Members Sylph Posted July 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 20, 2010 I do speak several. And the word you're seeking is polyglot. And don't ask me how I watch because it's usually by download, direct links not torrents, sometimes they put them up on video streaming websites (and no, I don't have a single one, I just Google it and sometimes I'm lucky to find what I seek)... Often it's various other methods. And then I also read about them and keep track, and it's exhausting especially when they suck. I'm currently totally back to my utter fascination with France, LOL, yesterday I took the latest edition of Le Grevisse and that book is so much fun. (It's basically a 1500-page grammar book.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FrenchFan Posted July 20, 2010 Members Share Posted July 20, 2010 Engrenages is said to be good but I never saw it. I have Le Grevisse too, I'm a French teacher. Indeed, I will be. September will be the first time I teach. Keep fingers crossed for me, it's stressful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ben Posted July 21, 2010 Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 FrenchFan, don't you have that cop show, that is billed as the French version of The Wire? The name escapes me, but I know the last 2 seasons has aired over here, and it seemed pretty good. I really wish I could remember the name. Sylph: Now, I'm intrigued! Do you speak many languages b/c of your job, or just out of interest/culture or whatever? And I commend you for keeping up with so many shows; that can be extremely time consuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members take_the_high_road Posted July 25, 2010 Members Share Posted July 25, 2010 There was a French primetime soap in the 80s called "Chateauvallon". It was a kind of pan-European answer to Dallas and Dynasty. The show was produced in France and the story took place in a French village, but several tv stations from other European countries were involved in the project. For example, with Ugo Pagliai and Claude-Oliver Rudolph there were an Italian and a German actor in the main cast. Chateauvallon focused on the feud of two families. One of them owned a newspaper. The show started with the anniversary celebration of the newspaper, but then the dead body of journalist is found. I have always thought that the show was cancelled because it wasn't popular. But several weeks ago I learned that the main star Chantal Nobel had a terrible accident. She was so heavily injured that she left acting and the producers had to drop the plan to produce a second season. Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted July 26, 2010 Members Share Posted July 26, 2010 Is the main title theme available for download? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FrenchFan Posted July 26, 2010 Members Share Posted July 26, 2010 Probably Bellcure, it is a song by Herbert Leonard called "Puissance et gloire". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted July 26, 2010 Members Share Posted July 26, 2010 Merci, beaucoup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FrenchFan Posted July 26, 2010 Members Share Posted July 26, 2010 You're welcome. "Chateauvallon" was a hit in France. Between 14 and 17 millions viewers by episode (we were something like 55 millions French people at the time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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