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SYNOPSIS

Two hunded years ago, Jean-Francois Champollion deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphs for the first time, thus solving one of the greatest enigmas in the History of Humanity. What little is known is that behind this genius hides a man in the shadows: Jacques-Joseph, the eldest brother of the Champollion family.  

The recent study of family archives shed new light on this intellectual adventure that was deciphering. It is in the light of this latest scientific knowledge and the latest finds in the epistolary exchanges of Jean-Francois Champollion with his brother that the life of this genius is re-read.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Jacques Plaisant is known for La nature vue du ciel (2013), Rituals of the World (2018) and Dans le secret des hiéroglyphes : Les frères Champollion (2022).