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Gregorian chant has shaped the musicality of Europe since the dawn of time. According to historians, it originated in Rome around the fourth century and spread throughout the continent. Neumes" are visual signs on the score that indicate the rhythm of the music, as if with a movement of the hand. Today, only monks, musicologists and specialized musicians know how to decipher these early medieval scores. Notre histoire tells the story of the artistic, spiritual,…... The director revisits the mystery of the origin of her English surname, she who is of Chinese ethnic origin, and discovers parallel stories of two Stephen families in China that question racial appropriation, colonial identities and exotic fantasies.

Primary location: Le Mans France