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Films on the Green Festival presents the free outdoor screening of Senegalese French movie MANDABI (LE MANDAT) by Ousmane Sembebe. The event will take place this Friday July 22 at 8:30pm in Riverside Park! #FilmsontheGreen
 
DATE: Friday July 22, 2022 at 8:30pm
LOCATION: Riverside Park - Pier I at 70th Street, Upper West Side
 
Presented in partnership with the African Film Festival and Summer on the Hudson 

Film in Wolof with English subtitles
FREE and open to the public (no ticket needed)

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MANDABI (The Money Order) 
Directed by Ousmane Sembène, 1968, 1h31, Senegal-France
With Makhouredia Gueye, Isseu Niang, Ynousse N’Diaye 

Based on the novel Le Mandat by the director himself (1965). 

After jobless Ibrahima Dieng receives a money order for 25,000 francs from a nephew who works in Paris, news of his windfall quickly spreads among his neighbors, who flock to him for loans while he finds his attempts to cash the order stymied in a maze of bureaucracy, and new troubles rain down on his head.

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From June 3 to September 9, Films on the Green is bringing French and Francophone cinema to the New York City area with our free screenings in nine different Manhattan and Brooklyn parks. Highlighting movies based on literature, with the theme From Page to Screen, this year’s lineup includes 12 features that you can enjoy even if you haven't read the book!

 

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Films on the Green Festival presents the free outdoor screening of THE CLASS (ENTRE LES MURS) which unanimously won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival in 2008. The event will take place this Friday July 15 at 8:30pm in Seward Park! #FilmsontheGreen
 
DATE: Friday July 15, 2022 at 8:30pm
LOCATION: Seward Park, Canal St and Essex St, Lower East Side
 
Presented in partnership with the Seward Park Conservancy, 

Film in French with English subtitles
FREE and open to the public (no ticket needed)

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THE CLASS (Entre les murs) 
Directed by Laurent Cantet, 2008, PG-13, 2h08, France
With François Bégaudeau, Louise Grinberg, Esmeralda Ouertani, Boubacar Touré 

François and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in Paris. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement and difficulties in the classroom stop them from trying to give the best education to their students. Neither stuffy nor severe, François’ extravagant frankness often takes the students by surprise. But his classroom ethics and his resolve are put to the test when his students begin to challenge his methods... Based on the novel Entre les murs by François Bégaudeau (2006).

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From June 3 to September 9, Films on the Green is bringing French and Francophone cinema to the New York City area with our free screenings in nine different Manhattan and Brooklyn parks. Highlighting movies based on literature, with the theme From Page to Screen, this year’s lineup includes 12 features that you can enjoy even if you haven't read the book!

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Films on the Green Festival presents the free outdoor screening of French Mexican classic movie FEVER MOUNTS AT EL PAO by Luis Buñuel. The event will take place this Wednesday July 13 at 8:30pm in J. Hood Wright Park (Washington Heights)! #FilmsontheGreen
 
DATE: Wednesday July 13, 2022 at 8:30pm
LOCATION: J. Hood Wright Park, W. 173 St &, Haven Ave, Washington Heights
 

Film in French with English subtitles
FREE and open to the public (no ticket needed)

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FEVER MOUNTS AT EL PAO (La Fièvre monte à El Pao) 
Directed by Luis Buñuel, 1959, 1h37, France-Mexico (Courtesy of Oscar Arce and the Luis Buñuel Film Institute)
With Maria Félix, Gérard Philippe, Jean Servais 

When the governor of a prison on the remote Caribbean Island Ojeda is assassinated, his secretary, Ramón Vasquez, assumes the role of acting governor until a replacement can be appointed. Vasquez, an idealist, exploits this opportunity to improve the lot of the prisoners, and to start an affair with the former governor’s widow... Based on the novel La fièvre monte à El Pao by Henri Castillou. 

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From June 3 to September 9, Films on the Green is bringing French and Francophone cinema to the New York City area with our free screenings in nine different Manhattan and Brooklyn parks. Highlighting movies based on literature, with the theme From Page to Screen, this year’s lineup includes 12 features that you can enjoy even if you haven't read the book!

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ADIFF DC Presents: The Haitian Program

Watch two documentaries focusing on Haiti at George Washington Univeristy (2121 I St NW, Washington, DC 20052, United States) on

Friday, August 5 @ 4:30pm

 

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Kafe Negro: Cuba & the Haitian Revolution

Kafe Negro tells the story of migrations around a small grain that became the second most important raw material on the global market. This film tells the story of the waves of migration of Haitian workers who, over time, profoundly transformed the culture and demography of Cuba and developed coffee growing on the island.

Directed by Mario Delatour, 2022, 52 minutes, Cuba/Haiti, Documentary in French and Spanish (with English subtitles)

 

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Kenbe Fem: A Haitian Story of Survival, Unity and Strength

Kenbe Fem, roughly translated as “to hold firm”, is a common phrase in Haitian culture. This documentary was entitled Kenbe Fem to represent the resilience of the Haitian community. Despite all that Haiti has been through over the past two centuries, to “hold firm” was most relevant as many people watched their homes and over 250,000 people perished during the earthquake on January 12, 2010.

 

Follow David Pierre-Louis, a Haitian-American and Seattle art-venue owner, on a son’s journey to find his mother after the devastating earthquake. Immersed in the ruins, he is challenged to fill the gaps left by the Haitian government & various NGOs.

Directed by Mark Goodnow and David Pierre-Louis, 2019, 51 minutes, Haiti/USA/Dominican Republic, Documentary in English

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ADIFF DC Returns to In-Person Screenings

August 5 – 7, 2022 

The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) will host its annual film festival in Washington DC from Friday, August 5 – Sunday, August 7. This year’s festival will take place entirely in person at George Washington University with a selection of 19 films. Ticket prices will range from $10 for one student/senior ticket – $120 for an all-access festival pass.

Mask required

Now in person for the first time in two years, ADIFF DC 2022 will include Q&A discussions after the Opening Night Film Fighting For Respect: African American Soldiers in WWI - a documetary that captures the plight of African American soldiers who fought in WWI, receiving the Croix de Guerre military decoration from France, while still fighting discrimination and hatred at home in America; and the Closing Night Film The Mali-Cuba Connection where ten promising musicians from Mali are sent to Cuba to study music and strengthen cultural links between the two socialist countries. Years later, Richard Minier, a French music producer meets a former member in Bamako and decides to bring the band back together.

Some of the Highlights in the festival include: The Haitian Program which includes two documentaries from Haiti – Kafe Negro: Cuba & The Haitian Revolution which tells the story of the waves of migration of Haitian workers who, over time, profoundly transformed the culture and demography of Cuba and developed coffee growing on the island; and Kenbe Fem: A Haitian Story of Survival, Unity and Strength which follows David Pierre-Louis, a Haitian-American and Seattle art-venue owner, on a son’s journey to find his mother after the country’s devastating earthquake.

 

FESTIVAL A GLANCE:

A Son (Un Fils) by Medhi Barsoui (Tunisia)

Kafe Negro: Cuba & the Haitian Revolution by Mario Delatour (Haiti, Cuba)

Kenbe Fem: A Haitian Story of Survival, Unity and Strength by Mark Goodnow and David Pierre-Louis (Haiti, USA, Dominican Republic)

The Sleeping Negro by Skinner Myers (USA)

OPENING NIGHT FILM: Fighting For Respect: African American Soldiers in WWI by Joanne Burke

Marighella by Wagner Moura (Brazil)

Bedroom Chains by Hassan Mageye (Uganda)

The Women in Block J by Mohamed Nadif (Morocco)

Loimata, the Sweetest Tears by Anna Marbrook

Me Little Me by Elizabeth Ayiku (USA)

Get Out Alive by Roger Ellis (USA)

Haingosoa by Edouard Joubeaud (Madagascar)

Angels on Diamond Street by Petr Lom (USA)

Dancing the Twist in Bamako (Senegal, Canada)

As Far As I Can Walk by Stefan Arsenijević (Serbia, France, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Bulgaria)

CLOSING NIGHT FILM: The Mali-Cuba Connection by Edouard Salier and Richard Minier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Greenwich Entertainment is pleased to announce the US release of Caroline Vignal’s irresistible French comedic road movie MY DONKEY, MY LOVER & I, starring Laure Calamy (Call My Agent) in a Best Actress César Award-winning performance as the delightfully zany Antoinette, a heart-broken schoolteacher, who impulsively goes on a six-day hike to follow her lover, accompanied by a cantankerous donkey named Patrick. This understated charmer became a sleeper hit in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.
 
MY DONKEY, MY LOVER & I is scheduled to open on Friday July 22 with select engagements in top 50 markets including New York’s (Angelika Film Center) and Los Angeles (Laemmle’s Royal).
 
Primary school teacher Antoinette (Laure Calamy) is elated about her upcoming vacation with her married lover, Vladimir (Benjamin Lavernhe), but their plans are upended when his wife books a surprise hiking trip. On an impulse, Antoinette heads to the same mountainous region of the Cévennes National Park, with an itinerary inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic 1878 memoir Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes.

Completely unversed in the ways of the wilderness, Antoinette forges quick bonds with an idealistic innkeeper (Marie Rivière, Eric Rohmer’s The Green Ray) and several other offbeat fellow travelers. Writer-director Caroline Vignal's delightfully mischievous second feature film is an uproarious and poignant reminder of the virtues of independence as her protagonist stumbles toward self-revelation. Besides its Best Actress win, MY DONKEY, MY LOVER & I was nominated for eight César Awards including Best Film, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor.

 
"Fun and incredibly romantic. A jewel that touches the heart." — Marie Claire
 
"Beautiful. A portrait of a woman of rare density in French cinema. A film that is never afraid of its emotions and whose extreme sensitivity, rich in bursts of laughter as well as in fits of tears, does not at any time show sentimentality." — Premiere
 
"Stupendously entertaining. A sunny and spirit-lifting comedy boasting an endearing turn by Laure Calamy.” —  The List
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Films on the Green Festival presents the free outdoor screening of French classic TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI starring JEAN GABIN, JEANNE MOREAU, and LINO VENTURA this Friday July 1 at 8:30pm in Tompkins Square Park! #FilmsontheGreen
 
DATE: Friday July 1, 2022 at 8:30pm
LOCATION: Tompkins Square Park, Alphabet City/East Village
 

Film in French with English subtitles
FREE and open to the public (no ticket needed)

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TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI 
Directed by Jacques Becker, 1954, 1h34, France (courtesy of Rialto Pictures)
With Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Lino Ventura 

After pulling off their "retirement job," 50 million in gold bars, aging criminals Max and Henri think they can give up the game. But when Henri's girlfriend tells the drug dealer Angelo about the loot, violence erupts. Angelo kidnaps the old crook and asks Max for the “grisbi” as ransom... Based on the novel Touchez pas au grisbi ! by Albert Simonin (1953). 

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From June 3 to September 9, Films on the Green is bringing French and Francophone cinema to the New York City area with our free screenings in nine different Manhattan and Brooklyn parks. Highlighting movies based on literature, with the theme From Page to Screen, this year’s lineup includes 12 features that you can enjoy even if you haven't read the book!

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Un classique à porter de main !

Dès le début de l’existence du projet « 10 SUR 10 – Pièces francophones à jouer et à lire » j’ai eu une envie de faire des résidences à thème, de guider l’attention des auteurs vers des sujets que j’estimais nécessaires d’aborder. C’est comme ça que sont nées les résidences sur la paix dans le monde, la solidarité, l’écologie et… sur l’œuvre de Molière ! Moi qui suis un ancien professeur de FLE qui voulait faire apprendre la « langue de Molière » par le théâtre, je dois dire que Molière, justement, n’était pas mon auteur préféré car pendant long-temps je n’avais pas accès à son œuvre. Je veux dire par là que, n’étant pas francophone de naissance (je suis polonais) et même avec un bon niveau de français, le lire n’était pas facile du tout. Résultat : je ne le lisais pas. Mais en même temps que le projet 10 SUR 10 prenait de l’ampleur et s’implantait dans de plus en plus de pays, le « sujet Molière » prenait de l’importance....
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Films on the Green Festival presents the free outdoor screening of French classic LE CAPITAN (CAPTAIN BLOOD) starring JEAN MARAIS and BOURVIL this Friday June 24 at 8:30pm in Transmitter Park, Brooklyn! #FilmsontheGreen
 
DATE: Friday June 24, 2022 at 8:30pm
LOCATION: Transmitter Park, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
 

Film in French with English subtitles
FREE and open to the public (no ticket needed)

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LE CAPITAN (Captain Blood) 
Directed by André Hunebelle, 1960, 1h41, France-Italy
With Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli 

France, 1616. King Louis XIII is 15 and his mother, Marie of Medicis, regent of the kingdom since the death of Henri IV, entrusts power to Concino Concini, a deceitful and ambitious man. After the assassination of his friend by Concini, noble swordsman Francois de Capestan, known as “Le Capitan,” goes to the young sovereign to warn him of the multiple betrayals that threaten the King’s Court. Based on the novel Le Capitan by Michel Zévaco (1909). 

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From June 3 to September 9, Films on the Green is bringing French and Francophone cinema to the New York City area with our free screenings in nine different Manhattan and Brooklyn parks. Highlighting movies based on literature, with the theme From Page to Screen, this year’s lineup includes 12 features that you can enjoy even if you haven't read the book!

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Films on the Green Festival presents the free outdoor screening of French New Wave classic BAND OF OUTSIDERS by Godard this Friday June 17 at 8:30pm in Washington Square Park! #FilmsontheGreen
 
DATE: Friday June 17, 2022 at 8:30pm
LOCATION: Washington Square Park
 

Film in French with English subtitles
FREE and open to the public (no ticket needed)

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BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Bande à part) 
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, 1964, 1h37, Courtesy of Rialto Pictures
With Anna Karina, Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur 

Franz and Arthur don’t have money, jobs, or prospects, but they do have a black convertible and a shared romantic interest in Odile. When Odile lets slip that a stash of cash is ineptly hidden in the isolated villa where she lives, the men hatch a plan to take it for themselves. Based on the novel Fools' Gold by Dolores Hitchens (1958). 

Presented in partnership with the Washington Square Park Conservancy.

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From June 3 to September 9, Films on the Green is bringing French and Francophone cinema to the New York City area with our free screenings in nine different Manhattan and Brooklyn parks. Highlighting movies based on literature, with the theme From Page to Screen, this year’s lineup includes 12 features that you can enjoy even if you haven't read the book!

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Book-based discussions on bilingualism fill the role of a much-needed voice that can promote the inherent value of learning and teaching languages from birth, one that can influence policymakers, academics, and administrators and provide a space to discuss ideas and solutions to the challenges of educating bilingual children. In this follow-up to The Bilingual Revolution: The Future of Education is in Two Languages, Dr. Fabrice Jaumont delves deeper into the topics of bilingualism, bilingual education, and cognitive development through a series of conversations with world-renown experts from the Americas, Europe, and Africa: Ana Ines Ansaldo, Ellen Bialystok, Mbacké Diagne, Ofelia García, François Grosjean, and Christine Hélot.

Conversations on Bilingualism expands on the work of the author to advance multilingualism, empower multilingual families and linguistic communities, and foster cross-cultural understanding. It also advocates for language as a critical life skill through the development and implementation of strong educational programs that promote diversity and equality—as well as those that battle inequality head-on. With this book, the bilingual revolution is far from over; the movement for multilingualism and multiculturalism has just begun to take hold. It is not just about the battle for quality education but is also about self-awareness and the deepening of our understanding of ourselves as human beings—both as bilingual individuals and as members of multilingual communities. In Conversations on Bilingualism, Dr. Jaumont takes an unprecedented look at bilingualism as an essential life skill. Linguistic diversity is an untapped resource that can be harnessed not only to promote global equality, but also to optimize cognitive development, drive cultural understanding, and foster cross-cultural collaboration.

Two important points cut across the key areas discussed in this book: first, bilingualism is beneficial both for schools and society as a whole; second, multilingualism must be understood and taught properly to ensure the balanced cognitive development of children. This book will serve as a valuable resource for helping children and adult bilinguals alike to understand and develop their language skills, combat social inequalities, foster linguistic diversity and cross-cultural awareness, and advance education initiatives in their respective fields.

We need to come together to protect and celebrate linguistic diversity. This is not about making the choice for or against bilingualism or multilingualism, but rather about empowering multilingual families, communities, and institutions so that they can diversify the way they educate their children. Bilingual education has a real impact on the lives of millions of children around the world. We must do much more and much better. It is important to teach our children the most useful thing that languages have taught us for thousands of years - how to listen, think, and articulate – by making bilingualism a priority. A multilingual society is a healthy one.

The bilingual revolution is here to stay for many reasons, the most important being that it works. It works for children, individuals, societies, and the global marketplace. Whether you see it or not, bilingualism is growing and changing, much like the populations it represents. The sooner we understand and embrace this phenomenon, the better everyone will be able to adapt to change. This book aims to shed light on many of the issues surrounding bilingualism and multilingualism as well as provide a path towards a more inclusive future by expanding language resources for all of us.

Whether you are a teacher and want to know more about bilingual techniques or a parent and want to understand why your child is speaking another language than you: this book is for you. It contains public talks by experts combined with the author's personal perspective on bilingualism. This presents readers with both the ideas thrust upon families and the teaching practices discussed in the contemporary educational spheres. If you're interested in this topic, I highly recommend adding Conversations on Bilingualism to your reading list!

Caitlin Leib

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Come play soccer and support  le French Heritage Language Program!

Saturday June 25 from 1pm to 6pm 
at  Socceroof, Brooklyn.
Women are welcome.

Please join us with your team in representing your country or your organization supporting our fundraising efforts for the French Heritage Language Program.

The French Football Academy, the Permanent Representation of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie to the United Nations, and the FACE Foundation, cordially invite you to the second edition of the Francophone Cup Tournament.

The Francophone Cup is a co-ed adult soccer tournament gathering teams, including employees of the United Nations, diplomatic missions, international corporations and non- governmental organizations (NGOs) who will compete to become the winner of the Francophone Cup in support of the French Heritage Language Program, which works to help francophone immigrants and young Americans with Francophone background maintain their linguistic and cultural heritage!
 
 

CLIQUEZ ICI POUR VOUS INSCRIRE!

 Questions about the tournament?  Email betrand@fffacademy.com

 

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Films on the Green Festival presents the free outdoor screening of French animation movie THE SUMMIT OF THE GODS this Friday June 10 at 8:30pm in Washington Square Park! #FilmsontheGreen
 
DATE: Friday June 10, 2022 at 8:30pm
LOCATION: Washington Square Park
 

Film in French with English subtitles
FREE and open to the public (no ticket needed)

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THE SUMMIT OF THE GODS (Le Sommet des dieux) 
Directed by Patrick Imbert, 2021, PG, 1h34, Courtesy of Netflix

Were George Mallory and his companion Andrew Irvine the first men to scale Everest on June 8th, 1924? Only the little Kodak VPK camera they took with them might reveal the truth. In Kathmandu, 70 years later, a young Japanese reporter named Fukamachi recognizes the camera in the hands of the mysterious Habu Jôji, an outcast climber believed missing for years. Fukamachi enters a world of obsessive mountaineers hungry for impossible conquests on a journey that leads him, step by step, towards the summit of the gods. 
Based on the manga series Kamigami no Itadaki, written and illustrated by Jiro Taniguchi (2000-2003), which was itself based on a novel by Baku Yumemakura. 

Presented in partnership with the Washington Square Park Conservancy.

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From June 3 to September 9, Films on the Green is bringing French and Francophone cinema to the New York City area with our free screenings in nine different Manhattan and Brooklyn parks. Highlighting movies based on literature, with the theme From Page to Screen, this year’s lineup includes 12 features that you can enjoy even if you haven't read the book!

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L’enseignement de l’oral préoccupe enseignants et apprenants. C’est une question complexe qui touche à la fois les problèmes de communication et d’acquisition, d’organisation et de mise en œuvre pédagogique mais aussi d’évaluation. Tentative de réponse avec Jing Guo, qui a codirigé L’enseignement de l’oral en classe de langue (Éditions des archives Contemporaines, 2020).

PROPOS RECUEILLIS PAR JACQUES PÉCHEUR

Quand on parle d’enseignement de l’oral en classe de langue, de quel oral parle-t-on ? C’est le point de départ de tous les problèmes qui apparaissent après ! Là il s’agit plutôt d’une question de registres ; entre registre familier, neutre, informel… quel registre enseigner ? Ici, tous les enseignants ne sont pas d’accord entre eux sur l’importance de montrer différentes variations de registres aux étudiants. En revanche, les étudiants trouvent qu’il est important, et ilssont demandeurs, de différencier les registres dès le début de l’apprentissage.

Mais cette demande de différenciation reste secondaire ; ils préfèrent quand même recevoir un enseignement dans un registre disons neutre. En même temps le CECR a tranché sur le sujet en n’in-troduisant les variétés langagières qu’à partir du niveau B2. Et c’est seulement à partir du C1 que l’on est censé commencer à ajuster les diffé-rents niveaux. Pourtant, d’un point de vue sociolinguistique, il serait préférable de prendre en compte ces différences de registres et d’y exposer plus tôt les étudiants. Cela étant, ce sont les objectifs d’appren-tissage qui vont orienter les choix en matière d’exposition ou non aux différents registres....

si vous voulez lire la suite...abonnez-vous à la revue Le français dans le monde...

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For Rose, “her family and society were everything for her.” DeCosse explains that even though Rose had a challenging time, to say the least, in East Hampton, she found people of different nationalities who were good to her, and this broadened her mind. A very kind teacher, who became a kind of mentor to her, encourages her to learn English for her societal survival in the U.S. This central message is what DeCosse wants us to take away from her latest book–this opening of the mind, this understanding of different cultural perspectives that Rose comes to achieve.
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The Language and Laughter Studio offers a play-based French preschool program unlike any other school in the area. We combine the founding principles of Progressive Education with a rigorous French immersion program designed to maintain and foster fluency over-the-course of the program. We have been a fixture in the French American community in Brooklyn for over 15 years and are innovative leaders in Progressive Education. 

Our school is a warm and nurturing space for children ages 2.5 to 5, to expand their thinking, build confidence and resilience, and learn to approach relationships with understanding and empathy. Children leave our program fluent in French and nearly all of them continue to study in French in bilingaul public and private schools. 

We believe that a child’s development and curiosity is most inspired by hands-on learning. By touching, building, feeling, and moving with their whole bodies and hearts. We encourage children to constantly try out new ideas, experiment, learn from unforeseen outcomes, persevere, express themselves in many ways, and feel empowered to make and articulate their own choices.

Our highly dedicated teachers develop unique curriculum each year based on our students' individual and collective interests, life experiences, learning styles, and personal development.

To learn more about our school please visit our website. 

To apply to the Mini-Maternelle, click here. 

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LOST ILLUSIONS Opens June 10 in NY

Music Box Films is pleased to announce the US theatrical release of LOST ILLUSIONS, Xavier Giannoli’s sumptuous adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s seminal 19th century Paris-set epic novel of ambition, lust, betrayal, and the birth of modern media.  LOST ILLUSIONS will open on Friday, June 10 in New York (Film Forum and Film at Lincoln Center) and Los Angeles (Laemmle's Royal, Pasadena’s Playhouse and Encino’s Town Center), followed by a national expansion.

Giannoli’s deft, au courant adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s sprawling novel of social-climbing and artistic compromise reminds us that the thorny entanglements of art, commerce, and media are centuries-old. This decadent, satirical romp that “plays with all the brio and jeopardy of a modern-day gangster movie” (Variety) is replete with both the opulence and grittiness of 19th-century Paris. Fake news and “pay for play” are familiarly pervasive, though sexier and funnier than today’s version -- and not a little soul-pricking, since the culprits are lefty journalists and a doe-eyed, underdog poet-protagonist (Benjamin Voisin). Our hero’s journey begins with a quest for love and pure art, then ascends steeply to heights of notoriety, fortune, and debauchery, and then… What goes up must come down.

Adapting Balzac’s novel for the screen had been a life-long passion project for writer-director Xavier Giannoli, whose seven other features, regularly selected for the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals, include César Award winners In the Beginning,The Singer, and Marguerite, his tragi-comedy about the socialite soprano modeled after Florence Foster Jenkins. 

"Refreshing…With its stellar performances, dramatic orchestral score and rich costume and set design, LOST ILLUSIONS is a worthwhile, sweeping narrative of love, lust and literary ambition.” - Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter

“Director Xavier Giannoli accomplishes one of French literature's trickier feats – adapting Balzac – finding uncanny resonances with our time.” - Peter Debruge, Variety 

"Period-drama perfection. Acted with such terrific panache that not enjoying it is impossible.”- Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian 

 

 

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Valerie Sun is a former dual immersion teacher and the founder of EmpowerED Consulting, a nonprofit educational consulting company. She recently published her handbook Navigating Dual Immersion: A Teacher's Companion for the School Year and Beyond through TBR Books. This is the first of the series, Navigating Dual Immersion, which will later see a guide for parents and one for administrators.
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