IN HIS HANDS (FILM) - THE GOURMET (BOOK)

IN HIS HANDS (FILM)

THE GOURMET (BOOK)

THE GOURMET
(La gourmandise)
Muriel Barbery

A well known food critic is about to die. He wishes to find the forgotten taste of his childhood that will transport him for the last time : a quest of the ultimate flavor...

LA CHAMADE (Heartbeat - FILM) - THE ICE PEOPLE (Book)

LA CHAMADE (Heartbeat - FILM)

THE ICE PEOPLE (Book)

THE ICE PEOPLE 
(La nuit des temps)
René Barjavel


A fiction written in 1968 by the French author René Barjavel.

A research team in Antarctica (The French Polar Expedition), received a transmitter signal kilometers beneath them : they would discover at this great depth, an extinct civilization of 900 000 years and the bodies of a woman and a man...
This book is an amazing story about love, passion, memory and humanity...

PARTIR (LEAVING - FILM) - BEL AMI (BOOK)

PARTIR (LEAVING - FILM) 

BEL AMI (BOOK)

BEL AMI
By the French author Guy de Maupassant
Published in 1885

Success, money and fame : follow the high flying career and metamorphosis of Georges Duroy, son of peasants but smart and handsome in Paris at the end of the 19 century...

 

LA PISCINE (FILM) - LA REINE MARGOT (BOOK)

LA PISCINE (FILM)

LA REINE MARGOT (BOOK)

LA REINE MARGOT
Alexandre Dumas (father)

Historical chronicle written in 1845.

France 1572, in a context of civil war between Catholics and Protestants, The Hugenot Roi de Navarre (the futur Henri IV), married (of convenience) the beautiful and catholic Marguerite de Valois while the horrors of the Saint-Barthelemy massacre are fomenting...
A very alive, instructive and informative novel about the history of France.

LES ADOPTES (THE ADOPTED) FILM - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (BOOK)

THE ADOPTED (FILM)

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (BOOK)

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Gaston Leroux

A dark romantic tale written in 1909 by the French author Gaston Leroux.
The story is set in the 19 century Parisian high society at the Paris Opera house. A love triangle of passion and jealousy between Eric, the disfigured opera ghost, consumed with an obsessive love with a ballet dancer Christine Daae and the Viscount Raoul de Sanis, Christine's childhood love...

LE BOUCHER (FILM) - LA PEAU DE CHAGRIN --- THE WILD ASS'S SKIN (BOOK)

LE BOUCHER (FILM)

LA PEAU DE CHAGRIN - THE WILD ASS'S SKIN (BOOK)

THE WILD ASS'S SKIN
Honoré de Balzac
 
Written in 1831, the wild ass's skin tells the story of a shopkeeper who offers to Raphael de Valentin, a shagreen (a piece of wild ass's skin) from the days of King Salomon. This skin has the magical property of granting wishes! But it will come at a cost...

LES PETITS MOUCHOIRS (LITTLE WHITE LIES - FILM) - RIEN NE S'OPPOSE A LA NUIT (NOTHING HOLDS BACK THE NIGHT - BOOK)

LES PETITS MOUCHOIRS (LITTLE WHITE LIES) - FILM

RIEN NE S'OPPOSE A LA NUIT (NOTHING HOLDS BACK THE NIGHT) - BOOK

RIEN NE S'OPPOSE A LA NUIT
(NOTHING HOLDS BACK THE NIGHT)

By Delphine de Vigan

After the suicide of her mother Lucile, the Author wrote an autobiographical novel like an homage, about her "disturbed" family through letters, photos and family testimonies. To try to understand the slow and ineluctable disintegration of her fascinating mother Lucile...

LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (BOOK) - UNDER THE SAND (FILM)

LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (BOOK) 
UNDER THE SAND (FILM)

LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
Chanderlos de Laclos
1782

Enter in the French decadence of the 18 century escorted by 2 evil characters : the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil where their pleasure lies in corrupting and destroying reputations of innocents...

OVER THE MOON...

OVER THE MOON...

It does not seem that easy to travel to ....the moon.
What do you think ?

IN A RUSH (FILM) - THE YELLOW EYES OF CROCODILES (BOOK)

IN A RUSH (FILM) 
THE YELLOW EYES OF CROCODILES (BOOK)

THE YELLOW EYES OF CROCODILES
Katherine Pancol 
 
2 sisters, polar opposite.  

Josephine : frumpy, not pretty, mother of 2 teenage girls, frustrated wife whose husband runs-off with his mistress.

Iris : terribly beautiful, rich, successful and happily married.

But the two sisters are going to spend a pact which will change their lives forever…

"ATTACK OF LA NINA"

ATTACK OF LA NINA

It is holiday time (again)..
I am going on holiday then (again).
I will fly above amazing landscapes.

THE SILENT LAND (BOOK) - THE MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (FILM)

THE SILENT LAND (BOOK) 
THE MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (FILM)

THE SILENT LAND

Graham Joyce

While skiing in the charming village of Saint-Bernard-en-Haut in the French Pyrénées , a couple, Jake and Zoe, miraculously escaped from a flash avalanche...

When back to the village, they find it completely evacuated…

But why, each time they tried to leave the resort for some help, they are delivered back to the village all over again ?

JOYEUX NOEL !!!

Joyeux Noël to absolutely everyone !!!

Copyright : Sainsbury's

HOLIDAY TIME - TIME TO FLY

Yes, it's time to fly for me....
Holiday, friends, shopping, good wines, good food, parties, etc...
If you need inspiration on my second blog, I explain how I receive my friends (click here).
I will be back with a nice "Série Noire" theme from the 40's.

For now, I have a question to ask you....
Have you ever seen an organic in-flight refueling ?
I am sure you will like this so cute French animation video...
Video of a dreaming wasp, which seems to have a desire to fly transonic... to reach the moon...
I wish you all a lovely holiday as well.
A bientôt,
Sixtine

THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADÈLE BLANC-SEC (FILM) - HAVE MERCY ON US ALL (BOOK)

THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADÈLE BLANC-SEC (FILM) 

HAVE MERCY ON US ALL (BOOK)

HAVE MERCY ON US ALL
Fred Vargas
 
In Paris, symbols used to ward off the plague have appeared on the doors of several buildings.

A flea-bitten corpse is found…

Could it be the Black Death again???