Louis

Louis XIV, le roi soleil, est le plus prestigieux des rois de France. Aux yeux du monde entier, il incarne la figure du roi dans toute sa majesté. A ce grand séducteur que l’on qualifiait de « plus grand roi du monde », nous devons la création de notre Etat, les frontières de notre hexagone, mais aussi la galerie des glaces, les Invalides ou la Comédie française. Son héritage extraordinaire inspire encore le monde entier tandis que ses amours passionnés avec ses multiples maîtresses font partie de notre imaginaire. Mais que sait-on vraiment de ses perruques, de sa santé, ou de son mariage à Saint-Jean-de-Luz, et de son goût pour les diamants ou les petits pois ?

In the US, there are now six states that offer the terminally ill the option of ending their lives with a prescribed cocktail of drugs. Louis heads to California, one of the latest states to adopt this law, where residents can now take home a lethal overdose as long as they are terminally ill, of sound mind and strong enough to administer their own prescribed dose. Here, Louis is invited into the family homes of those who want control over ending their own lives. But he discovers that when you have complete autonomy over your own death, choosing the right time is not such a simple decision. Louis also meets a group who provide information about how to die to those who don't fit the legal criteria.

The high priest of acutely angled documentaries returns with a new Series

A new series from Louis Theroux as he investigates topic in the country he now calls home – Los Angeles.

Louis Theroux looks at the extreme pressures placed on relationships by conditions such as autism and dementia, meeting both those diagnosed and the people who love and care for them.

At a time of increased scrutiny about what constitutes sexual assault, award-winning documentary-maker Louis Theroux heads to American college campuses and comes face-to-face with students whose universities are accusing them of sexual assault. As reports of sexual violence have dramatically increased in recent years, the government has urged US colleges to enforce a stricter code of sexual conduct amongst students. Employing specialist administrators to carry out investigations into alleged misdemeanors, they now have the power to permanently exclude those they deem ‘responsible’.

Louis Malle's critically acclaimed Murmur of the Heart gracefully combines elements of comedy, drama, and autobiography in a candid portrait of a precocious adolescent boy's sexual maturation. Both shocking and deeply poignant, this is one of the finest coming-of-age films ever made. (-DVD cover)