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Maison Légeron - Boutique de fleurs artificielles

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Bruno Légeron tells us about his family business of making artificial flowers and feathers for fashion houses and the movie industry. The Maison Légeron dates all the way back to 1727.

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Thomas - Thomas et sa maison

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Thomas is enjoying a new challenge: building his own home. He is making good progress after several months of work on his new project.

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Télésonne - Micro-trottoir : Pour ou contre l’appellation "restaurant"?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Dans cet épisode Micro-trottoir, les gens répondent à la question, est-ce que les restaurateurs qui servent des plats surgelés réchauffés en dernière minute et ne cuisinent pas maison tiennent vraiment des restaurants? La gastronomie française est-elle en danger?

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L'auteur - Bernard Colin

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Bernard Colin, auteur et éditeur, nous présente ici deux livres de sa maison d’édition “Rebelyne”: un ouvrage d’autofiction se passant dans les années soixante-dix et un recueil de nouvelles humoristiques à chute.

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Gilles de 'Paname Workshop' - Créateur d'objets de décoration

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Gilles Martineau is a craftsman who makes beautiful objects out of concrete. Using 3D software, he first designs a mold that he prints himself with a 3D printer. Then he pours concrete into the mold to create his art.

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Caption 57 [fr]: avec la petite recette maison,
Caption 57 [en]: with the little homemade recipe,

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TV Vendée - Vendée : Pierre Zucchi, 104 ans, raconte ses mémoires

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

TV Vendée interviews 104-year-old Pierre Zucchi, an architect and musician who helped build Queen Elizabeth's private hospital. So far, he's written five autobiographical books that he plans to share with his children.

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Caption 45 [fr]: dans la maison de retraite de la commune
Caption 45 [en]: in the retirement home of the village

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Lionel - à la brocante

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to an Alsace flea market and unearths some shopping gems: old vintage postcards painted by a student of Picasso, a set of tires, a few saucepans, and a makeup kit that he buys for his four-and-a-half-year-old daughter, or so he claims...

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Caption 30 [fr]: La maison de... Imbert qui a inventé le gazogène en France,
Caption 30 [en]: The house of... Imbert, who invented the gas generator in France

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Rémy de Bores - Auteur

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Rémy de Bores, an author and publisher, is a very busy man. In this video, he explains the intricacies of his profession and discusses his own books.

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Caption 29 [fr]: pour découvrir les autres livres de la maison d'édition.
Caption 29 [en]: to discover the other books from the publishing house.

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B-Girl Frak - Limoges

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

B-Girl “Frak” talks about growing up in Beaubreuil, a neighborhood in Limoges with an unfair reputation for being full of people who want to burn your curtains.

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Caption 26 [fr]: Et pourtant, euh... j'ai une petite maison avec un jardin et tout, euh...
Caption 26 [en]: And yet, uh... I have a little house with a garden and everything, uh...

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Actu Vingtième - La burqa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Interviewees on the streets of Paris protest the banning of the burqa in public places in France and offer their perspectives on this controversial issue.

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Caption 87 [fr]: Peut-être qu'on nous dit la religion doit rester à la maison,
Caption 87 [en]: We might be told that religion must stay at home,

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Alsace 20 - Arlette Grosskost et la burqa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Arlette Grosskost, UMP (Union for a Popular Movement) representative and member of the Parliamentary task force on the burqa in France, advocates a law aiming to ban the wearing of the full-body veil in public. What’s your take on this controversial issue? Is it a question of women’s rights? Of religious freedom? Are arguments against the burqa perhaps another type of veil—to cover up underlying racism?

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Caption 21 [fr]: restent du coup à la maison et soient de fait encore plus exclues?
Caption 21 [en]: will stay at home as a result and in fact be even more marginalized?

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Les Nubians - Les origines et les influences

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Hélène and Célia tell us about their musical influences, origins, and inspiration. When they encountered prejudice about Africa and Africans upon coming back to France, Les Nubians used music to paint a truer picture of African culture.

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Caption 12 [fr]: pour nos parents à la maison, et...
Caption 12 [en]: for our parents at home, and...

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