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Cours du Soir (Evening Classes) is a thirty-minute short film in which Jacques Tati demonstrates the art of mime to a group of enthusiastic students. Amongst skits performed are those of a tennis player and a horse rider – sketches that initially brought Tati acclaim on music hall stages in the 1930s.
In Jour de fête, several characteristics of Tati's work appear for the first time in a full-length film.Largely a visual comedy in the silent tradition, dialogue is used at times to tell part of the story and an ancient woman with a goat appears sybil-like on occasions as a commentator.
Mon Oncle (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃n‿ɔ̃kl]; transl. My Uncle) is a 1958 comedy film directed by Jacques Tati.The first of Tati's films to be released in colour, [c] Mon Oncle won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, [5] a Special Prize at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, [6] and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film, receiving more honours ...
Transcendental Étude No. 11 in D ♭ major, "Harmonies du soir" is the eleventh of twelve Transcendental Études by Franz Liszt. This étude is a study in harmonies, broken chords played in quick succession, full octave jumps, chromatic harmonies, chord variations, interlocking hands, bravura, massive chords, and pedalling.
Pierre Palmade began his career in sketch comedy shows on stage and on television in the late 1980s, [1] and in the 1990s he wrote and played his own stand-up acts. [2] His signature humor was to portray unpleasant or irritating characters in his sketches.
Il y a une femme dans toutes les affaires; aussitôt qu'on me fait un rapport, je dis: « Cherchez la femme ! » [3] There is a woman in every case; as soon as someone brings me a report, I say, 'Look for the woman!'
Ou le récit d’une jeune fille chassée du pays pour avoir partagé des noix de bétel avec un guerrier, mort lâchement au cours d’un combat tribal. Le reste de la famille de la fille vivait toujours parmi ceux qui l’avaient accusée, dans la peur, parce qu’ils ne voulaient pas perdre leurs terres.
The university is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of central Kinshasa, in the suburb of Lemba. [9]Many of the campus facilities have deteriorated and are in poor condition, or lack proper instructional tools - in 2003, the science library had as few as 300 titles in its collection. [9]