Water, Water, Everywhere
From watersheds to clouds, this journey around the world examines a liquid that is far from being transparent, colourless, odourless and flavourless!
Empty, this non-identified transparent object weighs just a few grams. Yet full, it weighs billions of euros. Bottled water has invaded the planet. Who could have imagined, 30 years ago, it would become so essential to our daily lives?
Type (Documentaire / Documentaire fiction / Série documentaire)Documentary Series Genre en anglaisDiscovery CollectionGlobal DrinksDirected by Emma Tassy, Gérard LafontSupported by ANGOA, CNC, MEDIA, ProcirepDistributed by Arte France Distribution Year2010Duration52min
Spa, mineral, natural, spring, sparkling – bottled, labelled and exported – water is worth a fortune. In the U.S and Iran, it costs more than petrol. And yet all over the world, mineral water is gaining territory. It has enjoyed a 50% increase in worldwide growth since 1999. We drink 200 billion litres of it a year – high stakes, indeed, for the contending multinationals.
Where does mineral water spring from? How it is captured and bottled? Is it simply the product of careful marketing, or does it have a history, rooted in jealously guarded local traditions? And does it have a distinctive taste?
The press is talking about it
To whet our appetite and give our compliments to Olivier Mille and Elena Filippini, who produced this series.
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