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Exposition - Balzac, architecte d'intérieurs

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Vous connaissez l'auteur classique Honoré de Balzac? Alors ne manquez de visiter le Musée de Balzac dans le Château de Saché. Les meubles venant tout droit du Mobilier de France vont mettre en relief les romans de Balzac, La Comédie humaine et Peau de Chagrin, par exemple. Ces décors en relation avec ses romans qui comprennent des descriptions bien détaillés vont vous aider à vous situer dans cette période balzacienne du dix-neuvième siècle.
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4:29

Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 5

Difficulty: difficulty - Advanced Advanced

Canada, France

French Canada is a cultural mosaic that is still exploring its identity. Some French Canadians feel more American than French, while others feel more of an allegiance to their French roots. Somehow, a Quebecois nation is emerging out of all this, but not without some growing pains.
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3:20

Lionel - Le Parlement Européen - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Nous retrouvons Lionel pour la deuxième fois devant le Parlement européen, cette fois-ci pour admirer les statues de saxophones multicolores qui enjolivent les jardins et représentent une nation.

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5:41

Français avec Nelly - "Demain, dès l'aube" par Victor Hugo - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Nelly recites and explains in great detail Victor Hugo's poem "Demain, dès l'aube" (Tomorrow, at Dawn). Though initially it might read like a love poem, it turns out to be much more tragic.
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Caption 46 [fr]: pas une relation amoureuse.
Caption 46 [en]: not a romantic relationship.
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4:04

Français avec Nelly - Learning French with Literature: "The Stranger" by Albert Camus - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Nelly reads and explains an excerpt from the classic novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, who was a proponent of the philosophy of the absurd.
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Caption 54 [fr]: une fille avec qui il aura une relation.
Caption 54 [en]: a girl with whom he will have a relationship.
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3:53

Marie et Sandra - Atelier d'art - Part 5

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Sandra teaches Marie how to draw a plant and a vase using crosshatching and shading to add perspective. Just a few strokes go a long way!
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Caption 14 [en]: it's as if the vase were coming forward in relation...
Caption 14 [fr]: c'est comme si le vase venait en avant par rapport...
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3:37

Le saviez-vous? - Karine Rougier présente son art - Part 4

Difficulty: difficulty - Advanced Advanced

France

Karine Rougier describes the many influences she draws on in her art practice—sixteen millimeter films, poetry, Flemish painting, tribal masks, the ocean, and more.
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Caption 27 [en]: So it's sort of the idea of devouring in relation to the "Heart Piece,"
Caption 27 [fr]: Donc c'est un peu l'idée de la dévoration en lien avec la "Pièce de cœur",
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Patrice Zana - L'artiste et ses inspirations - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate 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 47 [fr]: Donc j'ai une relation à l'objet, aux vieux...
Caption 47 [en]: So I have a relationship to the object, to the old...
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2:35

François - Livres conseillés

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

François selected three books to show us that are suitable for teens, adults, and French-language learners alike: Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, La petite-fille de Monsieur Linh by Philippe Claudel, and Les Demeurées by Jeanne Benameur.
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Caption 34 [fr]: enfin, une relation d'amour entre... une mère et sa fille, et euh...
Caption 34 [en]: well, a love relationship between... a mother and her daughter, and uh...
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4:45

Le saviez-vous? - La Cigale et la fourmi - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Patricia sheds a new light on the renowned fable by Jean de La Fontaine, "The Cicada and the Ant." Maybe the cicada isn't such a bad character after all....
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Caption 27 [fr]: la cigale représente cet aspect négatif, l'oisiveté.
Caption 27 [en]: the cicada represents this negative aspect, idleness.
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2:44

Morlaix - Visite de l’atelier

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

France

Enjoy browsing through this charming boutique in Brittany called "La Dilettante." There, you'll find an eclectic range of objects and paintings on driftwood, linen, and traditional canvas, all with a distinct nautical or country theme.
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Caption 30 [en]: I'll use colors in relation to the child's room.
Caption 30 [fr]: je vais faire des couleurs en rapport avec la chambre de l'enfant.
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3:57

Le saviez-vous? - La poésie française: Baudelaire - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Patricia introduces one of France's most renowned poets, Charles Baudelaire. His major work, Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil), is still the most studied poetry collection in French schools and was as much a source of controversy as admiration in his day. Baudelaire's love affair with his muse, actress Jeanne Duval, was a main source of inspiration for Les Fleurs du Mal.
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Caption 25 [fr]: dans des aspects jugés collectivement comme négatif a conféré à Baudelaire
Caption 25 [en]: in aspects collectively considered as negative, afforded Baudelaire
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3:24

Le saviez-vous? - "On est pas sorti de l'auberge!"

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Where does the expression on n'est pas sorti de l'auberge (we aren't out of the inn) come from? Find out its meaning in this video.
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Caption 7 [fr]: une situation négative,
Caption 7 [en]: a negative situation,
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4:19

Micro-Trottoirs - La vie après la mort…

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

France

The Micro-Trottoirs team tackles a big question in this episode: "Do you believe in life after death?" People share their beliefs on the matter. One person remarked, "As the famous French humorist Pierre Desproges would say, 'if God existed, we'd have to file a lawsuit against him!'"
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Caption 13 [fr]: Je pense qu'on reste quand même... en relation avec, uh... sa famille... je pense.
Caption 13 [en]: I think we still remain... in contact with, uh... our family... I think.
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4:55

Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Advanced Advanced

Canada

In the first episode of this documentary on Quebec, a young Frenchman shares his impressions on Canada. As the interviewees in the film demonstrate, the Quebecois have conflicting attitudes toward the French—some see them as "snobs," while others see them as just "polite."
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Caption 78 [fr]: qui va regarder ça d'un œil... négatif. En France, oublie ça!
Caption 78 [en]: who will look at that in a... negative way. In France, forget it!
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