23 November 2015								Mrs MAYER ⑥

1. Monday 23/11 	Arte VM 20h55-22h50 JUDE GB, 1996
Director: Michael WINTERBOTTOM
Christopher ECCLESTON, Kate WINSLET.
Based on Thomas HARDY’s novel: JUDE THE OBSCURE (1895), the last of Hardy’s novels. Hardy also wrote TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES (1891). He was criticized for what he said in these novels, against religion, society, etc. Jude the Obscure is a little bit autobiographic, he wrote about what he knew (the country, his own life) that’s also the reason why his wife didn’t like "Jude".
"Christminster" is the equivalent of "Oxford" in Hardy’s novel.
The film was shot in Edinburgh.

2. Thursday 26/11 	Arte 20h55-22.25 OCCUPIED. A Norwegian thriller.Eur.VM S 1(3-4/10)

3. Sunday 29/11 	Arte 20.45-23h10 THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY 1999
Director: Anthony MINGHELLA
Gwyneth PALTROW, JUDE LAW, Kate BLANCHETT
Based on a novel by Patricia HIGHSMITH (1955)

NICE THEATRE THE VALLEY OF ASTONISHMENT, a play by Peter BROOK
Actress: Kathryn HUNTER, she remembers everything she hears …she goes to see a neurologist…
Four actors playing different characters, changing their appearance. In English. Very easy to understand.

To rub off:	effacer (tableau)
Gory=bloody gore=blood
Oil:		pétrole; mazout
Petrol:		essence
It’s topical:	d’actualité
To sack:	renvoyer, mettre à la porte
What make is your car?
Motorway:	(Brit.) autoroute
To be on maternity leave: congé maternité
To be on sick leave:	congé maladie
It dates back to the 1950s
A bunk bed:	couchette
Sofa/settee/couch:	canapé
A sitting room:	salon
A leaflet:	un dépliant

TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH

1.	Pour son anniversaire elle reçut un billet de dix livres de sa tante.
She received /got/a ten pound note from her aunt for her birthday.

2.	Il habite dans la villa de son père sur les rives de la Tamise.
He lives in his father’s house on the banks of the Thames.

*"cottage" is a very small, humble house.
 "mansion" is a very big house.
 "a thatched roof": toit de chaume
 Posh: snob – Port Out/ Starboard Home
 A posh cabin: the best cabin 

3.	Il a mal à la gorge, aussi parle-t-il à voix basse.
He’s got/he has/ a sore throat, so/and that’s why/he’s talking/speaking/in a low voice.

4.	La guerre de Cent Ans laissa la France dans un triste état.
The Hundred Years’ war left France in a sad/sorry/state.

5.	Le ciel était couvert mais mon beau-père sortit sans parapluie.
The sky was cloudy/overcast/grey/ but my father-in-law/stepfather/ went out without an umbrella.
*Puddles: flaques

6.	Le brave amiral Nelson mourut à bord du "Victory" en 1805.
The brave admiral Nelson died on board the "Victory" in 1805.(The Battle of Trafalgar)

7.	Il n’y a pas de rose sans épine.
There is no rose without a thorn.

8.	Les Îles Anglo-Normandes ne sont pas très loin des côtes de Normandie.
The Channel Islands/Isles/are not very far from the Normandy coast.