Apple Remote Desktop to wake up a Mac

Hello,
Do you know how to use Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) to wake up a Mac which is not on my local network?
Imagine I am in the USA and I need to wake up my Mac in France to see my files, play some music... Is it possible? ARD can do it?
Or should I prefer another program like WakeOnLan by ReadPixel, or the Depicus page...?
Do I need an IP address, a MAC address and to configure my router to accept the correct "wake" packet?
I know the Mac needs to be connected with Ethernet, and "Wake for network access" has to be checked in the Energy Saver panel.
In case it works, can I shutdown my Mac with ARD too?
Maybe you would suggest to use ARD to wake up the Mac then use FTP to see my files, read some music...
The thing would be to use the Mac as a server I could connect with from anywhere in the world to see my files, play music and more...then shutdown it when I finished. Am I dreaming?
Thank you for your help.

Thank you for your information.
I found another topic here : Wake-On-Lan support?
The member el_migu_el wrote something interesting I think.
Basically, it seems Apple Remote Desktop is designed for local network only. When we need to wake up a Mac through the Internet, ARD shows its limits and we have to find another tip to make this thing possible.
Maybe I am wrong but it seems easier to wake up a PC (with Linux OS) through the Internet than a Mac.
I was thinking to another solution :
Would it be possible to configure the Mac with the Energy Saver panel to make it wake up on a specific day at a specific hour (then shut down it in the same way), and use a FTP connection to access our shared datas? It would mean applies like Pure FTPd Manager should run after the Mac woke up, and it would be necessary to configure a static IP address with the DynDNS service for example to avoid any IP changes to still get the conection with the Mac.
And obviously we would use some applications like Cyberduck or FileZilla to access our shared datas. The problem is that we couldn't use our Mac as a server, I mean use it to launch some music for example from anywhere in the world.
I had a friend who had used is old PC (with a Linux OS) as a server to share some music we could hear on our computer. With an address he gave we could see the music he shared. It was cool. The thing was his PC had to be switched on all the time. But I am sure we could have woke up his computer from anywhere to get access to his music if he had configured his PC in that way.

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