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Paroles d’Artistes Volume 1 (2005)

Subject

Art; French studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 68 minutes), 22.00 Euros

The ten recent acquisitions made by the National Museum of Modern Art presented in this DVD reflect the diversity of contemporary artistic production in France. The accompanying booklet features the words of...

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Date

29 Jun 2009, 15:37

Author

Gabriel

Post Type

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There is very little material on early sound newsreels and even less on this period of David Lean's career. Kevin Brownlow's book provides the most detail, the rest are glimpses and context. BUFVC pdf on...

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Etre et Avoir (2003)

aka: To Be and to Have

Subject

Education; French studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 104 minutes), £15.99

A documentary following schoolteacher Georges Lopez as he teaches 12 students between the ages of 4 and 10 in a one-room school in rural France.

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French Experience 2, The (1997 Audio, Video)

Subject

French studies

Distribution

Sale, 5 videocassettes. Standard formats. col. 150 min (10 x 15 min).; Audiocassette. 4 x 75 min., 1997 sale: £245.00 (+VAT +p&p)

An intermediate level French course covering speaking, reading, writing and understanding French in a variety of situations including work, the environment, money, transport and traditions; with dialogues,...

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Témoins de la Libération de Paris, Les, Et 20 Ans en Août 1944: Deux Films de Jorge Amat

Director

Lorenzo Alvary

Subject

French studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL), 15 Euros

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Simone de Beauvoir: Une Feministe (2006)

Director

Delphine Camolli

Subject

French studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 15 minutes), 15 Euros

Short film about French feminist Simone de Beauvoir, with a commentary by Delphine Seyrig, and featuring photographs and archive footage.

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Languages Toolkit, The (4 Packs) (2000)

Subject

French studies

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 4 tapes), £60 set

A set of four audiopacks, each consisting of an audiocassette and photocopiable book, providing authentic listening practice materials for higher level students of French. They include a selection of...

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Beau Travail (2000)

Director

Claire Denis

Subject

Film studies; French studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £20.00

Inspired by Herman Melville’s ‘Billy Budd’, filmmaker Claire Denis’ film explores the near-mythical world of the French Foreign Legion. A sergeant-major whose position and power are threatened when...

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Kate Millett Parle de la Prostitution Avec des Féministes (1975)

Subject

French studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 20 minutes), 15 Euros

In 1975, two years after the publication of her book ‘The Prostitution Papers’ (1973), and during a strike by French prostitutes, Kate Millett discusses questions of prostitution with French feminists...

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Partie de Campagne (1936)

aka: Day in the Country, A

Subject

French studies; Literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 39 + 42 minutes of extras), £15.99

Jean Renoir’s adaptation of a short story by Guy de Maupassant, originally released in 1946. On an idyllic country picnic, a young girl leaves her family and fiancé for a while and succumbs to a brief...

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