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A week in France

Sep 1, 2024 | france24.com | Alison Sargent

To display this content from , you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Saturday, August 31, 2024: In our first edition after the summer holidays, Alison Sargent is joined by French politics and history professor Andrew Knapp to discuss France's ongoing political deadlock. Nearly two months after snap parliamentary elections Emmanuel Macron has yet to name a new Prime Minister, with the National Assembly split between the left, centre-right, and far-right.
A week in France

Jun 24, 2024 | france24.com | Alison Sargent

Saturday, June 22, 2024: In this week's roundup of French news, we bring you the latest from the lightning campaign ahead of snap legislative elections. Anti-Semitism came back to the forefront of political debate after the shocking rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl by boys her own age.
'Girls Will Be Girls': Director Shuchi Talati on rebellion, sexual awakening and combatting shame

Jun 19, 2024 | france24.com | Alison Sargent

Shuchi Talati's first feature-length film, "Girls Will Be Girls", tells the story of 16-year-old Mira, a model student at an elite Himalayan boarding school who gets swept up in a budding romance with a new male student. Things get complicated when Mira's mother inserts herself into their relationship. Talati says she wanted to tell a story about sexual awakening without the shame she experienced in her own adolescence.
A week in France

Jun 8, 2024 | france24.com | Alison Sargent

Saturday, June 8th, 2024: Alison Sargent brings you a roundup of French stories after a week dominated by commemorations in Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings-the presence of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky adding a layer of resonance. Meanwhile in Paris, the Eiffel Tower has been decked out with the Olympic rings ahead of this summer's games, and football star Kylian Mbappé confirms that he's signed on with Spanish club Real Madrid.
Film show: D-Day classics, from 'The Longest Day' to 'Saving Private Ryan'

Jun 5, 2024 | france24.com | Alison Sargent

As commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings take place in Normandy, film critic Lisa Nesselson tells us about her favorite D-Day classics - from star-studded extravaganza "The Longest Day" to Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan". Plus, Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard star in "Memory", a harsh tale about what happens when suppressed memories meet early-onset dementia.
Film show: D-Day classics, from 'The Longest Day' to 'Saving Private Ryan'

Jun 5, 2024 | flipboard.com | Solène Clausse |Marion CHAVAL |Louise DUPONT |Alison Sargent |Natacha MILLERET

2 hours agoAfter fans speculated that Lady Gaga is pregnant, she took matters into her own hands and responded to the rumors with a Taylor Swift reference. Swift herself slammed the rumors about Gaga, we have how she responded and more.
Indian elections: 'A battle for the future of India's democracy'

Apr 18, 2024 | france24.com | Alison Sargent

Indians begin voting on Friday in what will be the world's biggest-ever election, with nearly a billion registered voters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP is seen as the favourite, but faces a challenge from a huge centre-left opposition coalition. We speak to Louise Tillin of the King's College India Institute about what's at stake.
Pulitzer-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver on structural classism and the urban-rural divide

Feb 9, 2024 | france24.com | Alison Sargent

She is one of the most celebrated American authors of our time: Barbara Kingsolver speaks to "arts24" about her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Demon Copperhead", which has just been published in French. The book is a reimagining of Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield" set in modern-day Appalachia, one of the poorest regions in the United States and ground zero of the opioid epidemic.
'DaaaaaalĂ!': Surrealist icon Salvador Dali brought to life in new French film

Feb 8, 2024 | france24.com | Alison Sargent

He was a surrealist icon with an iconic moustache. Salvador Dali is the subject of a new film from absurdist French director Quentin Dupieux. "Daaaaaalí!" sees the Spanish artist brought to life by five different actors, including Jonathan Cohen and Edouard Baer. We take a closer look. We also discover a web series from Togo that's gained an unprecedented following. "Ahoé" tells the story of Eli, a young Togolese man who comes back to his hometown for his mother's funeral after 10 years in Paris.
Film show: 'Green Border', the Polish refugee drama that sparked right-wing backlash

Feb 7, 2024 | france24.com | Alison Sargent

Since premiering in Venice in September, Polish director Agnieszka Holland's refugee drama "Green Border" has been showered with prizes and praise. But it sparked outrage from Poland's now former right-wing government, with politicians calling it "Nazi propaganda". FRANCE 24 film critic Lisa Nesselson explains the backlash to what she calls an "excellent" film.