The 2001 French film Amelie, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, is a romantic comedy film about an introverted and isolated waitress set in Paris, France. The protagonist, Amelie, discovers a hidden box containing childhood memories in her apartment. After she eventually finds the man that this box belongs to, through several complications, this sets the course for the remainder of the film. She attempts to better the lives of others by covertly implementing schemes and make them appear as positive
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be named on TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Chanel was born on 19 August 1883 in the small city of Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. She was the second daughter of traveling salesman Albert Chanel and Jeanne Devolle. Coco was born in a peasant village. Her birth was recorded the following day. Two employees of the hospice went to city hall and declared the child female. The hospice employees were illiterate, so when the mayor François Poitu wrote down the birth
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The goals of nationalism were basicly to better your own country by increasing civil liberties, modernizing urban cities, industrializing, creating stable governments, and improving social and economic standards of their people. France nationalism was expanded by Emperor Napoleon III who employed Hausammann to modernize Paris by creating new traffic circle boulevards
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assignment a year ago to date. Impressionism can be considered the first distinctly modern movement in painting. Developing in Paris in the 1860s, its influence spread throughout Europe and eventually the United States. The term, first used sarcastically, was derived in part from the title of a painting, Impression, Sunrise (1872, Musée Marmottan-Claude Monet, Paris), by Claude Monet. (nga.gov) The Impressionists loved painting outdoors, the ever-changing face of nature lent itself perfectly to
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The film Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1943) follows the protagonist Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) who is quite the bitter, cynical club owner residing in the city of Casablanca, Morocco since leaving America. After an encounter with a past lover, Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman), Rick enters a conflict concerning two life changing decisions. He could either help Ilsa and her husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), escape the Germans by providing them with letters of transit visas or rekindle the whirlwind
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John Calvin was born in 1509. He died in 1564. John Calvin was the son of a lawyer. He was born in Noon, Picardy and was therefore a Frenchman. Calvin developed a love for scholarship and literature. In 1523 he went to the University of Paris where he studied theology. To maintain himself while a student Calvin secured a small chaplaincy attached to Noon Cathedral. In 1528 he went to Orleans to study Law, and one year later Calvin went to Bourges also to study Law. Calvin was pressurized by his father
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Casablanca is a classic melodrama of 1942, and it is about triangular love story, where two men fighting for a single woman. There were many themes discussed in this move. Some of the themes that were discussed in this movie are political, social and cultural aspects. From my perspective I think this movie focuses on political aspect. I concluded this theme from understanding of this movie. From my perspective I think this movie was mainly focusing on political issues and aspects. I believe Casablanca
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factors: Euro Disney * Location – While the demographics presented by the European government about the number of tourists that comes to Paris is true, Euro Disney failed to make further research on the reasons for this large number. Most tourists go to Paris to visit and wander in the streets of the city and not to visit theme parks. Moreover, the climate in Paris is unsuitable for a theme park thus the off-season attendance was way below target. The French government offered Euro Disney generous
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ysl is a french designer.he was born Yves Henri-Donat Matthieu-Saint Laurent on August 1, 1936, in Oran[->0], Algeria.At the age of 18, Saint Laurent moved to Paris and enrolled at the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture, where his designs quickly gained notice.He is also credited with having introduced the tuxedo[->1] suit for women and was known for his use of non-European cultural references, and non-White models. Created in 1966 by famous couturier Yves Saint Laurent[->2],[1] the Le Smoking tuxedo[->3]
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