Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, “The Wages of Fear” (1953) was extremely complicated for the director and his team. Between illnesses, strikes by extras, injuries and rainstorms… The Wages of Fearmasterpiece of Henri-Georges Clouzot Henri-Georges Clouzot was one of the most outstanding French directors of his time. If we remember today particularly Devilish (1955) and The … Read more
A human-eating feline that roams the forest… This is the legend that terrorizes the inhabitants of a small village where, every night, the men make rounds to protect the women, cloistered in their homes. One day, everything goes wrong. Devastating. “Novel not detective but almost…”, wrote the publisher on the cover of Yvan Robin’s new … Read more
Douglas Diamond, Nobel Prize in Economics 2022. The American Economist Douglas Diamond rose to international fame last week, being awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics 2022. Diamond shared the top prize in the discipline with two other famous American economists, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke and Philip Dybvig“for his research on … Read more
According to an Ipsos survey, carried out in July among 1,000 adults representative of the French population, lung cancer would hold a sad palme d’or, that of the most frightening pathology. But beyond this perception, what do the French know more precisely about this cancer? By selecting the three diseases that scare them the most … Read more
Europe wants to set a limit on the price paid for natural gas from Russia, but the proposal faces rejection of the countries worried that Moscow will fight back by completely cutting off fuel supplies. At least 10 of the 27 members of the European Union want the price limit wholesale applies to all gas … Read more
Deserted streets, doors secured with padlocks, suspicious looks, silence reigns. Most escaped before the arrival of drug traffickers Y rebels who settled in their homes. The extortion, poverty, unemployment, forced criminal recruitment, homicides, sexual abuse Y disappearances They haunt the neighborhoods of the Colombian Pacific, where the heir gangs of paramilitarism and drug trafficking still … Read more
When the young German Peter Handke published his first novel in 1970, he never thought that, half a century later, he would receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. That book was entitled “The goalkeeper’s fear of a penalty” and was starred by a certain Josef Bloch, a former soccer goalkeeper and, in the first lines … Read more
Former President Michelle Bachelet He voted before nine in the morning of this Sunday, December 19, at the Colegio Santa Catalina in the commune of La Reina. And after voting, the current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights was excited when speaking to the press outside that school. “This election is very important for the … Read more
Will the book industry run out of paper? Concern is mounting as lead times lengthen and prices rise. ” On some references, we went from one month to four months, observe Hubert Pédurand, CEO of Laballery printing. And by the end of the year, bulky paper will have undergone an increase of + 14%. This … Read more
“The police kill, obviously the police kill.” The words of Philippe Poutou, presidential candidate, did not fail to react. The day after his interview with our colleagues at France Info, Gérald Darmanin immediately replied by filing a complaint for “public insult”. These remarks are “insulting and unworthy of an elected representative of the Republic” assures … Read more