Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie

Last Sunday, I saw a great film in a Toulouse’s cinema.

My opinion at the end and of the movie made me begin a speak about it. Moreover, after thinking, I wanted to give you a going out advice.                                                                                                                                             Missing it would be a shame. Called "Vicky, Christina, Barcelona" by the famous realisator who directed it, the picture hasn’t been on screen for a long time.                                                                                                                     So, don’t worry you have plenty of time to go to either Gaumont’s, Pathe’s for UGC’s or what else…                    Directed, in the Barcelona’s region, it will give you standpoints, landscapes, settings, urban styles and, also plays of flamenco guitar that will pass on you a marvellous impression of Catalonia.                                                               We rightly understand the reason why Vicky left her native land : America, to achieve her thesys.                          Nonetheless we ask what unites Vicky and Christina, two young women, with a totallly opposite character.             Vicky, the just fiancee and determined with her convictions, and Christina an undecided girl who easily gives into temptation. In fact, this beginning causes their entrance in a liberated world, art’s one.

Even if, the work of Woody Allen, focuses on on a slighty peculiar way of life, you will certainly enjoy it.                       Indeed, starring with Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansoon, Javier Bardem and Rebecca Hall, the casting is as talented as handsome.                                                                                                                                                          The actors adapt to their character with perceptiveness, and don’t pass on any stereoptype of their part’s kind.              For instance, Penelope Cruz playing Maria Elena an abstract artist, looks like a nervous and elated person. She doesn’t apear as a balanced woman. Depressed, she loses her temper in fit a frage and lots of others chronic feelings down.        The first time we met her, takes place when she enters the Christina (Scarlett I) and Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem) life. Trying to suicide, she was safe by Juan Antonio, her ex – husband, who decided to take care of her with Christina. His girl friend, firstly, embaraced and surprised by her guy’s reaction accepts.                                                              Then, an original relationship between the two experienced painters and Cristina, the new photography’s adept is created.

Will this unusual situation can survive ?

How will Christina become appreciated as an artist apart ?

Will the ex-couple influence her ?

How about this friend Vicky that Cristina left to meet again Juan Antonio ?

Will the second america girl confess to her friend her hidden feelings for Juan Antonio ?

You will know all the answers, going to the pictures.   

Picture left to right: Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Jonhansson, Woody Allen. Lea 2nde 4.

If you want to read in English, to prepare the Bac or just for pleasure, you can buy "Thirteen Modern English and American Short Stories" (Livre de Poche). Then, you can find several short stories of famous Anglo-Saxon authors, like Roald Dahl, Truman Capote or Ray Bradbury.

This book is very well done, because on the left pages, you read the stories, and on the right pages, you can find the definitions or the synonyms (always in English) for the difficult terms or the keywords. You can also find biographies of these great authors. So this is an efficient way to discover new words and expressions, and, moreover, to learn more about the British and American literature.

By the way, you can read the news on Internet. Let me advise you some of the best websites :
    -> http://www.economist.com/
    -> http://www.newsweek.com/
    -> http://www.guardian.co.uk/

Have a nice reading

F. M.

Tle ES 2

.. do you think that American politicians will dare to vote for a black man ? what do you think of both candidates ? Eg

In this period of elections, I want to start a debate: Will there be an alternace  between Republicans and Democrats ?

If you don't have any opinion about this, you can watch the first debate between Barack Obama and John McCain on:

-  http://www.lemonde.fr/web/vi/0,47-0@2-829254,54-1099250,0.html (v.f)

-  http://serumdeliberte.blogspot.com/2008/09/video-du-debat-obama-mccain.html (v.o)

G.LC 1S10

And now,i will talk about the best Roleplay of the world,Brain soda^^

You like the bad horror's movies,with pitiable history ,the dreadful teen movies,without any budget?

You will like this play!

You are a character of a Z series movies(you can be the intelligent,the hero,the humourist,the junkie,the mystic,the little sister who will be captured by the vilain,the scarred bimbo...),and your adventures is the movies^^You must discover why john has be killed by the dwarf psycopath of the teribble marsh,fight monster constituted by badly made latex ,all scenario that you can imagined!

A very fun game(better than warhammer,in my opinion),if you like old italian horros film,you will fall in love whith this play!

T.R.

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