Eager for human connection, Jean-Simon Leduc sets out to meet communities that maintain a close relationship with life underground, across eight different countries, in order to understand what led them to settle where they are. Whether by choice or necessity, these rare groups of individuals have found refuge in bunkers, tunnels, or caves \u2014 in the heart of the desert, high in the mountains, or sometimes beneath bustling cities, without us ever knowing. Fully immersed in their daily lives, Jean-Simon becomes a privileged witness to these little-known and fascinating micro-societies, living at the boundary between shadow and light.<\/p>\r\n
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