Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Patricia recites one of Jean de La Fontaine's most famous fables, "La Cigale et la Fourmi" (The Cicada and the Ant). After spending the entire summer singing instead of storing food, the cicada is starving come winter. She hopes her neighbor the ant can help her....
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Louise begs Edna to try to make Sylvette jealous enough so that she will go back to her husband René. Edna, posing as René's new girlfriend Annette, agrees to confront Sylvette to tell her that she's in love with him.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Moroccan rapper Lartiste is enjoying a huge success with his hit song "Chocolat." Recorded as a duo with the singer Awa Imani, the song is being played non-stop in the French-speaking world thanks in part to its catchy refrain, cho cho cho chocolat.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
In the suburbs of Paris, women have formed an association called "Femmes-Relais" (Women's Relay) to support each other and their children in times of difficulty. Some parents worry their children are being held in police custody whenever they're late coming home. Politicians like Daniel Goldberg are taking an interest in the situation.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Louise's scheme is working according to plan. She sabotages her grandfather's date and arranges for her grandmother to catch her husband out with another woman under the pretext of a shopping trip. So far so good, but will she achieve her goal of bringing her grandparents back together?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
In this video you will learn about the process of developing and marketing new medications in France. After numerous trials on animals, then humans, a drug is finally put on the market once the price is set by the European Medicines Agency.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
René has set up a date with a woman he met online. It's a date he'll surely remember, as he's going to get more than he bargained for, thanks to his granddaughter's scheming...
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Maître Gims teams up with Niska for "Sapés comme jamais." Dressed as a sapeur, a sort of Congolese fashionista, Maître Gims embraces his Congolese identity with panache and impeccable style.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Louise's desperate pleas to her grandmother fall on deaf ears. On the verge of divorce, her grandparents are starting to go their separate ways and dismiss their granddaughter's appeal for reason and reconciliation.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Louise is doing all she can to rescue her grandparents' marriage. She doesn't want them to throw away the forty-two years they had together. She storms off to talk to her grandmother, having had no luck with her grandfather.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
"What I want is to travel and see something else other than your face, your cabbages, your carrots, and your turnips!" Sylvette shouts at her husband René, who recently retired. She dreams of traveling; all he wants is to stay home and tend his garden. Sylvette hopes that going on a cruise together will help put things right between them.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Belgium
Belgian singer Stromae sings "Je cours" (I Run) from his first studio album, Cheese. The song's cryptic lyrics seem to be a reflection on his music career.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
After the death of their dad, Adèle and Guillaume have become fast friends. Guillaume even went to visit Adèle on one of her humanitarian missions. She no longer works with her mother, but the two have repaired their relationship.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
In "Pocahontas," slam poet Grand Corps Malade offers some insights on raising kids and watching them grow up. He even recreates some old family photos!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Adèle spends a few precious hours with her father who is gravely ill. She is grateful for the connection she made during the short time she spent with him.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
After a first emotional reunion with her father, Adèle comes to visit him regularly on the streets, where he lives. But a shocking phone call will disrupt her happiness.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Guillaume finally calls Adèle back, and they set out to look for their father in his usual haunts. Will they find him?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Adèle's relationship with her mother is at an all-time low. Still, she's determined to meet her father. However, her meeting with her half-brother Guillaume doesn't quite go according to plan....
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Lionel is at a local market in Toul near Alsace, where he samples a beer from a local micro-brewery that sells its products at several markets in the area. The beer goes by the name of "Coin Coin" ("Quack Quack") for no other reason than catching people's attention. The young lady, who brews the beer herself, reassures Lionel that consuming her beer will not give him webbed feet...
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.
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
In the last part of his tour of L'Isle-Adam, Daniel takes us to the town's glassblower, who offers introductory courses in his beautiful artform. He also shows us the L'Isle-Adam ponds (which act as a sanctuary for over 150 bird species) and the mysterious Chinese pavilion, the architect and construction date of which remain unknown.
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 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.
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