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Trilogie de L'emprise: volume 1, L'emprise

Marc Dugain

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Philippe Launay, first secretary of a major French political party, agrees to organize the primary...

John Malkovich recommended The Battle of Algiers (1966) in Movies (curated)

The Battle of Algiers (1966)

1966 | Classics, Drama, War

7.4

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"Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, it’s a taut and very telling film about the French/Algerian war of independence, concentrating on the battle of the Kasbah in the capital city of Algiers. A brilliant, prescient, and very humane film with very few “professional” actors. In black and white."

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Dominic Monaghan recommended La Haine (1996) in Movies (curated)

La Haine (1996)

1996 | International, Drama

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"The film debut of Vince Cassel, this film documents the Paris riots of the early 1990s. Filmed in black and white, it is an intimate look at French youth. The music is killer, the performances almost come through the camera, and hoodlums have never seemed so hip."

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Nathan Silver recommended Bad Timing (1980) in Movies (curated)

Bad Timing (1980)

1980 | Mystery

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"This movie makes me think of my French producer, Claire. We watched it as reference for a script we were working on together. It’s a brutal film to be sure, but I only have warm associations attached to it now: days of wine, writing, and more wine."

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Kim Gordon recommended Madame Bovary in Books (curated)

"The first feminist character in a novel. I love this period of French lit, reflecting the life of a bored wife trapped as a woman in a ‘suitable’ marriage as a way to maintain her inheritance. It was seen as introducing realism and the modern narrative."

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Meghan Udell recommended A Tale of Two Cities in Books (curated)

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens | 1859 | Fiction & Poetry

7.3

(22 Ratings)

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"This was the book that started me on the path of steganographic textiles. While many find Madame Defarge a villainous bitter woman, callously knitting between executions, for me she represents a feminist hero, channeling her rage at sexual violence against women as fuel for the French Revolution."

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