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Le Monde - Tout savoir sur le festival de Cannes en 5 minutes

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Where will you find two thousand three hundred and nine movie theater seats, twenty exhibition halls, and twenty-five projection rooms? At the Cannes Film Festival, of course! Watch this video to learn about the history and impact of this major annual event.

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La disparition de Saint-Exupéry - Découverte et identification de son avion - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In part 2 of this video on the disappearance of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, you will find out how the remains of his plane were located and retrieved from the bottom of the sea.

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Caption 32 [en]: didn't exceed three hundred kilos in weight
Caption 32 [fr]: en poids ne dépassaient pas trois cents kilos

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La disparition de Saint-Exupéry - Découverte et identification de son avion - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In May 2000, Luc Vanrell discovered the P Thirty-Eight Lightning aircraft piloted by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, which was last seen on July 31, 1944. His colleague Philippe Castellano explains how the plane was identified.

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Caption 11 [en]: with one thousand four hundred twenty-five horsepower turbocharged engines.
Caption 11 [fr]: avec des moteurs de mille quatre cent vingt-cinq chevaux turbo compressés.

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Le saviez-vous? - L'art contemporain à Nice

Difficulty: Advanced

France None

Bertrand Baraudou manages a contemporary art gallery located in the heart of Nice called Espace à Vendre (Space for Sale). Beautiful paintings are exhibited across three different locations.

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Caption 20 [en]: that is one hundred fifty square meters,
Caption 20 [fr]: qui fait cent cinquante mètres carrés,

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Uderzo et Goscinny - 1968

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In tribute to Uderzo's passing, we revisit the history of the famous comic strip Asterix and Obelix. In an old interview, Uderzo and Goscinny explain how they came up with Asterix in 1959.

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Caption 76 [en]: that occupies two hundred people for a year,
Caption 76 [fr]: qui occupe deux cents personnes pendant un an,

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France 24 - Décès d'Albert Uderzo, le dessinateur d'Astérix et Obélix

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Albert Uderzo, the co-creator of the famous "Astérix" comic strip, died this week at the age of ninety-two. "Astérix" is the best-selling French-language comic strip, with over 380 million copies sold.

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Caption 37 [en]: with three hundred eighty million albums
Caption 37 [fr]: avec trois cent quatre-vingt millions d'albums

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Sophie et Patrice - Les lampes de Sophie - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie explains in greater detail how she makes lamps out of old jam jars. She has some blue ones that make great night-lights, and some brighter ones that are perfect for reading.

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Caption 11 [en]: one hundred percent, safe uh... safety-wise. -At the level of... ah yeah.
Caption 11 [fr]: sûres à cent pour cent, euh... niveau sécurité. -Au niveau... ah ouais.

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Patrice Zana - L'artiste et ses inspirations - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patrice Zana's Dada-inspired artwork relies heavily on wordplay. In this video he discusses his pieces Caisse à dire ("Talking Box," a pun on qu'est-ce à dire [what does it mean]), Boîte à choses sûres ("Box of Sure Things," a pun on boîte à chaussures [shoe box]), and more.

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Caption 13 [en]: which was invented in Zurich in Switzerland in nineteen hundred sixteen,
Caption 13 [fr]: qui a été inventé à Zurich en Suisse en mille neuf cent seize,

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Patrice Zana - L'artiste et ses inspirations - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patrice Zana is a poet-artist inspired by the Dada movement and the concept of détournement (literally, "diversion," "hijacking"). He invented the term bris colisme to describe his practice, which employs fragmentation, collage, and wordplay in a variety of media.

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Caption 5 [en]: of the years nineteen hundred fifteen, nineteen hundred sixteen.
Caption 5 [fr]: des années mille neuf cent quinze, mille neuf cent seize.

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Christian Le Squer - Comment cuisiner les figues

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Award-winning chef Christian Le Squer shares two delicious fig recipes that will make your mouth water. Do try them at home!

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Caption 90 [en]: for twenty minutes at one hundred eighty, two hundred degrees [Celsius].
Caption 90 [fr]: vingt minutes à cent quatre-vingts, deux cents degrés.

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Les grandes robes royales - à Chinon

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

This video takes us to Chinon to discover the creations of Cameroonian designer Lamyne M. His exhibition features three-meter-high dresses honoring the female sovereigns of France. He adds his own personal touch to the dresses, inspired by his travels around the world.

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Caption 14 [en]: so the king, uh... of the Hundred Years' War,
Caption 14 [fr]: donc le roi, euh... de la guerre de Cent Ans,

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Le saviez-vous? - La poésie française: Baudelaire - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patricia brings to life Baudelaire's famous poem "L'horloge" (The Clock). The poet laments the passage of time and life's inevitable conclusion: death. Aside from the gloomy message, this poem is also an invitation to seize the day and enjoy all that life has to offer, including this poem!

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Caption 10 [en]: Three thousand six hundred times an hour, the Second
Caption 10 [fr]: Trois mille six cents fois par heure, la Seconde

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 11

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

Oliver concludes this eleven-part series with a visit to Fort Chambry, where French and British armies fought over new Canadian territories. How did this affect the present? Olivier leaves us to draw our own conclusions and assures us that he is fond of the Québécois as much as they are fond of him. He shares his final impressions of Quebec in a lovely song at the end.

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Caption 7 [en]: There could have been three, four hundred soldiers around here with tents.
Caption 7 [fr]: Ils pouvaient être trois, quatre cents soldats autour ici avec des tentes.

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Cap 24 - Paris : Alessandro fait les Puces! - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Alessandro goes to the flea market to interview the owners of a charming vintage boutique specializing in clothes and accessories from the 1880s to the 1980s. The owners even dress the part in their gorgeous costumes.

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Caption 27 [en]: Prices... -The bodice is around four hundred euros and so is the skirt, approximately. -Yes.
Caption 27 [fr]: Les prix... -Le corsage est autour de quatre cents euros et la jupe aussi à peu près. -Oui.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 3

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

The situation of the French language in Quebec is controversial and complex. Montreal was an English-speaking city until 1920, and it wasn't until the passage of Law 101 in 1977 that French became the official language of Quebec. According to some of the interviewees in this video, Québécois French is in a precarious position once again, with municipal signage and corporate names in Montreal reverting to English, as well as shopkeepers who refuse to speak French.

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Caption 23 [en]: We had to come up with a law, Law One Hundred One. It was elementary...
Caption 23 [fr]: On a dû se faire une loi, la Loi cent un. C'était élémentaire...

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