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Chauvet: Humanity's First Great Masterpiece (2025)
Directed by Guy Padovani
Documentary · 59m
In December 1994, an archaeological marvel hidden deep inside France's Gorges de l'Ardèche was revealed to the modern world for the very first time: the Chauvet cave. Scientists immediately recognised the importance of this discovery. Sealed by a landslide more than 20,000 years ago, the cave had been extraordinarily well preserved. With over 1,000 paintings adorning its walls, Chauvet is a cave art jewel. How were the hidden chambers first formed? Who created the extraordinary art? And how can we preserve it for future generations? Follows a 30-year archaeological, geological and artistic adventure as scientists endeavour to understand and conserve this exceptional record of humanity's distant past.
Crew
- Director
- Guy Padovani
- Original Music Composer
- Ange-Marie Biasgambliglia, Alain Governatori
- Editor
- Soazic Veillon, Delphine Dufriche
- Producer
- Caroline Broussaud, Alexis Monge
Details
- Original title
- Chauvet, voyage aux origines
- Release date
- 2025-03-27
- Runtime
- 59m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- France•tv Studio, France Télévisions, CNC, Ministère de la Culture, Ville de Vallon-Pont-d’Arc