Film extracts with text - Archive 2
| Level | Description | |
| 1.2 |
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Cause toujours starts with this wonderful dialogue between the lady and the chemist. It's funny because of the pedagogic manner of the expert, and that makes it easy to follow, of course. |
| 2.0 |
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Quatre contes Each of the films - this is Summer, is marked by a deeply earnest style of dialogue, which I find a real turn-off, but makes the film very comprehensible. |
| 3.0 |
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Good ol' Columbo. The dialogue style is more informal here, but the rhythm of American speech keeps it on this side of Level 5. |
| 4.0 |
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The American series Cold Case is very popular in France. The second half of this clip starts to get a little difficult because of the accents and familiar style of delivery. |
| 5.0 |
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Historical French films are always a good bet, because of the precise and formal diction.. Here is Fabrice Luchini in Beaumarchais |
| 6.0 |
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A great, great film, Indochine. It's the sort of film which is easy enough to follow overall, but it can be very difficult to pick up the detail. |
| 7.0 |
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Not a film, this. The letter of Guy Moquet written just before he was executed by the Germans. The style is very intimate, with much background sound. You can fill in the holes in my transcription easily enough by looking for it on the 'Net. |
| 8.0 |
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La grande bouffe, a film which excited much indignation when it came out. |
| 9.0 |
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At this level we're into familiar French, muttered, and the voices of young people. Not easy. |
| 10.0 |
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Finally a short film which I caught by pure luck on TV5 Monde. Lots of background noise, and the voice of a young boy. Very hard, but very funny |