FRANCE, 2019, 53′
Director: Luc-Henri FAGE
Producer: GEDEON PROGRAMMES, FELIS PRODUCTION, ARTE, CNRS MEDIA
Who was able to penetrate 300 meters deep into a cave in the Aveyron canyons to build structures made up of more than 400 broken stalagmites? In which era? And above all, why? Since the discovery of the cave in 1990 by a young speleologist from Tarn-et-Garonne, this astonishing architecture has never revealed its secrets. In 2014, a team of researchers decided to return there, hoping to finally solve the enigma of the Bruniquel cave. For 4 years, we followed them in their investigation. We went where no camera had been able to enter, where no visitor will ever have the right to enter. We accompanied these explorers of science in the paths of their research. Alongside them, we witnessed one of the most important archaeological discoveries of our time. And the man of Neanderthal is its hero.
