Macron vs Yellow Vests

Macron: Wearing masks ‘in enclosed public spaces’ to become mandatory in France

France will in the next few weeks make it compulsory for people to wear masks in shops and other enclosed public spaces to stop a resurgence of the COVID-19 outbreak, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.

The virus, which killed more than 30,000 people in France, has been on the decline, but Macron said it was spreading again in some places as France opens up beaches, bars and restaurants after a two-month lockdown.

“We have some signs that it’s coming back a bit,” Macron said in an interview with French broadcasters. “Faced with that, we must anticipate and prepare.

“I want us, in the next few weeks, to make masks compulsory in enclosed public places.

“I ask fellow citizens to wear masks as much as possible when they are outside, and especially so when they are in an enclosed space,” Macron said.

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‘Emily in Paris’ moves to Netflix

The series is created by and executive produced by Darren Star with Lily Collins starring as the titular Emily in addition to producing

The upcoming Paramount Network comedy series “Emily in Paris” is headed to Netflix.

Variety has learned that the series will debut exclusively on Netflix this fall rather than the basic cabler. The series is created by and executive produced by Darren Star with Lily Collins starring as the titular Emily in addition to producing. Continue reading “‘Emily in Paris’ moves to Netflix” →

Film Review: “Summer of 85”

François Ozon revisits the romantic passions of adolescence with the accuracy and great rawness of emotion that are characteristic of his mature and masterful filmmaking approach

The exaggerated nature of desires and feelings, the sky-high intensity of the moment such that every single second assumes timeless dimensions, the clash of contradictory emotions, the shared secrets and pacts, the search for the other as a mirror of love, flirtation with risk and the electrified zone where Eros and Thanatos intermix, all set against the most banal daily life imaginable, composed of parents, high school, holidays and hesitant plans for the future. Adolescence is the age of plunging into the unknown, of nebulous transitions, of instinctive joy and deep, deep suffering; a time for romanticism par excellence Continue reading “Film Review: “Summer of 85”” →

Chanson du Jour: Barbara “Une Petite Cantate”

Un Petit Cantata is a song written by Barbara in tribute to pianist Liliane Benelli and published in 1965 on the album Le Mal de vivre.

Lyrics

Une petite cantate
Du bout des doigts
Obsédante et maladroite
Monte vers toi
Une petite cantate
Que nous jouions autrefois
Seule, je la joue, maladroite
Si, mi, la, ré, sol, do, fa

Cette petite cantate
Fa, sol, do, fa
N’était pas si maladroite
Quand c’était toi
Les notes couraient faciles
Heureuses au bout de tes doigts
Moi, j’étais là, malhabile
Si, mi, la, ré, sol, do, fa

Mais tu est partie, fragile
Vers l’au-delà
Et je reste, malhabile
Fa, sol, do, fa
Je te revois souriante
Assise à ce piano-là
Disant “Bon, je joue, toi chante
Chante, chante-la pour moi”
Si, mi, la, ré
Si, mi, la, ré
Si, sol, do, fa
Si, mi, la, ré
Si, mi, la, ré
Si, sol, do, fa

Oh mon amie, oh ma douce
Oh ma si petite à moi
Mon Dieu qu’elle est difficile
Cette cantate sans toi

Une petite prière
La, la, la, la
Avec mon cœur pour la faire
Et mes dix doigts
Une petite cantate
Mais sans un signe de croix
Quelle offense, Dieu le père
Il me le pardonnera
Si, mi, la, ré
Si, mi, la, ré
Si, sol, do, fa
Si, mi, la, ré
Si, mi, la, ré
Si, sol, do, fa

Les anges, avec leur trompette
La jouerons, jouerons pour toi
Cette petite cantate
Qui monte vers toi
Cette petite cantate
Qui monte vers toi
Si, mi, la, ré
Si, mi, la, ré
Si, sol, do, fa…

English Translation

A little cantata
A little cantata
obsessive and clumsy


climbs towards you
from the tip of my fingers.
A little cantata
like the ones we played in the olden days,
Now I alone play her clumsily
si mi la re sol do fa.

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