Tag: In person(s)
Literature: “Grey Bees”, by Andrei Kurkov
Andrei Kurkov is a “resident of war”, like the characters in his new novel. The Russian-speaking Ukrainian writer recounts the road movie of his character, a 49-year-old beekeeper, and comments…
Documentary: “How is your name?”, trip to the France of first names
There are nearly 13,000 first names in France! In 1993, a law liberalized the choice of first names. Advertising What do first names represent today? What do they say about…
Theatre: The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov, according to Adama Diop
“The question of a new world that comes to replace another was of particular interest to Tiago [Rodrigues].» After opening the Festival d’Avignon, of which he is the next director…
The quirks of the French language with Jean-Loup Chiflet
What words are missing in the French language? What is a heterophone homograph? Do you know the paryponoian? Advertising With this unexpected dictionary, the writer and editor Jean-Loup Chiflet tells…
Serge Bilé: Johnny Hallyday and the yéyé wave in the 1960s in Africa
1960: the yéyé wave breaks over Dakar, Abidjan, Bamako, Brazzaville. Like in France. Johnny is also the ” teen idol “, he embodies freedom and certain songs (“ black is…
Literature: “Alix’s Diary” by Iegor Gran, anthropophagous and feminist novel
“When the man is eaten raw, he is soft to the bite, his flesh is delicate, and I never know which wine to choose.” Thus begins the astonishing monologue that…
Special program 400 years of Molière! What role internationally?
This year, Molière is 400 years old! An opportunity to celebrate with great fanfare one of the best-known and most performed playwrights. Of Tartuffe to Imaginary illness, what remains of…
Literature: Julia Deck, National Monument, social comedy around a legacy
At the castle, there is the father, old lion of French cinema and national glory. There is the young wife, ex-Miss Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, entirely devoted to her family and to…
Literature: Bruno Lus publishes a fierce novel about suffering adolescence
The college bell rang. Lucie, 13, bites off a piece of the ear of Enzo, a classmate who posted a disgusting montage of her on Facebook. Blood flows. And the…