Cinema of France

By today’s standards, this is a lighthearted romantic comedy. However, Otto Preminger encountered a great deal of resistance when he tried to distribute his film. In the Production Code files archive there are several letters between Otto Preminger and Joseph Breen (the director of The Production Code Association) discussing the denial of a seal of approval for The Moon is Blue. Among these are letters between Preminger and the heads of many studios that also refused to distribute the film due…

too powerful. Furthermore, Montesquieu argued that political laws had to vary because not every law could apply to every person at every time. The idea of having separation of powers, most likely influenced others around him and drew a pattern for France and other countries in the world to create laws that varied from city to city or from state to state. The Spirit of the laws helped to lay the foundations for the subsequent democratic process that began with the French…

French History happened to also be a major turning point for the French society now seen today. That moment would be the Tennis Court Oath. The painting shows what appears to be the meeting of which was held June 20, 1789 as the Third Estate of France swore to each other never to disband until the Monarchy adopted a constitution limiting the King’s power for their New Assembly. The Tennis Court Oath would receive its name due to its meeting location, or the Serment du Jeu de Paume. It would…

with Britain surrounded in water and her top notch navy no country would be able to stand a chance against Britain for many years to come even today britain has probably the strongest navy in the world. Also because of the Congress of Vienna The land France had conquered was split up between the surrounding countries and many of them more than doubled in size like Austria but the downfall to this was some countries lost their land and they were not happy about…

Vendemiaire, and his success was rewarded by being made commander of Italy. After many campaigns and victories Napoleon showed that he didn’t need technological advances to win, but was able to use his superior strategies. He was made First Consul of France in 1799 and by 1811 made a great empire, the Napoleonic Empire. (“Napoleon”) Then Napoleon marched his army of 500,000 men into Moscow, Russia and only came back with Wanta 2 20,000, while also losing his empire. (Kroll) “Explanations for…

On July 14th, 1789, the fortress built in the late 1300s to protect Paris during the Hundred Years’ War, was being attacked. The revolutionaries who stormed the Bastille prison were mostly store owners and craftsmen, who also happened to be residents of Paris. The Third Estate recently urged the king and demanded that the common people had more of a say in the French government. They were anxious that he was preparing the troops for an attack. In order to get weapons, armor, and other supplies,…

colonists declared war on Britain in 1776, they promoted “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (Declaration of Independence par. 2).” When the citizens of France and the Third Estate became weary of the tyranny and despotism of King Louis XVI, they revolted in an attempt to gain freedom and stabilize the shattered government of France based on the same ideas as the colonists. However, what started as an attempt to earn their liberty, ended with a massacre of the bourgeoisie…

Napoleon returned to Corsica with his family, but found opposition in his involvement in Corsican politics3. After his exile from Corsica for unpopular politics, Napoleon took widowed mother and siblings back to France, where he continued with the French army. Commanding as an alterity officer, Napoleon 's first victory was during the Siege of Toulon4 in 1793. Already notorious for his leadership skills and military potential at 26, Napoleon took the place of the…

Rafaella Espin Mrs. Baker IB English HL- Period 2 11 January 2015 Anna Karenina Scavenger Hunt The French Language Tolstoy incorporates the use of French language in Anna Karenina in many ways for various reasons. Throughout the entire novel, many of the protagonists state random words or phrases in French. Tolstoy particularly starts this trend at the beginning of the novel to establish the character’s social status and educated background. The establishment of supremacy throughout the…

The French Revolution, which began in 1789 in Paris, overthrew in France the monarchy and established a republic. This revolution swept across Europe and had a considerable impact on the rest of it. It engenders in its conquest an exercise in state making and responses were in majority positive for Europe’s intellectuals and politicians. Although some saw the arrival of this revolution movement with relief and excitement others did not. But what were the really impacts of this Revolution on the…