by Alliance Française | Jan 24, 2016 | Blog
The film is called Welcome by Philippe Lioret with Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi and Audrey Dana.It is a drama taking place in Calais, Simon ( Vincent Lindon) is a swimming instructor ( maître nageur) at Calais swimming pool ( la piscine de Calais), his wife, Marion (...
by Alliance Française | Jan 17, 2016 | Blog
It is situated in Paris between the 10th ( le 10ème )and 11th ( le 11 ème) arrondissement and was built in 1822, mainly to bring drinking water ( de l’eau potable) to the Parisians. It is not very long, only 4.55km, has nine locks ( neuf écluses), two swinging...
by Alliance Française | Jan 3, 2016 | Blog
Happy New Year and Good Health! This is what the French tend to say at midnight ( à minuit) on 31st December ( le 31 décembre) drinking a glass of champagne ( un verre de champagne), having spent the evening ( le réveillon) with their friends.The night of 31st is...
by Alliance Française | Dec 27, 2015 | Blog
As you read last week, poor Mère Noël was unable to play her part in the Tuesday morning French class as she broke her arm but Martine, the French tutor, came to the rescue and here is the second part of the sketch written by Robin:Fac : Bon, la prochaine question il...
by Alliance Française | Dec 25, 2015 | Blog
