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Steve Buscemi recommended The Vanishing (1993) in Movies (curated)

The Vanishing (1993)

1993 | Mystery

8.0

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"This Dutch director George Sluizer is actually a Frenchman, or born in France anyway. This creepy 1988 thriller about a woman abducted and the torment her kidnapper puts her boyfriend through was remade by the director as an American film in 1993. But check out this original and see if you don’t have nightmares."

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Duncan Hannah recommended Lacombe, Lucien (1974) in Movies (curated)

Lacombe, Lucien (1974)

1974 | Drama, Romance, War

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"This film is another touchstone for me, and I have based several paintings on it (as well as on many other films on my list). Toulouse, France, during the German occupation. A very odd romance blooms between the mismatched young couple. Aurore Clément is fabulous. Pierre Blais died soon after. Great Django Reinhardt soundtrack."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Last Banquet in Books

Oct 7, 2020

In pre-revolutionary France, Jean-Marie d'Aumount's earliest memories are of eating beetles from the dung heap outside his dead parent's home. After being rescued from this, he begins a life of unusual tastes and adventures. My revised review is here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2013/08/23/a-pre-revolutionary-french-feast-of-fiction/

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Mary Queen of Scots

Antonia Fraser

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Mary Queen of Scots passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France...

The Patriotic Traitor

Jonathan Lynn

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Phillipe Petain, a tough, uncompromising soldier who rose through the ranks to save France in 1916...

Marc Mimram: Architecture & Structure

Philip Jodidio

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Since his debut as an architect and engineer with a footbridge over a highway in Toulouse, France,...

Cockerels and Vultures: French Poems of the First World War

Albert-Paul Granier and Ian Higgins

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Cockerels and Vultures is a book for everyone interested in the poetry of the First World War. For...

Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Young Survivors in Books

Jun 14, 2020

The Young Survivors

Debra Barnes | 2020 | Education, History & Politics

8.0

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This is not your usual memoir about the Holocaust ... well not one I have ever read before anyway ... it's the true story of what is was like for a family of Jews living in France during World War II.

Written from the perspective of three of the children, the story tells of their harrowing experiences during the German occupation of France and having to move from place to place, losing the adults in their lives and being separated from their siblings.

This is a heart-rending story but also a story of survival, bravery and hope and I want to thank the Duckworth Books Group via JellyBooks for my copy in return for them analysing my reading data and an honest review although this wasn't compulsory.