She is both French and Malagasy. She has a master degree in Sociology and a Marketing & Advertising CELSA Diploma (Sorbonne). In 1988, she creates Laterit Productions, an independent production company based in Paris, also committed in distribution and publishing. Her aim is to produce ambitious films that highlight a better cross cultural understanding. With her husband, the Brazilian DOP and director Cesar Paes, she wrote and produced documentaries such as "Angano... Angano... Tales from Madagascar", "Songs and Tears of Nature", and "Awara Soup" that have won top awards at Cinema du Réel, Festival dei Popoli or Leipzig Film Festival. Her productions have been screened by Arte, WDR, WNYC, Canal+, Nordic and Taiwanese public broadcasters. Her feature length documentaries co-directed with Cesar Paes such as "Saudade do Futuro", "Mahaleo" and "An Opera from the Indian Ocean" have been theatrically released in France and in the USA. The DVDs and original soundtracks of their films have been released worldwide.