“La Maison” is a palliative care center, located near Aix-en-Provence, in the village of Gardanne. It’s a special place where patients who are faced with the ordeal of illness and an oncoming death are cared for with humanity and consideration. At “La Maison”, one isn’t only expecting the end. One can enjoy every minute. Every patient is entitled to dignity and congeniality. It isn’t forbidden to continue to dream of happiness.

A red dragon on the water line. On board, twenty women. Twenty warriors.  From 29 to 60 years, from all walks of life, they rowed with all their strength. A repetitive gesture, a common trance. And when the twenty paddles all sink in water, a same power of life, a same cry against the evil they fight : cancer. These women call themselves the dragon ladies. This term was born in 1996, in Canada, when a few women, survivor of this disease, put on rowing canoes adorned of a dragon head, the dragon boats. In 2009, the first French team of Dragon Ladies started in Reims.

This is the story of Bruno, 50 years old, who is a trisomic. His parents are getting old and they worry about his future. This is the story of Annette, who is 66. Born disabled, she’s always been living with her family, but she’s now seeking for independency. This is the story of Jean-Loïc, 67 years old disable man who’s living alone, but who need better attention. Through their stories, we discover a new reality: the first generation of light mental disabled adults living over 60. This exclusive situation leads to numerous questions to which our society is not ready yet.

"A world without Polio" traces the fight against a forgotten disease that continues to destroy many lives in 2004. An exemplary fight where science and solidarity meet. To add new light on the discussion, this documentary takes a look at the chain of solidarity against poliomyelitis, a disease that caused as much affliction as AIDS and one that still has not been eradicated today. "A world without Polio" is a film where history, science and solidarity come together with a single objective: the definitive eradication of polio in the near future.