by Virginie | May 11, 2014 | ART, CINEMA, CULTURE, LIFE, MUSIC, Uncategorized
Marcel Pagnol (1895 – 1974) was a French Provençal novelist, playwright and filmmaker. I admire him for being bold, daring, revolutionary (and handsome, ha!). I think of him whenever I feel discouraged. The man who never ever gave up! He was an...
by Virginie | Oct 21, 2013 | CINEMA, CULTURE, EVENT, QUOTE, Uncategorized
Ask Molière! He will tell you! But before he does, have you ever heard of him? Molière is our French Shakespeare! One of the greatest Masters of Comedy in Western Literature and certainly one of the greatest authors of the French tradition! 17th century playwright,...
by Virginie | Sep 1, 2013 | CINEMA, CULTURE, LIFE, MUSIC, Uncategorized
One of the French personality traits is that we are rebels! It is not just a stereotype! We are a people of riots and revolutions! “There isn’t a governessy bone in the French body. If you want to walk on forbidden grass or cross and intersection...
by Virginie | Aug 25, 2013 | CINEMA, CULTURE, EVENT, Uncategorized
The French colonies The “First French Empire” operated from the 17th century to 1814, when most of it was lost. The “Second French Empire” began in the 1870s and closed down in the late 1960s. It was the second-largest Empire, behind...
by Virginie | Jun 30, 2013 | CINEMA, CULTURE, EVENT, Uncategorized
Most people had not heard of the painter Séraphine Louis (AKA Séraphine de Senlis) before this beautiful movie came out in France in 2008. Séraphine was born in Northern France in 1864 where she grew up and lived in very difficult conditions, without much tenderness...
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