by Alliance Française | Oct 7, 2012 | Blog
For several years now, there has been une nuit blanche à Paris ( a sleepless night) on the first weekend in October ( see Alliance Française de Bristol blog last October for some background). There are some museums that are open all night for instance but there are...
by Alliance Française | Sep 30, 2012 | Blog
Les Intouchables came out in France in November 2011 and, immediately, had a fantastic success ( a fait un tabac) . The two directors ( réalisateurs) Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano depict the relationship between a quadriplegic ( un tétraplégique ), played by...
by Alliance Française | Sep 23, 2012 | Blog
It is on the French calendar delivered each December by the postman, the calendar is called: L’Almanach du facteur ou Le Calendrier de la poste: 22 septembre: AUTOMNE Here in Bristol, we know what Autumn means, it’s been pouring down all day: il pleut des...
by Alliance Française | Sep 16, 2012 | Blog
Here is la lettre de Robin, La vie en famille, in Alphonse Daudet’s style:Le lendemain matin j’entendis l’aboiement féroce de Beowulf. Un des chats du quartier était dans l’olivier et il laissait pendre son cul exactement hors de la portée du chien. Furieux,...
by Alliance Française | Sep 9, 2012 | Uncategorised
Martine, one of our French teachers, studied most of the Lettres with students who have a very good grasp of French.Robin wrote a long Lettre the first part of which is published below. You will definitely feel Daudet’s influence, which is a fantastic...
