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Un Chien Andalou (French pronunciation: [œ̃ ʃjɛ̃ ɑ̃dalu], An Andalusian Dog) is a 1929 French silent short film directed, produced and edited by Luis Buñuel, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Salvador Dalí.
Chienlit is a traditional French term typically translated as masquerade (French: Mascarade) or carnival/chaos.It was brought to notoriety by General Charles de Gaulle in an angry speech during the student protests in Paris during May 1968 in France, when he used the vernacular term as a scatological pun "La réforme oui, la chie-en-lit non" meaning Reform yes, but chaos—no whilst the pun ...
A bilingual dictionary or translation dictionary is a specialized dictionary used to translate words or phrases from one language to another. Bilingual dictionaries can be unidirectional , meaning that they list the meanings of words of one language in another, or can be bidirectional , allowing translation to and from both languages.
Un Chien Andalou was enthusiastically received by the burgeoning French surrealist movement of the time [42] and continues to be shown regularly in film societies to this day. [43] It has been called "the most famous short film ever made" by critic Roger Ebert. [44] The script was written in six days at Dalí's home in Cadaqués. In a letter to ...
Nemo was born as Marin in 2016 in Tulle, former French President François Hollande's hometown. By August 2017, he was living in an animal shelter run by the Société protectrice des animaux [] (SPA; 'animal protection society'), an animal rights charity, in Hermeray, Yvelines near Paris. [1]
Prairie du Chien (/ ˌ p r ɛər i d u ˈ ʃ iː n / PRAIR-ee doo SHEEN) is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,506 at the 2020 census. [2] Often called Wisconsin's second-oldest city, Prairie du Chien was established as a European settlement by French voyageurs in the late 17th ...
The Chien-gris a.k.a. Gris de Saint-Louis (Grey Saint Louis Hound) is an extinct breed of dog which originated in Medieval times. Like the Chien de Saint-Hubert , it was a scent hound , and formed part of the royal packs of France, which were composed, from about 1250 till 1470, exclusively of hounds of this type.
La Chienne (English: The Bitch) is a 1931 French film by director Jean Renoir.It is the second sound film by the director and the twelfth film of his career. The film is based on the eponymous story "La Chienne" by Georges de La Fouchardière. [1]