La Belle Personne (The Beautiful Person)

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  October 3, 2009

  Phonex

  In 2009, the novel became a symbol of opposition to President Sarkozy's restructuring of the French Education system. Mr Sarkozy had declared that the French system was so ridiculous and dusty that civil service entrance exams had included questions on La Princesse de Clèves. His...( read more) comments were interpreted as an indication of his opinion that universities should prepare people for life in business, and not 'waste' time with such things as literature (he had made several other similar comments). As a result, during the long movement of university lecturers in 2009 against his proposals, public readings of La Princesse de Clèves were held in towns around the country. Sales of the novel rose rapidly.
  
  Directly related to this, the novel was used by French filmmaker Christophe Honoré for his 2009 film "La Belle Personne". The plot of the film roughly follows that of the novel, changing the setting, however, to that of a modern-day french lycée (high school), thus quoting both the novel, and the reason for its contemporary fame.

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  June 5, 2009

  jschartrand

  À quoi s'attendre d'autres qu'à du Honoré? Si cette incursion dans un monde adolescent sans règle cohabitant maladroitement avec celui dea dultes restent majoritairement intéressantes, on garde un intérêt beaucoup plus prononcé pour les histoires d'à côté plus que pour les princi...( read more)pales. Bonnes interprétations cela dit et le numéro musical reste un plus dont on appréciera chaque instant.

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