Au Revoir les enfants: Review
599451
I am satisfied by the product and I have to congratulate the ex-owner for her honesty.  Thank you.

P. L. ANDRE
4600668
Je n'ai rien  redire contre le film. Surraliste, flamboyant et merveilleusement interprt, c'est l'un des meilleurs films de la dernire anne, juste derrire Moulin Rouge. Catherine Zeta-Jones, en femme fatale dchue, nous montre des talents surprenants de danseuse et de chanteuse, et Rene Zellweger, si elle n'a pas le physique et la voix de sa partenaire, parvient  rendre attachant un personnage de femme-enfant ambitieuse, menteuse, goste et ingrate. L'ambiance "annes folles" des numros musicaux contraste tonnament bien avec la misre du milieu carcral.  Certains ont critiqu le ralisateur en disant que son procd (alternance entre vie relle et numros spectaculaires sortis de l'imagination des personnages) tait directement copi sur "Dancer in the dark", mais avec une telle histoire, je ne vois pas comment on aurait pu le raconter autrement. Et que dire des costumes, et de la musique!! All that Jazz, Cell Block Tango et le numro du ventriloque sont des petits bijoux. Le film provoque de plus une intressante rflexion sur le systme de justice et la manipulaiton des mdias. Seuls les ternels rfractaires aux comdies musicales n'appcieront pas.
Seule condition: il faut absolument le regarder en anglais. Le doublage en franais n'est absolument pas  la hauteur. Les dialogue perdent beaucoup de leur saveur, les voix ne transmettent pas du tout la mme intensit; quant aux chansons, elles deviennent banales et caricaturales. La reprise des chansons anglaises avec ajout de sous-titres franais, comme on l'avait fait dans Moulin Rouge, aurait t prfrable.
La version DVD, malheureusement, laisse, beaucoup  dsirer. C'est ce qui m'a oblige  baisser ma cote. Pour mettre en valeur ce grand film, laurat de nombreux Oscars, on ne retrouve qu'un seul misrable documentaire sur le tournage, pas trs long d'ailleurs, et quelques trailers promotionnels de films  venir. Pas d'entrevues avec les acteurs, pas d'infos supplmentaires sur la comdie musicale originale, sur son auteur, pas de galleries de photos. "Chicago" mritait un meilleur traitement. Il est  souhaiter qu'une dition spciale soit prpare bientt, mme s'il s'agit d'un procd de marketing dtestable.
4103491
C'tait un des rares livres que j'ai pu termin en quelques heures sans ennui. J'ai aim le roman avant de le commencer puisque j'ai cette admiration pour le Maroc avec tous ses mystres, ses couleurs de sable et sa sensualit. Le roman tait une promenade, parfois piquante, au coeur d'un pays unique et superstitieux. un livre attrayant.
3286510
Livre tres interessant sur la vie du leader lybien. Ce livre se lit avec une etonante facilite. Chapeau bas pour l'auteur.
1021049
Le titre est racoleur ; le livre dcevant. On espre au moins que les auteurs trouveront une solution au problme du  Mal vivre au travail . Au lieu de cela, ils n'ont fait qu'numrer des cas de maltraitance et les effets nocifs  la sant. Ces effets bien de personnes les connaissent. On n'a pas besoin de lire ce livre pour le savoir. Les descriptions sont superficielles. Il semble que les auteurs ont cout les malheurs des victimes mais ne se sont jamais mis dans leur peau. Le livre est une description psychologique  bon march du squelette de l'tre humain dans sa dtresse et sa misre mais les chairs souffrantes ne sont pas l. Pour sentir ces chairs, les dcrire, cela demande une intuition, une vision  la Balzac que les auteurs n'ont pas, encastrs comme ils le sont dans une ducation octroye en tudiant la psychologie. La psychologie  bon march n'est malheureusement qu'une description dcharne de l'tre humain dpourvue d'essence. Pourtant la capture de l'essence est un ingrdient ncessaire pour remuer l'me du lecteur. Ce livre ne remue rien. Au fur et  mesure qu'on le lit on espre trouver quelque chose, mais on ne trouve rien, encore moins la solution du problme.
309660
Bon j'avais vue Frayeurs en version censur&eacute; sur mon vhs avec le son et l'image qui &eacute;tais plutt de mauvaise qualit&eacute; donc j'avais pas super aimer . Je me suis donc d&eacute;cider de le prendre uncut en DVD(Zone1) et wow quelle choc. Bon encore une fois les superbes partition de Fabio Frizzi rend le film magique d'un pure bonheurs. On peut apercevoir le Filmmaker Jak Anders(Le blondinait) tout suite sortie de l'enfert vert dans Cannibal Holocaust qui d&eacute;tient un petit rle. Et l'h&eacute;rone du film qu'ont retrouvera plus tard dans L'Au del&agrave;. Dans ce film les Zombies ne sont pas represent&eacute; comme de vulgaire cadavre inoffensifs mais plus comme de v&eacute;ritable d&eacute;mon . Cot&eacute; gore excellent encore une fois pour l'ann&eacute;e du film, la sc&egrave;ne de la perceuse et celle de la fille vomissant tout ces organes sont tout simplement magnifique. L'atmosph&egrave;re du film , comme a peu pr&egrave;s tout les classique de Fulci , est sombre , glauque et pesante . Fulci a un don pour donner un v&eacute;ritable aspect d'horreur a ces film. Malgr&eacute; que je ne conseil pas ce film a tout le monde , Fulci a un style unique qui ne plait malheureusement pas a tout le monde (Culte &agrave; mes yeux) mais moi je reste fan de ce Maitre &agrave; jamais.
2134277
Bonjour,  chaque fois que je lis des sections de ce livre, je n'en reviens pas.  C'est un peu comme si l'auteur avait un don, un talent pour nous montrer, expliquer dans un langage simple et facile  comprendre :  si le charisme existe en criture il l'a c'est certain.  Il a une connaissance de la nature humaine vraiment pousse.  Bravo
236845
Franais :

On m'a recommand  Les animaux de Lou  par Mymi Doinet comme des bonnes livres de lecture pour petits enfants. Jai achet  Ne pleure plus, petit roux !  et  Nage, petit phoque  pour faire un cadeau.

Les livres sont de trs bonne qualit. Ils ont beaucoup des images qui aident  la comprhension de la lecture. Le contenu est assez simple mais je pense que lenfant doit connaitre un petit peu la langue franaise pour y profiter. Les histories sont positives et laissent des bon messages aux enfants.

Je vous recommande ces livres.

English :

A friend recommended me Mymi Doinets Les animaux de Lou as very good reading books for small children. I bought together Ne pleure plus, petit roux! and Nage, petit phoque as a present.

The books are of very good quality. They have numerous images which aids in reading comprehension. The content is fairly simple but I think the child needs to have some prior French knowledge in order to truly take advantage of the books. The stories are positive and leave a good message to the child.

I would recommend these books.
978248
I agree with most of what the other reviewers have said about this film.  This is a wonderful film - full of insights about humanity, family, Life and Love.

However, I think this film has much more to offer than just insights about memories, or generations, or possessions . . . .

 It is the second in a series of films produced by Muse d'Orsay, after The Flight of the Red Balloon.&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Flight-Of-The-Red-Balloon-DVD-WS-Juliette-Binoche/dp/B001GR917E/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Flight Of The Red Balloon [DVD] WS, Juliette Binoche</a>

This film is a "map" of modern human consciousness.

It starts with a French family gathering in the provences at their family home.  The aging mother, now 75 years old, played by lovely and charming French actress Edith Scob, has gathered with her children for a birthday.  Her children have come from their careers, all over the world, to be with her.  During the course of the celebration, they begin exchanging memories, sentiments, the realities of fulfilling careers in a modern global economy, and, the importance of their love and sentiment for each other.

In the wake of the mother's demise, the family explores the values that they hold most dearly.  As all of us must face, in our modern lives, they make compromises so that they may continue with their careers, their global pursuits, and their relationships outside of the family.  The denouement arrives when they decide to sell their mother's considerable estate, and, donate many of her objets d'art to the Muse d'Orsay.

The film witnesses the resolution of their grief, fears, hopes and dreams, as they gradually let go of the art that their mother had collected, and, which had surrounded them when they were children.

Juliette Binoche (as a blonde) is no less than brilliant in this performance.  In many ways, it involved another enactment of her extraordinary, and award-winning, performance in "Bleu", in the well-known and respected French trilogy - Bleu, Blanc, et Rouge, by Kiezlowski.&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Three-Colors-Trilogy-Blue-White-Red/dp/B000083C5F/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Three Colors Trilogy (Blue / White / Red)</a>

This film exlplores all of our feelings, spirit, and thoughts, as all of us now struggle for identity in a global conscioussness, fast becoming smaller, and smaller, and smaller . . . .
1572288
This book is not for a very begginers in french but if have some experience you can start with it. If you love it in english while kid, you will love it the most in french
2549710
Des conseils simples, essentiels et portant je ne les ai jamais vu, malgr mes nombreuses recherches! Une mthode comportant les aspects organisationnels indispensables en restant en harmonie avec l'aspect artistique et trs personnel du procd d'criture. Ce livre m'est d'une aide prcieuse.
3521531
J'ai lu plusieurs romans de Marc Levy.  Je le trove exceptionel par sa crativit et sa mannire de drouler l'histore.  L'lment de mystre et de suspens augmentent  la derrire page.
73779
I was glad to find the book for such a good price. The story was one of my favorites growing up in France and I was glad to be able to offer it to my niece who doesn't speak French. I couldn't resist but to read it again before I gave it to her. A wonderful chance to engage into philosophical conversations with children, one of these books that an adult can really share with children since it will speak to both.
My only complaint is about the condition of the book, it didn't look really new, was obviously handled before (finger prints and scratches on the cover, so if it's for a gift...). The packaging was not water proof and it was carelessly left outside unprotected, so the box was a mess, luckily I arrived shortly after it was delivered. If I hadn't the book would have been ruined. That's why I gave 4 stars.
2882177
I didn't think I could love French cinema any more than I do. I've watched some of the best of live-action French cinema, but I've never seen an animated French feature (produced by Luc Besson produced, no less). Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart kindled an interest in me to watch more French cinema.

The beautiful thing about this movie, other than the way it looks, is its style. It is based on a rock concept album by the rock band Dionysus, so it is a musical - a feature animated musical. Simply put, Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart is the best animated feature since Toy Story 3 (not counting The Wind Rises for the sake of our mostly American readers) and it is the best musical since Sweeney Todd and Hairspray.

The movie has a very unique animated look. It is not quite as clay animated as Mary and Max but not as "normal looking," per se, as Finding Nemo. It comes off as a cross between the two. I'll admit, I am no expert in the creation of animated films but I do know what works in a film. Another aspect of the film's look, its art direction, is quite beautiful. It is dark, mysterious and effective in its tone. Speaking of which - the tone is quite dark with an underlying feeling of loss and rejection.

Even the score, in its happiest moments, have a heavy feeling under the surface. Although love does find its way into the story and the objectives of the characters, loss and judgment resurface. The themes are quite adult and not appropriate for young children.

As to the finest aspect of the movie - the score and songs, I would love this to be turned into a Broadway musical. The style of the musical and the editing combined is reminiscent of Moulin Rouge, filled with vivacity and rapid pacing. The songs each carry their own beat and enhance the personalities of each character and its intentions. There is a mixture of ballads, rap, rock and even Latin.  I would buy the soundtrack to this movie.

The story itself is about a boy born with a heart so weak that falling in love would be too much for him. The movie follows his early life where he inevitably falls in love (screenwriting 101) and the strength of his heart is put to the test.

I have learned over the years that just because a film is animated, it's not necessarily designed for children. Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart isn't exactly The Grave of the Fireflies but it is not for young children either. I recommend this film for ages 13 to 18. And my rating is 5 out of 5 stars. It is a wonderful film. It is one of the top five animated features of this decade.

Reviewed by Willie J., KIDS FIRST! Film Critic. For more youth reviews, go to kidsfirst dot org.
200502
I am so pleased with this book! My children liked this book and I have now bought it for my grandchildren. There is a glossary at the back of all the French words that are used in the book as well as the English translation. The DVD is a great bonus as well.
2963949
An outstanding oversized book for children of all ages but intended for the preschool to grade 3 set. A very interesting format is used where the art picture is the door to opening a dialogue with your young one . A broader concept like wild animals will be on a page with various paintings of the chosen represenatives of the animal kingdom. The magic of art as seen through a childs eyes can also  open an adults eyes to new perspectives. The subjects chosen are basic but the art work is by some of the worlds masters including Michaelangelo, Toulouse-Lautrec, Monet,

Van Dyck, Rousseau, Durer, Renoir,Van Gogh, Picasso, Rivera and Escher amongst others. There are annonymous paintings and others attributed to codices and manuscripts  as well as  ethnic pieces from different distant cultures for the child to ponder. The book is such that it can be shown and with some help a young one can further explore the details of a piece of art by holding the book together. The pictures are large enough but not to the point where the book is cumbersome. I only had one little problem with this childs primer to art and first words. Under the title "Things To Do" the author has chosen, reading, writing, drawing and painting , all  noble ventures but missing the essence of youth, playing. I suppose the author is trying to  assist the reader in developing the more refined child , however,  playing is the essence of a childs world. To her credit she does dedicate a section to play,  although the chosen paintings don't really reflect enough movement that a bundle of kinetic energy can relate to. Motionless portraits of  women playing cards in the 1600's or an angel playing guitar are hardly how children relate to playing but I suppose if you're trying to instill certain  cerebric qualities in your child it works. Al in all it is a fine book to help you in opening your childs eyes to art. The author uses only a word or phrase by a painting but concludes her book with a message under  the title A Time For Peace with  the painting "Peaceable Kingdom" by Edward Hicks, The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11:6
1621900
C'est un livre trs intressant qui dtail parfaitement tous les problmes qu'impact la maladie de lyme sur le cerveau.