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Two yearly , biennial

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Biennale

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Subscriber

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L’abonné(m)

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Ambiguous

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Ambigu

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To take over

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Approprier

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To attain , to reach

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Atteindre

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Trailer , preview

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La bande annonce

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Captivating

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Captivant

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Characterised by

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caractérisé par

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Career

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La carrière

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Choice of actors , casting

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Le casting

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Cinema lover

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Le cinéphile

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Well known

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Connu(e)

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Convincing

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Convaincant

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Believable

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Crédible

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To remain

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Demeurer

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Old fashioned , out of date

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Démodé

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Henceforth

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Désormais

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Popular entertainment

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Le divertissement populaire

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Special effects

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Les effects (mpl) spéciaux

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Committed

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Engagé

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Artistically pleasing

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Esthétique

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To call to mind , to evoke

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Évoquer

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Financial gain , profit

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Le gain financier

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Unpredictable

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Imprévisible

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Unknown

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Inconnu

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Acting (f) interpretation

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L’interprétation (f)

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Intriguing

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Intriguant

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Best supporting actor

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Le / la meilleur (e) acteur (trice) dans un second rôle

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Unforgettable , memorable

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Mémorable

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Extent

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La mesure

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Direction , staging

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La mise en scène

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Wherever

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N’importe où

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Whenever

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N’importe quand

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Whatever

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N’importe quoi

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Aimed at

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Orienté vers

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(Film) shot

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Le plan (film)

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On screen presence

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La présence à l’écran

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Main principal

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Le principe dominant

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Digital projector

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Le projecteur numérique

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Connected to

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Par rapport à

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Director

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Le / la réalisateur (trice )

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Major role

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Le rôle majeur

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Storyline

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Le scénario

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Subtlety

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La subtilité

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Such as

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Tel que

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Digital effects , digital manipulation

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Le trucage numérique

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Ticket sales

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La vente de billets

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Empty , meaningless

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Vide

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Expected

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Attendu

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Applause

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L’applaudissement (m)

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Technological advance

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L’avancement (m) technologique

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Filmmaker

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Le cinéaste

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Actor

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Le / la comédien (ienne)

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To conceive

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Concevoir

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Short film

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Le court - métrage

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Disappointing

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Décevant

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To set in motion

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Déclencher

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Length , running time

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La durée

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Flat screen

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L’écran (m) plat

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Permanently

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En permanence

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Exhibition

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L’exposition (f)

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Feature length film

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Le long - métrage

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To merit , to be worth

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Mériter

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Means of payment

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Le mode de règlement

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Monopoly

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Le monopole

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Editing

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Le montage

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In black and white

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En noir et blanc

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To be harmful to

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Nuire à

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Projection , screening , showing

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La projection

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To project , to screen , to show

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Projeter

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To offer , to propose , to suggest

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Proposer

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Rebirth

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La renaissance

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Limited

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Restreint

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Filming , shooting

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Le tournage

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Throughout the world

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À travers le monde

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Director’s cut

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La version du réalisateur

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Old fashioned , out of date

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Vieux jeu

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To welcome

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Accueillir

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The news

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L’actualité (f)

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To take part in

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Assister à

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Preview

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L’avant- première (f)

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To aim to , to intend

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Avoir pour but

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In the heart of

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Au cœur de

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To exceed

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Dépasser

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By product (merchandising )

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Le dérivé

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Lasting

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Durable

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To fail

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Échouer

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To exhibit

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Exposer

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In several ways

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De plusieurs façons (fpl)

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Striking

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Frappant (e)

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Guarantee

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Garantir

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To swell the ranks

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Gonfler les rangs

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Integrated

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Intégré

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Common interest

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L’intérêt (m) commun

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Prize winner

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Le / la lauréat (e)

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During , at the time of

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Lors de

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To lack the means

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Manquer de moyens

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Likewise

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De même

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Key moment

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Le moment clef

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Yearly average

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La moyenne annuelle

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In many ways / forms

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De multiples manières

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Exclusive offer

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L’offre (f) privilège

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Educational

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Pédagogique

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To ask oneself the question

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Se poser la question

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To posses , to own

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Posséder

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To take charge of

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Prendre en charge

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To question

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Remettre en question

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Meeting

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La rencontre

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To go to

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Se rendre à

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To restore

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Restaurer

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To bring together

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Réunir

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Projection room

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La salle de projection

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Television series

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La série télévisée

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Themed evening

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La soirée thématique

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Within a fortnight

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Sous 15 jours

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Red carpet

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Le tapis rouge

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Jack of all trades , dilettante

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Touche à tout

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Trophy

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Le trophée

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Value

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La valeur

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A comedy drama

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Une comédie dramatique

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A disaster film

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Un film catastrophe

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A cartoon

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Un dessin animé

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A spy film

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Un film d’espionnage

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A detective film

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Un polar/ un film policier

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A thriller

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Un film à suspens

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A masterpiece

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Un chef-d’oeuvre

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In the original language

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En version originale (en VO)

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Dubbed in French

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Doublé en français

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Sub-titled

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Sous-titré

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A blockbuster

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Une superproduction

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An art-house film

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Un film d’art et d’essai

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… is on at the cinema at the moment

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… passe au cinéma Actuellement

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Competition from America

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La concurrence américaine

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To rent a DVD

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Louer un DVD

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A 3D film

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Un film en trois dimensions (en 3D) / en relief

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Film rental

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La location de film

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Widescreen TV

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Le téléviseur à écran large et plat

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It’s a must see

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Il faut absolument le voir

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A film to see over and over again

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Un film à voir et même à revoir

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I want to see a film that makes you think

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J’ai envie de voir un film qui fait réfléchir

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You’re hooked until the end

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On est tenu jusqu’à la fin

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I recommend that you see this film

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Je vous recommande de voir ce film

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I was struck by the screenplay

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J’étais frappé(e) par le scenario

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I really liked the special effects

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J’ai surtout apprécié les effets spéciaux

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I’d like to see it again

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Je voudrais le revoir

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It’s a very good adaptation

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C’est un très bonne adaptation

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To tackle a problem

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Aborder un problème

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The film takes place in

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L’action se déroule (au Maroc)

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Adaptation of a novel

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L’adaptation d’un roman

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An actor / actress playing a comedy role

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Un(e) comédien(e)

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Stunt

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La cascade

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Stuntman

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La cascade

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The climax

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Le point culminat

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Computer generated image (CGI)

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Les images de synthèses

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To act

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Jouer

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Acting

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Le jeu

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Quality of acting

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La qualité du jeu

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The baddie/ villain

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Le méchant

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Editing

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Le montage

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Set

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Le plateau

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The twists and turns (of the plot )

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Les rebondissements

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A showing (of a film)

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Une séance

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The general release

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La sortie en salle

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A real treasure of the cinema

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Un vrai bijou de cinéma

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Teaching area / space

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Un espace pédagogique

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Researcher

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Le chercheur

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To house

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Abriter

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Long winded

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Prolixe

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Worrying

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Préoccupant(e)

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Bankruptcy

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La faillite

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To have one’s fill

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S’abreuver

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To balance

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Boucler

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A film is there to entertain , to educate and to make the viewer think

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Un film existe pour amuser, pour éduquer et pour faire penser le spectateur

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A good script : it has to surprise me otherwise I’m a bit disappointed

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Un bon scénario: il faut qu’il me suprenne sinon ça me déçoit un peu

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What makes a good film ; I’d say it is when the director succeeds in giving the public what he wanted to show them

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Ce qui fait in bon film, Je dirais que c’est quand le réalisateur a réussi à donner au public ce qu’il voulait lui montrer

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Since its beginnings towards the end of the 19th century cinema has become an entertainment, an industry and a means of communication

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Depuis ses débuts vers la fin du 19e siècle le cinéma est devenu un divertissement , une industrie et un moyen de communication

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It’s rare to find a single person who does not like movies. The seventh art is the first cultural industry of the 20th century and its popularity continues to increase in the 21st

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Il est rare de trouver une seule personne qui dise ne pas aimer les films. Le septième art est la première industrie culturelle du 20e siècle et sa popularité ne cesse d’augmenter au 21e

178
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French cinema admissions in recent years reached 205.95 million

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Les entrées des salles de cinéma françaises ces dernières années ont atteint deux cent cinq millions neuf cent cinquante mille

179
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More than 1000 films a year are broadcast on television in France

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Plus d’un Mille films par an sont diffusés à la télévision en France

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About 30% of French people who go to the cinema go there at least once a month - the others go there less often

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Environ 30% des Français qui vont au cinéma s’y rendent au moins une fois par mois- les autres y vont moins souvent

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France remains the European country that organizes the largest number of film festivals each year

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La France demeure le pays européen qui organise le plus grand nombre de festivals de cinéma chaque année

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200 new films (on average) are produced in France every year

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200 nouveaux films (en moyenne) sont produits en France chaque année

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The most prestigious trophy in the French film world is La Palme d’Or (awarded annually at the Cannes Film Festival)

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Le trophée le plus prestigieux dans le monde cinématographique français est La Palme d’Or ( décernée annuellement au festival de Cannes)

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Compared to its inhabitants, Paris has the largest number of cinemas per person on a global scale

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Par rapport à ses habitants , Paris a le plus grand nombre de salles de cinémas par personne sur l’échelle mondiale

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Enthusiast

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Un amateur

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Label

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Une appellation

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The biggest cinema complex in France is UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles in Paris

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Le complexe- cinéma le plus grand en France est celui de l’UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles à Paris

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District

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Un arrondissement

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To hold a record

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Détenir un record

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Merger

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La fusion

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Key, flagship

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Phare

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Underground street

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La voie souterraine

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In cinema what I like most is … because I’m interested in the

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Au cinéma ce que je préfère , c’est … parce que je m’intéresse au / à la / aux

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Trench

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La tranchée

195
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To avenge

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Venger

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To play a role

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Interpréter un rôle

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I found the scenario

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J’ai trouvé le scénario

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It is the story of

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C’est l’histoire

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In 2011, she became the best paid actress in France but also the highest paid non-American actress in Hollywood

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En 2011 , elle devient l’actrice la mieux payée de France mais aussi l’actrice non-américaine la mieux payée d’Hollywood

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Beforehand

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Auparavant

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To almost do something

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Faillir faire quelque chose

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To flee

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Fuir

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To give impetus

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Donner son impulsion

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Gap

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Un écart

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Label

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Une étiquette

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Unusual , strange

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Insolite

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Mould

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Le moule

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Description

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Qualitatif (ve)

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The new wave is made up of extremely diverse authors, events, works, ideas and conceptions of staging.

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La nouvelle vague est constituée d’auteurs , d’événements , dœuvres, d’idées et de conceptions de la mise en scène extrêmement divers

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The expression Nouvelle Vague applies to the period of the history of French cinema covering the years 1959-60

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L’expression Nouvelle Vague s’applique à la période de l’histoire du cinéma français couvrant les années 1959-60

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The Nouvelle Vague qualification soon brings together a generation of filmmakers who begin their first feature film in the late 1950s

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Le qualification Nouvelle Vague rassemble bientôt toute une génération de cinéastes qui commencent leur premier long-métrage à la fin des années 1950

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The first worldwide performance of a film in front of a paying audience was at the Grand Café in Paris, December 28, 1895 - Im program of silent short films filmed by Louis Lumiere and his brother Auguste. These films were the first documentaries in the film world

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La première représentation dans le monde entier d’un film devant une audience payante a au lieu au Grand Café à Paris, le 28 décembre 1895 - Im programme de courts métrages muets filmés par Louis Lumière et son frère Auguste. Ces films furent les premiers documentaires dans le monde cinématographique

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However, for the moment, the divide between television and cinema in France is still very present

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Cependant pour l’instant , le clivage entre télévision et cinéma en France est encore très présent

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The cinema is not threatened, but it is transformed. The studios have abandoned the niche films that targeted stereotyped populations e.g romances for women for the benefit of very large productions in a logic of very public blockbuster

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Le cinéma n’est donc pas menacé , mais il se transforme. Les studios ont abandonné les films de niche qui ciblaient des populations stéréotypées e.g les romances pour les femmes au profit de très grosses productions dans une logique de blockbusters très grands public

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The cinemas have transformed themselves too. They have become very large complexes in which there is a huge commercial offer and even bowling lanes

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Le cinémas se sont transformés eux aussi . Ils sont devenus de très grands complexes dans lesquels on trouve une offre commerciale énorme et même des pistes de bowling

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Division

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Le clivage

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Incidental , extra

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Un à-côté

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High quality , at the top of the scale

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Haut de gamme

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To back

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Miser sur

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Tidal wave

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Le-raz-de-marée

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Welcome team

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Une équipe d’accueil

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Monthly

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Mensuel(le)

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Direct debit

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Le prélèvement automatique

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Loyalty scheme

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Le programme de fidélité

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Screening

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La retransmission

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Preferential rate

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La tarif préférentiel

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The cinema in France constitutes one of the greatest means of escape for the general public

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Le cinéma en France constitue un des plus grands moyens d’évasion pour le grand public

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French cinema plays a big role in the international market

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Le cinéma français joue un grand rôle sur le marché international

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Subscription cards at the cinema allow

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Les cartes d’abonnement au cinéma permettent de

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The heritage of French cinema must be preserved

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Le patrimoine du cinéma français doit être préservé

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The film festival is the first meeting between a work of his creatures and his audience

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Le festival de cinéma est la première rencontre entre une œuvre ses créatures et son public

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The Marseille International Film Festival is one of the most important international festivals in France

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Le Festival international de cinéma de Marseille est l’un des principaux festivals internationaux compétitifs en France

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The Cannes Film Festival, founded in 1945 and held every year for twelve days in May, has become over the years the most publicized film festival in the world, especially during the opening ceremony

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Le festival de Cannes fondé en 1945 qui se déroule chaque année durant douze jours en Mai et qui est devenu au fil des années le festival de cinéma le plus médiatisé au monde notamment lors de la cérémonie d’ouverture

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Crowning point

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Une consécration

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An extensive landscapes area in Annecy

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La Pâquier

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Film festivals in France promote films nationally and internationally

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Les festivals de cinéma en France permettent de promouvoir les films au niveau national et international

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