La belle histoire de la chanson française

"La Cage aux oiseaux", "Les Jolies Colonies de vacances", "Lily" or the famous "Zizi": for more than 60 years, Pierre Perret has enchanted people with his popular little fables. At 87 years old, he is the author of nearly 500 songs. How does he view them today? To answer this question, Pierre Perret receives the cameras at his home, in his garden, but also in his attic, where the author keeps his most precious treasures: all his writing books. For the first time, he agrees to open them and to retrace the highlights of his career, and for this he has chosen his own alphabet book. A for Love, C for Censorship, G for Grievances: twenty-six letters, twenty-six words to develop from A to Z the great subjects that are dear to his heart.

This 135-minute documentary offers to reopen this magical parenthesis which has seen the birth of a whirlwind of artists with very different styles. From Chantal Goya to Annie Cordy, from Pierre Perret to Carlos. They knew how to bring each in their own way generations of children into their poetic universe.

A dive into the heart of sketches by comedians who poke fun at our quirks, our foibles, and our habits, making us laugh with talent at who we are, us French people! France is as much in the comedians' sights as it is in their hearts. Playing on our behaviors, over time they have become the best observers of France and our lives. Who loves well, chastises well! Beyond self-deprecation, it is certainly out of love that our comedians tease France, its culture, its regions, and its inhabitants.