Hilarious French Movie!!

     Last year in French One, we watched this wonderful french movie, called Le Petit Nicolas. It's about a young boy whose life was simple and lovely until one day he overheard his parents talking about how his mother was pregnant, and that they were going to get rid of Nicolas. Nicolas immediately told his friends, who all decide that they would have to work together to get rid of the new baby.

    This movie is seriously hilarious! I may not be fluent in french, but you know, subtitles! So just go watch it sometime if you're at all interested. It's a good one to see with the family!

 French Culture   

     Have you ever wondered where the world's oldest movie theater is located? Well probably not, but incase you have, guess what; It's French!
     This theater, called the Eden Theatre, was founded in the French city La Ciotat, in the early 1800s. The founders were two brothers, Auguste and Louis Lumière, who created the first moving picture of a train pulling into a station. The Eden has been closed for renovation since 1995, and only just reopened this past September. The project cost 6 million euros ($8.1 million).

Source:

France 24. "World's oldest cinema to reopen in France's La Ciotat - FRENCH CINEMA - FRANCE 24." International breaking news and headlines - FRANCE 24. France 24, 10 Sept. 2013. Web. 9 Oct. 2013. http://www.france24.com/en/20131009-worlds-oldest-cinema-eden-theatre-reopen-ciotat-train-france-lumiere.

Source:

The Telegraph. "World's oldest cinema to open again - Telegraph." Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph - Telegraph. The Telegraph, 9 Oct. 2013. Web. 9 Oct. 2013. <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10364074/Worlds-oldest-cinema-to-open-again.html>.

 

     So this beautiful building, located in Paris France is not a giant library, or a palace, or anything regal like that, but a train station! It's called the Gare du Nord, or North Station.

     Compare that to our American train stations...

Yeah, it's big, but not nearly as pretty!