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Les Fetes en France—In French with French Subtitles
Item# 47479
© 2011
13 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-412-5
France’s long and colorful history has given its people many reasons to celebrate—the country’s calendar contains a large number of historical and religious festivals. Filmed entirely in France, this...
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Une Journee a Paris—In French with French Subtitles
Item# 47480
© 2011
15 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-413-2
In this program viewers join Sophie and Pierre as they spend a day in Paris visiting some world-famous attractions—the Louvre Museum, the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, and Notre Dame Cathedral. T...
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La Mode et la Cuisine (in French)
Item# 49825
© 2009
21 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-460-7
Fashion and food are two of the defining elements of French culture. For students of French, it is important that they not only develop a well-rounded vocabulary, but that they also appreciate how cul...
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Singing Paris: The City of Lights in 20th-Century French Music
Item# 41395
© 2009
52 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61616-670-0
Songs about a certain time and place are more than sentimental musings—they also serve as departure points for cultural and sociological studies. This program uses popular 20th-century French music to...
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Being... French: A Language Primer
Item# 43671
© 2008
33 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-637-9
Set in Marseille, a coastal jewel and the second-most-populous city in France, this program explores the urban landscape with the help of youthful guides—revealing the meanings and usages of numerous...
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Arthur Rimbaud
Item# 36151
© 2006
59 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-5753-9
His incendiary poetry assaulted the constraints of European society, helped to define the Symbolist movement, and influenced generations of later writers-including many Surrealists, Beat poets, and ev...
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Amin Maalouf: Building Bridges Between East and West-in French with English Subtitles
Item# 37131
© 2004
30 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-6523-7
“My role as a writer is to create positive myths,” says Amin Maalouf. The Lebanese-born novelist and journalist also acknowledges “the material that history gives me.” This program features conversati...
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George Sand: The Story of Her Life
Item# 35985
© 2004
54 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-4995-4
Surveying the uncompromising life and career of the erstwhile Amandine Aurore-Lucie Dupin, this program familiarizes viewers with her literary output, political beliefs, and the widely varied circles...
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Victor Hugo
Item# 33390
© 2004
25 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-4923-7
The life of Victor Hugo, one of the giants of French literature, is a study in contrasts. This program chronicles how a man born into humble circumstances became a staunch monarchist and then a politi...
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Dom Juan-in French
Item# 32304
© 2003
142 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-0-7365-7597-3
A notorious lothario, Dom Juan is the despair of his longsuffering servant, Sganarelle. He carries on his many seductions without a care, deceiving and leaving woman after woman-including the noble El...
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