Travelers' Circle Conference: "Amsterdam"

Salle du Cinéma Sainte-Barbe, 16, rue Yan'Dargent

Roscoff, cycle of cine-docs, travel narrative The Travelers' Circle: "Amsterdam". It is a country where land and water contend, a garden of tulips and hyacinths. It is the other land of cheese and the cities are named Edam or Gouda. The Dutchman is Don Quixote, conquering the waters by allying with windmills. It is a nation of sailors, with a fleet of ships laden with history, when its three masts dominated the oceans. In its fishing villages, eel is still smoked and popular festivals make sailors' songs resound. Overcoming the waves, A…