A French philosopher and a monk walk into a sacred site... and actually find answers worth the trip.
Season 1 • Episode 5
LatestIn emblematic places around the world, Frédéric Lenoir, philosopher, sociologist and writer, goes to meet those who experience a spiritual quest, both religious and secular. A pilgrimage that mixes the voices of anonymous witnesses and personalities such as the Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, the apneist Guillaume Néry and the astrophysicist Hubert Reeves.
Direction
Patient, unobtrusive camerawork that lets silence breathe.
Production
Stunning global locations from Kyoto to Jerusalem.
Writing
Lenoir asks questions that feel earned, not performative.
Creators
Frédéric Lenoir, Timothée Janssen, Bruno Victor-Pujebet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Frédéric Lenoir is France's most famous public intellectual on religion, making this essentially a philosophy course disguised as prestige travel TV.
The inclusion of free diver Guillaume Néry deliberately bridges 'extreme experience' and meditation—both require surrendering control.
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