the small village of Source-Cène, and a crossing of Paris
like I have never experienced, to the estuary of Le Havre,
where the Seine flows into the English Channel. And as Marie-Jeanne so beautifully sings,
the Seine is still only a timid trickle of water. However, I need to
find a first boat. What’s up there? It makes a noise,
like a lawnmower. What is this thing? It looks like a boat that is about to land. Can you hear me?
He can’t hear me. I see you coming
like a big seagull. How do I…
I thought you wouldn’t hear me. We can hear you from afar.
We can hear you from afar. Pardon.
But what do you call that, then? In fact, it is a hydro-ULM. And for me, it was a bit of a hobby of mine to both
fly and be able to sail. I love this Hi there.
What is your first name? Salvatore. Hi, Salvatore.
Is Salvatore an Italian? Yes, originally, yes.
I am of Italian origin. Salvatore, it’s beautiful, I love it. Well, I’m François
and I’m trying to go down the Seine. Alright. And I see there
might be a place behind. I’m just saying, I’m not saying anything, maybe. Can you give me a little walk?
My pleasure. That takes two, right?
Yes, yes, yes. What do you call
it in real life? I say it’s my boat.
It was my boat. You say boat, you say boat anyway. I love this boat. It’s an extraordinary boat,
though. Wait, I’ll help you.
What are you… No, it’s fine.
I will help you. I feel like
a princess right now. You’re a princess, François. Come on, let’s go.
Here we go. Yeah, it’s moving. Come on, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go
. Yes yes. It’s good. It’s good.
Look at. I’m asleep, but I’m scared. Paul, François.
Paul. You know, I’ve got all my
muscles tight down there. I’m holding on to you. Look, look at the river. Oh yes ? Is this the Seine?
Yes. The meanders of the Seine. She’s all baby. She is beautiful, she
slips between the trees. You see, it’s a Seine that I did
n’t know at all. In fact, many people think
that the Seine is in Paris. Yes, yes, absolutely. But there, she is very beautiful, and
then she is very, very lively. Do you see the lake now? Oh yeah, it’s big. This is an artificial lake, right? Absolutely, it’s a back road. Clinging to Salvatore, I discover a veritable kingdom in Champagne. Seen from above, I insist on the great spectacle
of nature, but in reality, it is the large reservoir lakes
of the Seine which retain an impressive quantity of water. Why do they retain water? To protect Paris, in fact. This is to protect the hollows and prevent
Paris from falling back into the water. That is to say, if it rains a lot,
is that when it swells? Yes. And if we stop the engine,
what happens there? There he is, hovering, but you see, that… What’s going on? Wait, wait. The device
automatically goes downhill. It’s beautiful.
That’s great. Look how low the cloud is. The little one near the cloud is wonderful. Can you go over it?
Yes of course. See if you have any
gas left, though. Pierre-François, this is a good office. It’s a nice desk. I don’t
feel like I’m in France at all. I feel like I’m
lost at the end of Canada. And it’s a nice boat too. Honestly, I’ve taken boats. But there, we come across swallows
and seagulls, a few sparrowhawks. Then, the landscape,
as far as my eye can see. How many kilometers would you say there are
on the horizon over there? There, on that side, we are
easily 40 kilometers away. 40 kilometers of horizon. Shit, I took the bar, this is serious. Come on, you make a little left turn.
I will. So, put it a little bit like this. Okay, move on to the circle. Look at the horizon. Do you see the angle of the horizon? The horizon is moving
steadily and calmly. Okay, calm down. Look at the light, look. I can’t look at everything,
that, the boat. Look at.
Wait, the boat is moving. That’s great. It’s done, right? We dance the waltz
between the cloud and the Seine. Look at. You know, above water,
I’m actually less scared. It’s true ? Because if there’s no more gas,
we’ll fall into the water, you know. Wait, I’m going to retract the rudder
to put it in land configuration. Come on, let’s get into a quiet axis. So. Come on, let’s go. We speed it up.
Come on. There you go. Is everything okay? Everything is fine.
Great. Easy. François, we haven’t broken anything,
we’re alive and whole. It was a successful session. It was great.
This is crazy stuff. Can I hold on a little longer?
Perfect. Well done François. Oh my, I got seasick.
I love it. THANKS. I loved it.
Salvador, I loved this moment. It was crazy. Hello François. Head still in the clouds. However, I must move forward towards this
intrepid young woman whom I saw from the sky. In fact, there are quiet places
and there are places where it accelerates. There ‘s a little rapid there. It is very, very clear. It’s beautiful here, isn’t it? It’s beautiful here, isn’t it?
Good morning. Good morning. I was
thinking to myself that it’s very beautiful. It’s quiet. It’s quiet. There would be a little
space or not on the… Can he boat, right? I go down the river. If I can help you
paddle, I would be delighted. Yes, it can be done. It can be done. It feels good to be on the water right now.
Too good. Here we go. And it set off rather slowly
towards the mouth, which is still more than 500 kilometers away. I’m happy to see the Seine like this. We leave the small village,
we walk 200 meters, we feel like we are at the end of the world. It’s still wild here. And you, where do you live? I live in the village below there. But you, when you come walking around
like this, what are you looking for? Calm. I prefer silence to noise.
Yeah. Yeah. As I row, I respect
my captain’s need for calm, but the Seine will immediately
break the ice between us. It’s still hot. It’s a big patch, how much is it? 1.50 meters.
1.50 meters? Yeah. Have
you ever been on the boat? With the boat, never. Oh yeah Yeah, we see some. Do we
see any there? No, but it seems huge. It seems huge. Oh fuck! Oh cow! I’m soaked. What do you do for a living? I work in a distillery.
Distillery? Who’s making a bit of noise, then? A little bit, yeah.
Yeah. Yes, because there are
vineyards all around. We are right in the vineyard. Thank you, it was great. First boat, very nice boat. Julien, you are too strong.
My pleasure. THANKS.
Bye. Hello. Before returning to his tranquility,
Julien drops me off near the village of Bucceuil, where
the Champagne vineyards begin. Francis.
Nice to meet you, Alex. Alex.
Precise. It’s sailing fast, it’s pushing the Seine. You know her well.
Yes, rather. We were born here, so we
know the river well. Who do we know?
With my family, my brothers, my sisters. We were born into it, actually. When we were little, we were in the river,
we rode bikes, canoes, boats, and also fished.
Too good. You have childhood memories, right?
Yes, that’s it. Yes, absolutely.
It’s mainly the canoe, the boat. The first kiss?
Not even. No, not even on the riverbank.
It wasn’t there? No, no, it wasn’t by the
river, it was towards the vineyards instead. We’re really right next to
the vineyards here too. Following the Seine, I didn’t imagine that behind, in fact. Actually, that’s where the champagne
starts, right? That’s it, yes. Will
all this make champagne? All this will make champagne. Can you still taste the whiskey?
Come on. Yes, watch your head. The ground is roughly at
river level, so sometimes when the Seine floods. I saw three years ago,
the water came to about here. And a little more, there,
I had to detonate everything because otherwise, the barrel would have risen,
and there, it would have made a… It’s not good.
A nice construction site. This one, another Maltese city. This is a plot that was
planted by my grandfather in 1952. This is the one.
There, that’s my little darling. Are you interested in tasting?
Yes. Then your grandfather, if he
watches us, he will be very happy. What you’re holding is beautiful. It’s a little bitch. It belonged to my great-grandfather,
so he used to shoot barrels in it. They all had this in their pockets
to go and eat at their friends’ houses. So, she’s seen a few of them. She saw a few, yes. The other screw comes out white. And then, it’s really the barrel
that will give the color. So, for tasting whiskey,
when it’s 61 degrees or 62 degrees, you have to start getting
your nose closer little by little, without burning your nose. Then, when we go to put it on the palate,
we do it, we go around it, we just take a little sip,
we go around the palate with it. And then we can go back
a little further. And there, at least like that,
the path is made. It doesn’t burn right away. It doesn’t burn right away, yes. It’s less strong when I buy it. We agree because it’s at 61 there. Yes, yes, yes, it will be
45 or maybe 50. It’s very, very good.
Thank you so much. It’s me. If I understand correctly,
you are aging malt in a barrel that has aged wine itself. And so you mix all that up a bit. Yeah, our whole story. The whole family history. You need me, you tell me. Listen, there’s no problem. Hold.
I have a pair of gloves. I’ll be able to hire you.
So you’re unscrewing that? Yeah. Whoa! This one we open completely. We pose like this. There, we will remove What is whisky?
What’s in it? Whiskey is beer juice. A beer juice?
A beer juice. It is a beer base without aroma, mou-blon. Hop there!
And we tip it over. Here we go!
Here we go. Here we go. There, we will put 700 liters. There, it smells good. It smells a bit like sourdough. Yes, completely, since it is fermented. We have a bit of this sourdough
and crushed cereal side. It smells a bit like a bakery. How long did it ferment?
About three days. Is that all?
Yes. And then we distill. That’s
it. And then, during distillation,
in this tank, we will have water. It is the water from the spring that will be
used to cool it from gaseous to liquid state
and obtain our whisky base. That is to say, it is water
from the Seine basin? That’s it.
Not even a source, a parallel source. A parallel source of the Seine, yes. Now we can close it. The onion.
The onion. It’s good. Because all of this is heated
from below like a big casserole dish. That’s it.
We’re going to start it. And there we go for 4 hours. Shall I take you to the source?
Yeah. Did you build the distillery
near the spring? That’s it.
Entirely. Yes.
Well yes. And we will capture it at that moment
and then we will expel it back into the river.
You’re actually hijacking it. That’s it, we’ll turn it away for a short while. It’s very fresh. It has to be
fresh for you, right? Yes, it has to
be very fresh for… For distillation. To distill and use it
for our coolers. I toast with beer and champagne. And I toast to this whole
family area, filled with the waters of the Seine. I have the impression that
only stories of transmission and sharing flow here. I would have liked to stay with Alexandre,
but the rest of my journey awaits me. There, the current is strong. That’s
good. The Seine is gaining muscle. It gains muscle because above it, there
is the Yonne and the dawn which flow into it and give it strength. So suddenly it’s navigable. And if it’s navigable, there are boats. Here in Nogent-sur-Seine,
the Seine truly resembles a river and now seems surrounded
by the hand of man. There I hear cranes.
Yes, it charges. Hello Sir. What’s in the containers? They are loaded with cereals,
wheat, barley. All right. At the docks, Cyril is waiting for me with his
crew and, above all, with his big boat, an 86-meter container ship. Hello, sorry because…
No, no problem. Hello Sir. Do
we put on our shoes or not? No, no, it’s fine.
Are you sure? I’m from It’s a
boy’s boat, these ones, so… Are you okay, are you following? I’ll draw you a little diagram. Where do you live ? On a small boat in Moret. Is your job
to drive boats? My job now
is to drive boats. That’s good, I can’t wait to get to
grips with the river. With my captain, we set off
on a long voyage. I’m already looking forward to
reaching the capital by the royal road. The Seine presents itself to us as
a majestic river route. I am surprised to see
this very beautiful house. You go away, you don’t go down. But you say to yourself: I live
there, does it suit me? No, no, no.
My home is a boat. You see that,
it’s not moving, it’s just a roof. Yes. I have the impression, because you
speak a bit like a Parisian Titi. Yes, maybe. Do you think it’s poorly oriented
in contact with the boatmen? No, because the boatman accent
is a very particular thing. It’s a kind of mix
of a Burgundian accent and a northern accent. And you have a grandmother
who has always sailed alone. She has this legendary phrase: Summer is still hard with the heat. Winter is the only thing we have. But in spring or autumn,
building is wonderful. She says that to you with her accent. But I have an accent,
I would say that my accent is a 50s accent. I don’t know anything about it, but I
think you’re coming too fast. You’re talking to me. Are you going to
back up or not at all? Of course.
Otherwise, I end up in the doors. There I am still at 6 km/h, you see. So if I don’t
back up, we go through. So, I’m cutting back a bit. There, it’s fine.
It opens. You have to I’ll lift it like this. Oh yeah, that’s good. I’ll give it some slack and I’ll only give it
one blow, okay? I’m putting my whole life on one shot.
Watch out, guys. No, don’t laugh. You have to take the slap, you
have to send it on. I hear you laughing. But wait, he gave me the biggest one. Well done ! We’ll make him a market gardener. I have just passed through
the lock at Évry-sur-Seine. It’s the last one before Paris. There, the landscapes change a little. There I see houses,
I see concrete walls. We are approaching the city. Oh my, discovering Paris
like this is crazy. I love what I see, Cyril. You don’t look at the same things,
but I love what I see. Really, are you lowering everything? I see that. Are
there really bridges that low? No. There, it’s for comfort. But where are you now? You’re here, okay. Here we go for the rest of the North. Naotica, you’re nice, but with
Burgundy behind it, it’s not going to work. It’s hot, I see so many boats. It happens everywhere. Crossing Paris
means crossing 37 bridges in a row. Obviously not aligned,
that would be too easy. With boats galore all around. How long is the boat? 86 by 907. We have 86 meters of length to thread
through the eye of a needle. Look, do you see the pile on Frivor there?
Yeah. You have a notch in it.
Yeah, sure. It wasn’t a piece of stone
that fell through… It was a container that hit. It’s not a container,
it’s probably a barge nose. Honestly, it’s crazy. I never see that. These are guys, you see. For
us, it’s easy. Look at him there.
The passenger boat, there? No, not the passenger boat, the Biarritz. Ah, behind the big one, there, but yes. Oil delivery. We’re gonna fuck a rope shot
like shit, shit, shit, shit, shit And luckily there
‘s no current. Because we should have anticipated
before the turn, right? Too many boats pass by,
it creates aspirations. And with a little current,
well, it took my nose away. And except the rear
turned more than the nose. I’m so happy. And there, we almost
signed across such a one. It feels like
20 seconds. I will long remember this
crossing, as beautiful as it was hellish, because traveling aboard a 1,500-
tonne truck in the middle of the capital was anything but a picture-postcard ride. It’s okay, can I tell you?
Can we see each other now or not? Yeah, it’s fine.
You’ve cooled down a bit. Too good.
I loved it. THANKS.
Have a good trip. Hello. To
recover from my emotions, I have the privilege of discovering
an underground scene. How are you, ladies? Where is it going? It goes directly to a
power station in Haute-de-Seine. It is a cold production plant. Cold production?
Urban cold. I love this idea. So I’m thinking there
must be something underneath. There are the facilities
of the city of Paris. Aline, is that it?
Yes, Aline. I follow you. And following Aline is like a long
descent into the bowels of Paris. How many of us are there under the Seine? Compared to our pedestrian level,
we are less than 30 meters. This is crazy. This note is beautiful, what is it? I don’t have perfect pitch,
unfortunately. No, but why is it whistling? Water flowing through pipes. Is that the sound of water
making that noise? Here, yes.
It’s beautiful, it’s the Seine singing. The Seine has something to sing about. Aline tells me that it passes through 90
kilometers of cooling pipes which then run through huge
buildings to cool them. Yes, the Seine air-conditions the Louvre,
nothing less, and cools the water that comes out of its taps.
Quite a program. It’s like a cup of tea,
you put the spoon in and it’s the spoon that heats up
and the tea that cools down. Same principle here with the water from the Seine
which will come and recover the calories. And the water from the Seine,
is it the spoon or is it the tea? This is the spoon.
How much of a temperature difference could it be? The maximum is 5 degrees Celsius. So, for water that reaches 12 degrees,
we will take it out at a maximum, but a maximum of 17 degrees. This is the Seine. Where do you get your
water from the Seine? Below, a little lower,
with pumps. So you suck water from the Seine.
Here, we see nothing. No. I had no idea there was
all this going on behind it. Now that I’ve discovered the
Seine’s best-kept secret, I might want to
brush up on my navigation skills. It’s been over 10 years
since I got my license. Good morning. Good morning. Would it be possible to take
a little tour with you? Okay.
Great. I see you’re on break there.
Yes, I just finished class there. My tea, take care. So. THANKS. It won’t hurt to
give myself a little refresher. A small dose, yes. It’s been a long time since I passed it. I think
I don’t remember the signs anymore. It’s true ?
Oh yeah. Even the little yellow one there?
Yellow is usually a good sign. We can go, I think. Yes, we can go,
there is no problem. What is your first name?
Pascal. Pascal?
And you ? Francis.
Nice to meet you, François. Where are you from? I am Parisian,
I was born in the 14th arrondissement. A Parisian sailor? That’s it, absolutely. Who loves water, the river and the sea too. And so, when we pass the boats,
I stay on the right and then, each one goes to his right. In fact, we pass each other,
port to port. And if I want to double, do I have a choice?
You have a choice. Even, we could contact him
by VHF by asking him. Go ahead, I’ll ask him. What do I say? For Le Narval School Boat,
we are behind you. Can we tremate you?
Tremate? To tremulate is to exceed.
All right. Andromeda, Andromeda,
Narwhal ship, just behind. Good morning.
Can we tremate you? On your lower edge. There
is your problem. Thank you so much.
Good day. Also. I
adore. I didn’t know about Tremater.
It is to exceed. Please note, I am sending in duplicate. We are tremating. Go on, go on, go on,
again, again, again. He’s going faster than us. We can tremate you,
but we don’t tremate him at all. Do you see all the houses there? Aren’t these boats?
No. These are not boats, these are people for
whom houses have been built. They built
floating dwellings. It’s pretty much the same style. I didn’t know, mind you. I head towards
Conflent-Saint-Honoré with more and more boats along the banks. And this crazy desire to meet
those who live on the water. I can see straight away
that the freshwater sailors have arranged to meet up with barges
that have already been around the block. Hello Mrs. What is the name of your boat?
The Phallus. Who called him that?
My grandfather. And it hasn’t moved,
is it still the same boat? I still have the same
boat and the same family. And you’re still in it. What is your first name?
Josie. Are you letting me in or not?
All right. That’s very kind. This boat is magnificent. He’s over 100 years old, right? 1930. And so now I’m one of
the historical monuments, let’s say. Not me. I’ll reassure you right away. How old are you?
That’s… That’s not something you say. You are the age of a princess. Be careful when you want. I’m careful not to burn myself.
Wait. Alright.
Wait, there’s nothing in the… No, leave it. It’s because she wants to
jump on my lap. Let her come. It makes me happy to get
into a boat like this, honestly. All of this is original. This means that this canopy,
perhaps it is even the same wood from the period, it
may not even have been redone. It saw your grandparents grow up and they
bought it. Your parents grew up here. You grew up here
with your brothers and sisters. In that room?
Yes. Did she see you grow up?
Yes. These boats don’t move much anymore. There are
some boats still moving there. Yes, that’s because it
‘s broken. Why is he moving?
You don’t move. Those who are there, they are still moving,
they are still working. And between you, do
you know all the neighbors? A good game?
Yes, at this departure I am here. It’s just that you’re
a bit out of the habit. So you don’t miss it?
Yes, I miss it. Less than before?
Yes. Yes, I miss it. Because you sailed
until what age? All right.
Retired, what? Yes.
Retired. Okay. So, what do you like most
about living on a boat? Well, it’s my life.
That’s where I feel good. It’s If you like,
I’m not a fish in water, but I’m happy there because
, well, I already have the panorama. I see boats passing by. When they leave too quickly,
when he shakes me too much, excuse the expression, I have it in my mouth. They can’t hear me,
so I can relieve myself. But if you had to do it again, would
you go again? Yes.
Yes ? Yes, even though we ate
my parents’ bills, but especially my mother’s. When you eat cow food at times when you
wake up, it’s in your blood, in your skin.
This is our life. Look what this cat did to me.
I’ll give you a brush. I liked this little sweater.
I say to you, I greet you. Bye. Have a good trip. The hearts of the boatmen here beat fast. I feel like every boat on the
dock is telling me a unique story. Do you have your papers? I was told: The gendarmes of I think, they are rather nice. I thought I heard that,
they’re pretty nice. What do we mean by nice?
I don’t know. I was thinking maybe if they’re going for
a walk, I could walk with them. You can board. You’re on a mission, right?
You’re doing something, right? Your first name? So, I’m Anne.
Alright. Yours, please?
Francis. François, François, nice to meet you. The rest of the team? What do we do with the gendarmerie?
Are we doing this, the gendarmerie? No, we’re doing…
Back the army. Here we go. Anne, I did
n’t even ask your rank. I am a Major.
In our country, we start at the gendarme. Then there is Chief Marshal
of Commendation, Warrant Officer, Chief Warrant Officer. I went through all these stages
and today I am a Major. Is it Major with an E?
No. It’s a big debate internally. I’m used to a masculine grade and I’m
sticking with a masculine grade, I don’t put the E.
For me, it’s an aberration of language. I didn’t need that to exist
as a Major and as a friend. What’s planned for today? We will start by checking
pleasure boats. That works. It’s the beginning of the season and we risk
finding ourselves with people who could be in violation
because at the beginning of the season, we somewhat forgot about everything that is mandatory. So, we are still in periods
where we do a bit of reminders. Good morning, sir. The Conflon river brigade,
for a normal check. So, the papers. And you, there, I see that you stay
outside, that is to say you forbid yourself from going up? Yes, yes, yes. It’s his place, we’re not going there. Everyone stays home, I’ll say. For documents,
for us, it’s perfect. There is no problem.
We’ll let you enjoy. We’ll let you enjoy this beautiful
afternoon and wish you a great season. It seems peaceful
being at the river brigade. A sunny scene,
small checks of boaters, but in fact, they all have
mandatory training. In addition to being police officers,
they are high-level divers. So, what are you diving for
? Seek. Yes, we can
find lots of things. We don’t go there thinking: We’re going to
find something special. You can find a lot of things. We can find a weapon, we can find
a phone, we can find a body. You may also find nothing. Now, it’s a bit
of training. Exactly.
That’s clearly it. You train yourself to see them. Are you going to check under the boats
too, if everything is okay? Yes, that’s it. There, you don’t see anything underneath, if that’s okay?
We need a light. Not much.
It’s a little murky. Light does
n’t always bring good. All right. Have a
good dive. THANKS. Yeah, big standby. We just received news of a… Maybe a body. And we need to think about
how we fit in there. What’s going on?
So… We try to make our
divers who are underwater understand that they should actually come back up. We’re going to end practice
so the other team can go to the intervention, actually. You called
because we found a… Possibly a body
in the water, right? That’s it. The verification is being done,
but what they see from the bank really makes us think of that.
I’m not letting you go, Anne. There is no problem.
You follow us on this too. It won’t necessarily be very…
No, no, but… No, but it’s part of the job. The river isn’t always cheerful, but…
No. There he goes, diving.
Yes. Come on, let’s go.
Are we gone? Yeah. When ordering, hello.
Good morning. I have the dive team here and they just
came back telling me that this is real, it’s really a body.
It is indeed a body, yes. That’s it, yeah.
Yes. Once we have made our findings, we will come back to get
our hard board there. All right.
And we’ll put him in a body bag. And once it’s conditioned,
we’ll bring it back to the water’s edge. That’s not too much of a hassle
to get down, I think. I think it’s going to be okay.
Yes, that’s it. Now we’re just going to take a picture. Let’s look at what’s in the pockets.
What there is to be, yes. I see that it is not
an easy job every day. No, that’s the hard part. There are nicer or easier things
, but these are not, indeed. So there, they take photos,
they see that it is indeed a body. That’s it.
And then we’ll have to bring it back. In fact, the principle behind what they are doing
behind this is that it will be transmitted to the public prosecutor. So, all of this needs to be frozen as best as possible
in difficult conditions. There is no visibility,
they cannot see their hands, they cannot necessarily see themselves
when they are underwater. Anyway, we are in a context that is
never easy. A little help François, thank you. And we will do that to avoid it. And we’re going to keep that. You still need a
strong heart there. They are busy with work and that’s what
keeps them going in these situations. And so she has
almost 15 years of experience, I think, in diving, 12 years almost certainly. And Maxime, who is with her,
it’s his first real intervention discovering corpses. He discovered and he did very well
what had to be done. He followed what she told him. For now, it’s okay, but later,
at some point, I think about when he’s going to come home tonight,
when we’re all alone in bed, that kind of thing, that’s when it
affects each other. But behind, normally,
we must reopen the cover and we must continue the observations. They do it professionally. Does that work? I think it will do. I am left.
THANKS. That works. I have to let
Anne and her teams work. When I boarded with them,
I didn’t expect so much emotion. Tonight I feel like I have
met real heroes, those of a river that shows me all the
colors of the water, even the darkest. The English Channel is still
more than 170 kilometers away. It’s an old boat.
I don’t know what it is. Are you stopping there?
No ? Gorgeous. You are very, very beautiful.
Good morning. Good morning.
What kind of boat is it? It’s beautiful.
It’s a tugboat. You can hold it.
Hold it. He’s pushing hard, I see. He has trouble holding it. It’s heavy there. And you accept one more passenger? Just a quick tour,
I’m going towards the… We’re allowed up to twelve people.
Up to twelve people? It’s good.
What is your first name? Bernard.
Hi Bernard, sorry. This is Hi, Danielle.
Hi, Danielle. Hop. Perfect. It’s beautiful at your place.
Yes. Very beautiful. I took the helm naturally,
you say. Yes, you can.
Oh my, she’s beautiful. I adore.
Then everything is beautiful. You did the brass
and everything, it’s beautiful. I still look where I’m going. You see, it’s not difficult
to drive a tugboat. Easy.
It pivots right away. I feel like he’s reacting super fast.
Yes. But how old is this boat? It’s from 1954. It’s starting to be a bit old, yes.
Yes. It is war damage.
Ah good ? Because there was the Triton 22. Yes, it’s the 25. The Triton 22
was sunk in Creil, on the Oise. So, as war damage, the State
subsidized the reconstruction of this one. So in 54
they build another triton. And it’s a pusher, so it was used
to push barges or… ?
In fact, it is a tug-pusher. It is called a tug-pusher. It started out as a tugboat,
now it’s a pusher. So, what is it, actually?
Is this an association? It’s what ?
Is it a historical monument? Yes, it is listed as a historic monument. Note that now, among young people, there are some who are taking up the profession again. With the Triton, the idea
is to move towards the mouth, but Bernard tells me about a short stopover
in Normandy, a mill that shouldn’t be missed, a few kilometers from Rouen. It’s beautiful, but the Seine
is making little arms everywhere and I quickly arrive at a dead end. Oh my! Gorgeous. And there, it’s sublime, there’s
a little hidden mill. Good morning. It’s beautiful, isn’t it? Is this your place?
Do you mind if I take a look? I just have one. Thank you so much. Good morning.
Good morning. Nice to meet you, it’s Anis Lass.
Francis. Welcome. No, I don’t want to bother you,
go ahead, I’ll… Yes, I’m finishing the occupation. It’s
Sunday decoration to take care of this old lady. You see, these are the lifting screws
that allowed the wheel to be lifted and so, from time to time,
on Sundays, they need a little help.
And dust. Yeah, it gets a little stuck. Wood needs to be maintained because it doesn’t
mine anything, even if it has survived a few centuries. Because how old is this wood? Listen, the first
foundations date back to 1195. Incredible. That is to say, I touch wood
which is an interest that we have seen. Yes, there were
a lot of people passing by. And there, it’s like a worm screw
and it’s used to lift the wheel, is that it? So, it is a very special mill,
since it is the last specimen with a hanging wheel. That is to say, it was the wheel,
the miller could maneuver it according to the water level. So, in fact, the higher it was raised,
the more the miller, using these four lifting screws,
could raise the wheel and therefore lock it so that he could continue
making flour. That’s it, quite simply. Certainly, you have an immense force below,
but it is caused by the water of the Seine.
By the current. The current turns this immense
wheel and on top of it, there is the stone. Finally, the two stones,
that’s it, which grind the grain. Exactly. Are you ready to get
the mill turning, then? I see you’re up to speed. We put the grain in the middle,
we turned the two millstones and over here, we put the jars
and that allowed us to harvest the flour. The flour. There, the mill no longer works, there
is no more… No, no, no, no, no. It actually stopped in the 19th century,
with the construction of the Pauze dam, which is upstream. And actually, that raised the
water level, which blocked the wheel at the highest level. And suddenly, the miller could no longer
produce his flour, which stopped the life of this mill. Can we look at the stone or not?
Of course. Oh yeah. And there, you make a kind of bed out of it? There, we made it a salon
Because in fact, we, here, are a cultural and artistic center,
and we welcome a lot of artists. All right. And so, in fact, the second parts
of the evenings, or even to come to work, a lot of things happen here.
There is a very beautiful energy. There are… A lot of people have been there. The day that, the day that. The most famous of them,
François Truffaut. Wait, wait, wait. You’re telling me Truffaut is
there, and that he worked here. Oh yeah, you put the picture of… Wait, what’s this picture of? Well, that’s Jeanne Moreau, precisely,
lying on this fabric, here, during the filming of Jules and Jim. I love it, I love it, it’s amazing. Writers?
Georges Pérèque, obviously. Georges Pérèque, did he come here? Yes, sir, who lived here for 5 years
and who wrote, above all, this legendary book called The Disappearance.
Without the letter E? Without the letter E, exactly.
He wrote that here? He wrote it all here,
yes, absolutely. At the Moulin d’Andé, they may no
longer make flour, but it alone reminds me that this
river has seen others. Stories from another century,
of navigation or labors without engines. I am quietly approaching the mouth
and I can already feel the call of the open sea. I have an appointment with a depth sounder boat. I don’t know what
a depth sounder boat is. Something like that, like that? Are you the sounding boat?
Yes. You are very, very low. I must not fall. Good morning. What is your name?
Jean-Marie. Hi Jean-Marie.
Hello gentlemen. Good morning. So, it’s Pierre,
the boat’s hydrographer, who takes care of everything related to sounding.
Hi. I’ll let you do it, I’m great.
We’re going to drop. What is today’s mission? We look at the nature of the seabed, to see
if it hasn’t moved too much, so that the big boats
can get in without any problem. How often do you do this?
The survey is every day. Every day ?
Yes. To explore the last few kilometers
of the Seine, near Honfleur, there must be a reason. The sea is no longer very far away and with
the coming and going of the marshes, the sand rises up the river. I am then told about a big vase stopper. A traffic jam, that’s what it’s going to be. It’s supposed to be blue
all the way through. Yeah.
It looks like a thrombosis of an artery. For example, last week,
there was a dredge that was in that area and was sucking. So they take the red out,
put it in the open sea and wait for it to turn blue. So.
And then it closes up again.
And it closes up again. So. And you, you see yourself… It never stops. And given the size of the boats that sail
in Normandy, it is better to leave them a minimum of space. He pushes water too. Are you in?
Yes. We’re taking
the big boat wave there. All right. Good morning.
We will begin the survey. What is this device used for? Our sounder sends out a wave
that hits the bottom and rises. We calculate, we have the speed of this wave. We will know, depending on the time it takes
to make this round trip, how deep it is. But the speed of this wave will vary
depending on the temperature of the water, the health of the water, and
the sediment suspended in the water. So, my job
is to distribute myself here. Yes.
I have to threshold on the green line. All right.
There you are, almost there. Yeah, well I’m almost there. We can even say that you are there. Yes, absolutely. Zoom. Without a depth sounder, without anything,
just based on your experience, how many nauts would you tell me there are there? There, in any case,
it is dredged at 6.30 meters. So there are at least 6.30 meters. There
are at least 6.30 meters. Whatever the tidal coefficient.
Yes, same. Otherwise, the big ones don’t come back up.
That’s exactly it. So he has the maps
you are making on his radar. He has our nauts.
This is crazy. What I find crazy is that
the data you are taking now is immediately updated
on all the ships’ charts. This is crazy. Normandy Bridge. It’s magnificent because the
tension of the cables, there, it looks like a big
I see the first slate roofs starting to appear. Honfleur, the very last
rampart of the Seine River. A small port that has always been coveted
by large traders who still export their goods. Thibault, I see some… I think those are
horses over there, right? It’s horses, exactly. In all these large reed beds, we
do what we call eco-grazing. That is to say, rather than going through with
machines to continually grind the large reeds and all that,
they introduce horses which become somewhat wild again. This allows passages to be created
in the reeds for animals. It fertilizes the soil. We see, they are chasing each other. It’s funny to see horses
running free with factories behind them. So no one comes to bother them. Nobody rides on it. But no one comes to
ride on it, that’s for sure. With their manes blowing in the wind,
these half-wild guides show me the very last course to follow. For once,
I’m finally going to reach the sea by walking. Hi Thibault.
See you next time, it was a pleasure. Yeah, thanks.
So the sea over there. I walk.
Okay, great. THANKS.
Hi. Best wishes.
You too. We’re going to find out why
the Seine and I love each other like that. Thank you Seine for this beautiful journey. THANKS.
Marry the sea. Here, I present to you Deauville on the left,
Le Havre on the right and the English Channel in the middle. Marry well. Kiss each other.
It’s beautiful. Because even when you hide your childhood
between Burgundy and Champagne, even when you make the bridges
of Paris sing and the sailors tense up, even when you open your bed to artists,
dreamers, containers and wild horses, at the end, it’s the sea.

Un fleuve, mille visages : explorez la Seine comme vous ne l’avez jamais vue. ✋Les plus belles destinations, c’est ici 👉 https://bit.ly/2Vlfz9o 👈 Abonnez vous ! 🙏

0:00 – La source de la Seine en Bourgogne
3:30 – Premiers kilomètres avec Salvatore
9:40 – Naviguer au fil des villages et vignobles
17:00 – Entrée majestueuse dans Paris
25:30 – Les installations souterraines de la capitale
32:40 – Rencontre avec la brigade fluviale
40:30 – Escale au moulin d’Andé
45:20 – La Seine et son ouverture sur la Manche

François Pécheux entreprend une exploration de la Seine, du ruisseau bourguignon à l’estuaire normand. Son aventure débute par une vue aérienne des lacs de l’Aube, sentinelles hydrauliques de la capitale. Embarqué à Nogent, il affronte les remous jusqu’à Paris, où il découvre un système de refroidissement caché sous la ville. A Conflans, il s’immerge dans la culture batelière. Une incursion avec les gendarmes fluviaux l’entraîne dans les courants tumultueux. A bord du Triton, il fait escale au moulin d’Andé, relique du patrimoine fluvial. Son odyssée s’achève face à la Manche, où le fleuve se fond dans l’immensité marine.

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