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Filmmaker and producer Benoît Cohen has directed six features including Chameleon, Our Precious Children, Just the Three of Us, and You’ll Be a Man, […]
- By Sophie Joubert
- | 27 July 2021
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Unknown France
French painter Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894), member and patron of the Impressionist movement, lived with his family on a large estate in Yerres, just south […]
- By Gabriel Bertrand
- | 27 July 2021
Beyond the Sea
At the height of the Roaring Twenties, there were an estimated 20,000-30,000 Americans in Paris. Alongside the businessmen, diplomats, and titans of industry, a […]
- By Jérôme Kagan
- | 27 July 2021
History
The cabarets along the banks of the Seine and Marne rivers were immortalized by France’s Impressionist painters, and their history is closely intertwined with […]
- By Dominique Mataillet
- | 14 July 2021
Cinema
With The French Dispatch, his new movie which premiered at Cannes on July 12, Wes Anderson has offered his greatest homage to France. Filmed […]
- By Pauline Guedj
- | 12 July 2021
The Liberty Tour
France celebrates the Storming of the Bastille every year. On July 14, 1789, the people of Paris invaded the prison that symbolized royal despotism […]
- By Gabriel Bertrand
- | 6 July 2021
Unknown France
The Château de Blérancourt houses a museum celebrating the history of French-American relations and featuring original artwork, historical artifacts, a library, archives, gardens, and […]
- By Gabriel Bertrand
- | 29 June 2021
Books
Farah, 14, lives with her parents in a libertarian commune in Southern France. A funny, transgressive, coming-of-age novel about contemporary utopias, Arcadia was awarded […]
- By Sophie Joubert
- | 22 June 2021
History
Some 135 years after the inauguration of the Statue of Liberty, a nine-foot replica has been loaned from the Musée des Arts et Métiers […]
- By Anne Prah-Perochon
- | 15 June 2021
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Strasbourg-based CroisiEurope has announced the return of its fleet of river ships, canal barges, and seafaring vessels. Operations will resume in France this month […]
- By France-Amérique
- | 15 June 2021
