Help identify a title of a European film about a dance hall in France before, during and past the second world war, with no dialogue. The translated title (In Eastern Europe) was "The Ball." I can't identify it on IMDB.
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posted by andreinla
on Apr 27, 2007 -
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I'm looking for a particular brand of French shower gel called Bourjois. Is there any way to buy this in the U.S?
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posted by soonertbone
on Apr 17, 2007 -
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Is there a way to prepare for feasting (eating large meals) without feeling nauseated?
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posted by ontic
on Apr 17, 2007 -
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When I was in college, I watched a French movie for one of my classes. The premise, as I remember it, was that a French Jew is separated from his wife and child during World War II. He starts paying a old farming couple to hide him, giving them some of the gold and valuables he is carrying. Eventually, the old couple decide that hiding him is rather lucrative, and manage to fool him into remaining in hiding after the war is over so that they can squeeze him dry.
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posted by Johnny Assay
on Mar 26, 2007 -
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I'm looking for a mac word processor with French language support (spelling and grammar) to replace Microsoft Word 2004.
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posted by Frankieist
on Mar 2, 2007 -
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I am trying to remember the title of a French movie I saw in early 1999, although it may date from earlier than that. I don't remember the content of the main part of the movie at all other than that it had to do with amazing coincidences (or AN amazing coincidence, something like that)...
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posted by indiebass
on Feb 21, 2007 -
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I'm reading through some instructional material regarding the French language from About.com, and am running up against some inconsistencies in the way accented characters are being rendered in Firefox. Some pages render correctly, and others do not - the accented characters are replaced by question mark characters (these pages render correctly in Safari). Why would there be a difference between pages like this?
posted by DandyRandy
on Feb 21, 2007 -
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Give me some recommendations for French-language science-fiction or fantasy books.
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posted by Silune
on Feb 6, 2007 -
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Looking for a song artist name (may be Sanseverino) and/or translation and/or original French lyrics...
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posted by iamkimiam
on Jan 29, 2007 -
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French Food Filter: What is the ham that you find on the buttered, cheese/ham baguettes in France?
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posted by finitejest
on Jan 17, 2007 -
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Trying to remember the name of good French knife and also looking for suggestions for a good whittling knife.
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posted by Cochise
on Dec 10, 2006 -
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I find that our kids enjoy Starfall to learn reading. Does anyone know of a similar program for French? (Ages 5 and 6)
posted by bright77blue
on Dec 9, 2006 -
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How do I change my ibook g4's keyboard layout to french? Does anyone know of any specially made stickers for the g4s, or, indeed if I could purchase a replacement keyboard anywhere? It's essential that I use the inbuilt keyboard for this. Thanks.
posted by Hanni
on Dec 9, 2006 -
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Any suggestions for cool French-language print media (comics, magazines, etc.) which would be interesting to an enthusiastic 16-year-old American in his third year of studying French in high school?
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posted by mdonley
on Nov 26, 2006 -
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French rabbit Chardonnay - I love it! Does anyone know of a similar wine in the same price range?
posted by bright77blue
on Nov 10, 2006 -
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Can I use the key from an English version of Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition to install the French version from the discs?
posted by ODiV
on Oct 31, 2006 -
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I am looking for the name of some delicious French biscuits or, ahem, cookies which seem easily found in any French supermarket or corner store, but elusive on the internets....
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posted by clarkie666
on Oct 26, 2006 -
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Why would criminals have been branded
'Fleurdeliser':
Hollyband 1593: Fleurdeliser, to burne one with an hot floure-de luce betweene the shoulders, when the
Fleur-de-lis was employed by the French monarchy as a symbol of faith, wisdom and chivalry?
posted by tellurian
on Oct 19, 2006 -
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Sartre's brand of atheistic existentialism places a high premium on the value of action as the only means of self-definition. Why in Sartre's life did that action fall along lefty radical activism? Was that his personal ideology creeping in, or does his brand of existentialism demand action of one kind over another?
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posted by jlowen
on Oct 7, 2006 -
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Mac OS X 10.4 has a wonderful little feature associated with Dictionary.app : if press crtl + apple + D, it gives you the definition of the word under the cursor. Clearly this is only of limited use to a native english speaker, but I can imagine it being very helpful to non-native speakers, and I've very much love to have dictionaries in other languages (firsly French). However, it appears Apple never bothered to make any. Any idea what the file format is? Or how to make your own dictionary?
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posted by jeffburdges
on Oct 2, 2006 -
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Tutoring Filter: first-time tutoring a young boy in French. He's in grade 4. Naturally, there's
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posted by glip
on Sep 14, 2006 -
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Grad School Foreign Language Requirements: What demonstrates proficiency at the grad school level? Are there media studies, cultural studies, critical film studies, or similar masters programs without them?
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posted by cowbellemoo
on Aug 29, 2006 -
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How long would it take a 'proactive' person to pick up a language if living and working in a foreign city?
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posted by TheOtherGuy
on Aug 12, 2006 -
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Can you recommend any French-language websites? Specifically, what's the nearest thing to a French Metafilter?
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posted by beniamino
on Aug 11, 2006 -
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Parlez-Vous Français? I need a french to english translation. I love
this short film and find it fun to watch but I think it would be even funnier for me if I knew what was going on.
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posted by tellurian
on Aug 11, 2006 -
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Paging MeFi editors/indexers and/or French speakers! Naturellement, there is
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posted by scody
on Aug 3, 2006 -
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Is there a site out there with sound clips of how place names in France should be pronounced?
posted by gimonca
on Aug 1, 2006 -
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What is the title of this french-canadian film...that's also set outside Las Vegas?
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posted by gbinal
on Jul 17, 2006 -
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Where can I safely and productively visit in French-speaking Africa for a few weeks (other French-speaking areas considered)?
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posted by amtho
on Jun 29, 2006 -
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Can anyone tell me the difference between "monoposte" and "multiposte"?
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posted by leesh
on Jun 6, 2006 -
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I'll be going to France in a little under 2 months, to stay 2 weeks with a family that doesn't speak much English at all, in a relatively small town that doesn't speak much English at all. I'm decently proficient, but not confident, and definitely lacking in the listening/speaking end. I have, however, 9 days coming up where I will have more than enough free time. I won't have an internet connection, but I'll have a laptop I can put stuff on. What is the best use of the next 2 months in terms of preparing for functioning well on the trip?
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posted by devilsbrigade
on Jun 4, 2006 -
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Can anyone enlighten me on the genre of music called "French Ya Ya"?
posted by protocool
on Apr 12, 2006 -
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I need a French quotation from a French source that is a reference to a satirical utopian slogan like "Freedom is slavery" from Orwell's 1984.
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posted by dobie
on Mar 30, 2006 -
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