Il était une fois… le triomphe de la Fantasy

In a Parisian café, director Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod debates with colleagues a curious pattern: why has fantasy, long considered a second-tier genre, suddenly conquered the global imagination? This 2025 documentary embarks on a journey through film sets, studio archives, and producers' offices to uncover the economic, cultural, and technological drivers behind this triumph. Tracing the evolution from humble literary beginnings to billion-dollar franchises, the film features insights from the creators of 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Game of Thrones', and emerging projects. It explores how digital effects reshaped visual storytelling and how market globalization transformed local myths into universal narratives. The documentary adopts the pace of a detective story, where each discovery is a clue to understanding contemporary mass culture.