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Giulia - Sa marque de bijoux 'Desidero'

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Giulia has been a jewelry maker since 2012, when she launched her Desidero brand. You can see and buy her creations in her boutique and studio located in Paris.

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Caption 31 [fr]: voilà, y a...
Caption 31 [en]: right, there's...

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Bicloune - Magasin de vélos à Paris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Bicloune is a unique bicycle shop in Paris with a wide variety of models, from antique bikes from 1905 to contemporary foldable ones. Audrey Hepburn supposedly used to ride a bicycle like one found in this store.

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Caption 26 [fr]: Donc voilà, je... je milite vraiment
Caption 26 [en]: So that's it, I... I'm really pushing

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Alain Etoundi - Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

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After multiple organizations refused to finance his film Un frère comme moi (A Brother Like Me), Alain Etoundi decided to speak out by making a short film called Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! (Go Film Yourselves!). He criticizes the French film industry for not doing justice to suburban black communities, preferring instead to churn out films with stereotypical black characters.

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Caption 10 [fr]: Voilà. Tout va bien.
Caption 10 [en]: There. Everything's going well.

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Morlaix - Visite de l’atelier

Difficulty: 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 41 [fr]: Donc voilà. On travaille à quatre mains en fait sur ce projet-là.
Caption 41 [en]: So that's it. We work with four hands in fact on that project.

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Lionel - à la ferme

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel shows us around a family farm that spans three generations. This traditional dairy and cattle farm takes good care of its animals, which enjoy a special "cow wash." Nursing cows are allowed a break from milk production prior to calving, and nothing is left to chance as the sex of the newborn calf is predetermined thanks to artificial insemination.

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Caption 9 [fr]: qui a encore... voilà. On appelle ça une génisse, non? -Non. Une vache allaitante.
Caption 9 [en]: that still has... there you are. We call that a heifer, no? -No. A nursing cow.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 6

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

In part 6 of Le Québec parle aux Français, the interviewees compare and contrast the immigrant situation in France and Quebec. France, being a smaller country, creates additional pressure for immigrants, while in Quebec, immigrants do rather well. Later, Olivier treats us to a little song he wrote himself.

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Caption 40 [fr]: Et voilà! -Au Québec! -Et voilà, au Québec! -Alors qu'est-ce que vous pensez des...
Caption 40 [en]: And there you are! -To Quebec! -There you are, to Quebec! -So what do you think of...

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Le Tapissier - L'artisan et son travail

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

René-Marc Cohen, a very fine artisan, will show us how to upholster a squat armchair, "un fauteuil crapaud" (literally a "toad armchair").

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Caption 13 [fr]: Donc voilà un petit peu, euh... la caractéristique de ces fauteuils Napoléon Trois
Caption 13 [en]: So there you have a few, uh... characteristics of these Napoleon the Third armchairs,

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La Conspiration d'Orion - Conspiration 3/4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

How would you feel if you found out that a government research program could effectively control the climate, remotely and silently destroy anything and everything, and manipulate human behavior? Sound like science fiction? Watch the latest installment of the Orion Conspiracy, and decide for yourself.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Voilà. Au mois de juin mille neuf cent soixante-cinq est apparu: ça...
Caption 14 [en]: In June nineteen sixty-five, this appeared...

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La Conspiration d'Orion - Conspiration 1/4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Step inside the world of the Orion Conspiracy, a fictionalized (or is it?) documentary produced and directed by Seb Janiak. Part One will leave you asking questions, and eagerly anticipating the next installment.

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Caption 11 [fr]: Voilà, une opération de manipulation inégalée à ce jour, à l'échelle planétaire,
Caption 11 [en]: So, an unprecedented propaganda campaign, on a global scale,

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Les Héritiers - Les bonnes recettes - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Ever heard of a pleurotte mushroom? Lacking as we are in mushroom expertise, neither had we—until we visited the kitchen of Les Héritiers, that is! What’s better than getting to watch a scrumptious dish of pleurottes, brie, escargots, and garlic, all together in a puffed pastry, be prepared before your eyes? Getting to eat it, of course!

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Caption 16 [fr]: Et voilà.
Caption 16 [en]: There you go.

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