Archive for French cinema

1975 ]two French films[

Posted in Books, Kids, pictures with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 24, 2022 by xi'an


Two French films that came out within a few weeks of one another on the legalisation of abortion in 1975, following the MLAC activism in the previous years, the lawyer Gisèle Halimi‘s court pleadings, and Giscard’s underlying (and relatively) progressive presidency, which left Simone Veil endure the nasty flak of an exclusively male French Assembly. (Note: I have not watched either of the movies!)

Dans son regard [Nikon film festival]

Posted in Books, Kids, pictures with tags , , , , , , , on February 3, 2022 by xi'an


A beautiful short film (in French) shot in a Rennes restaurant and the Brittany countryside, and submitted by my nephew Paul and his co-authors to the Nikon Film festival 2022. Voting starts on 01 February.

Venise n’est pas en Italie

Posted in pictures, Travel, University life with tags , , , , , on May 30, 2019 by xi'an

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