Anne Viguier is a lecturer in Indian history at Inalco, director of the South Asia-Himalaya department. For her, cinema is a window open to the multiplicity of representations of the world, artistic tastes and popular imaginations. Its story tells the story of the 20th century and bears witness to its torments and its commitments. Because its scenarios and images provoke reflection and debate throughout the world, cinema is a formidable vector of education and a way of understanding oneself, beyond differences in culture and social situations, making essentialist bubbles.