Difficulty: Intermediate
France
We continue our tour of the Norman Vexin region with a stop in the hamlet of Boisgeloup, where Pablo Picasso once lived. If you get hungry while strolling around this charming little village, make sure to stop in the bakery Chez Valérie et Patrick Bunel, which won an award for best traditional baguette. You can eat one while admiring the beautiful Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church for a wonderful sensory experience.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Right in the heart of Paris, the Comédie-Française is a major institution. It's a theater where the famous playwright Molière performed his plays over three centuries ago. To this day, the Comédie-Française still captures the imagination of French people.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
After the closing of the Calais Jungle, the Massé Trévidy Foundation has stepped in to take care of refugees in the Finistère region. The foundation works with a group of volunteers to provide administrative, social, and medical assistance to the refugees.
Difficulty: Advanced
France
Micro-Trottoirs is interested in people's dreams and nightmares. Accounts range from pleasant dreams of swimming with dolphins to terrifying nightmares of people being amputated.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Paris would be an entirely different city today if the architect Le Corbusier had carried out his ambitious project for the capital. But Minister of Culture André Malraux put a stop to this and set out to preserve the historic heritage of Paris by introducing a new law. Find out what Paris could have looked like in this video!
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Jean de La Fontaine's fables are all-time classics that have been in the French school curriculum for many years, at all levels. It's safe to say that every French person knows at least one of his fables.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
In this video, Patricia plays two strangers in a dentist office waiting room. Her characters use the formal vous form for most of the video, but when they realize they aren't strangers after all, they switch to the informal tu.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
The Bishop of Blois organized an interfaith initiative in the cathedral. Christians and Muslims were invited to share their faith and exchange thoughts in hopes of uniting and promoting peace.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
In this tongue-in-cheek song, "Elle me dit" (She Tells Me), Mika teams up with French actress Fanny Ardant, who plays an overbearing and critical mother.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
In this video, you'll hear an informal conversation between two friends who share a strong resemblance....
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
This company in Rochecorbon makes innovative wine bottle labels to boost sales, and it seems to be working. Some of their labels feel like velvet, while others are wine-cellar-scented.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France None
Adèle always thought that her father was dead, until a mysterious letter from her so-called half-brother arrived in the mail. After being told repeatedly by her family that her father died in a car crash years ago, Adèle is confused and shaken by the letter.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France None
Adèle's mother tries in vain to keep the truth from Adèle, who found out her father might not be dead after all. A surprise visit complicates things even further.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Adèle's half brother Guillaume approaches her outside her workplace and introduces himself. After a brief talk, she agrees to meet him again.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Adèle discovers the whole truth about her dad and the tragic circumstances that led to his forced disappearance. Her mother's attempts to sugarcoat the truth do little to appease her anger.
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