Links

Horizons Audio Tracks - (Requires AFS ID and password)
Notre Dame French Club
Tennesse Bob's Famous French Links
Voila Club, free email groups in French

Software

Collins English-French Dictionary
Correcteur 101 Didactique
Le Petit Robert - Dictionnaire de la langue Française, CD-ROM available at counter (PC)
Multilingual Dictionary - Easy Language, CD-ROM available at counter
Instant Immersion French (Talking Dictionary, Talk Now! French, Voyage in France, World Talk French), 4 set CD-ROMs available at counter (PC)

Books

Do's and Taboos Around the World
Do's and Taboos of International Trade, The
Dreams, Realities and Nightmares
Federal Funding Guide
Foreign Languages and Your Career
French reproducible activities - 100 reproducible activity sheets including: Alphabet, numbers, colors, the calendar, days of the week, the months, the house, household items, the family, clothing, accessories, food, at the supermarket, breakfast, lunch, coffee hour, dinner, weather, seasons, in the country, transportation, sports, occupations, the body, illness, communication, tools and materials, nature, the farm, the workshop, in the city, at home, at the bank, at the table, at school, the animal kingdom, at the festival, where?, activities, the café.
Gestures The Do's and Taboos of Body Language
Modern Technology in Foreign Language Education
Multilingual Dictionary - Easy Language, book that accompanies CD-ROM
New Ways in Teaching Grammar
New Ways in Teaching Listening
Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition
Teaching Languages in College
Technology-Enhanced Language Learning
Untangling the Web St. Martin's Guide to Language and Culture on the Internet

Audio Tapes

French in Action 2nd Edition, courseware, lessons 1-52
Horizons, courseware, lessons preliminary-10
ÀL'Aventure, courseware, lessons 1-8
Sur le vif, courseware, lessons 1-9
Voilà!, courseware, lessons 1-20

DVDs

Almost Peaceful
Amen
Beat That My Heart Skipped, (The)
Dinner Game, The
Eyes Without A Face
Kirikou and the Sorceress
L'Enfant (The Child)
Manon of the Spring
Monsieur Ibrahim
Ponette
Safe Conduct
Salut Cousin!
To Be And To Have

Video Discs
(Click on title for details.)

A la rencontre de Philippe
Eight Easy Pieces

Video Tapes
(Click on title for details.)

A l'aventure
Apostrophes: A French Literary Magazine
Apostrophes: Marguerite Duras
Apostrophes: Marguerite Yourcenar
Astérix et la Surprise de César
Au Revoir Les Enfants
C'est beau (Sarraute)
Camille Claudel
Candide (Voltaire)
Children of Paradise (Parts 1 and 2)
Cyrano de Bergerac
Dom Juan (Molière)
Entre Amis: les improvisations
Entre Amis: les improvisations et les programmes
Famous Women Writers in France
Flaky, Pastry World of French, The - Parts 1-2
France Panorama: Video Magazine of France Today
French in Action
French in Action Teleconference
French Louisiana (Parts 1 and 2)
Glimpes of West Africa
Grand Illusion, The
Hatier Didier
Jacques le fataliste
Jean de Florette
Jean Giradoux
L'Afrique Noire Francophone
L'Ecole des femmes (Molière)
Le Vietnam et Victor Hugo
L'oeil en coulisses (Molière)
La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Parts 1 and 2)
Le Complot
Le Malade imaginaire (Parts 1 and 2)
Le Médecin malgré liu
Les Antilles: Guadeloupe and Martinque
Les Choses de la Vie
Les Clips Francophones
Manon des Sources
Manon of the Spring
Marcel Proust: A Writer's Life
Monastères du moyen age
Montréal
Muzzy - French (Lessons 1-3 and 4-6)
Muzzy - French Level II (Parts 1-3)
My Father's Glory
My Mother's Castle
Napoleon (Parts 1 and 2)
Nun, The
Optiques: la vie quotidienne
Paris - Travels in Europe Series
Phedre
Phèdre (Racine)
Rosetta
Semur-en-Auxious (Ville)
Si Versailles (Parts 1 and 2)
Simone de Beauviour
Small Change
Story of Adele H., The
Sugar Cane Alley
Tartuffe
Télétexte (Lessons 1-4 and 5-8)
Three Men and a Cradle
Ugolin
Video Program for French (Situations 1-13 and 14-17)
Voilà!
Wanderer, The
Wild Child, The
Year in Provence, A (Parts 1-4)

A la rencontre de Philippe
Videodisc, 30 min, Color, 1994
The videodisc, filmed in Paris, presents the story of Philippe, a young journalist who is looking for a new apartment. With this highly interactive, easy-to-use program, students help Philippe in his search, meeting Parisians, exploring Paris, learning to use French phones and answering machines, and reading "les petites annonces." Depending on their responses and actions, students become involved in entirely different versions of the story, and they are consistently engaged in the language-learning process.
Password-accessible teacher mode and a teacher's guide available.

Eight Easy Pieces
Videodisc, 30 min, Color, No subtitles
Eight five-minute segments of the original "ABC's of Economics" series have been selected to provide a motivating introduction to business for courses in French or German. One audio track offers the German version, while the other audio track provides the French version. Key word and transcript screens are available at the touch of a button with the Listening Tool software. Contents:
It's All Part of the Economy
The Market and Markets
The Secret of Money
Insurance: Sharing the Risks
Employment: Working, Earning, Buying
Rents, Interest, Profits, Wages--Income
Selling and Marketing
Inflation: When the Prices Learn to Run.

Almost Peaceful
No. D003
DVD, Region 2, 94 min, Color, French w/English subtitles, 2002
Set during the largely unexplored period immediately following WWII, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restart their lives and rekindle their capacity for happiness in the shadow of unspeakable horrors.

Amen
No. D004
DVD, Region 2, 130 min, Color, In English, 2002
A story of unwavering conscience and unspeakable horror, AMEN, dramatizes the all too true history of how religious leaders in Germany and the Vatican ignored the plight of Europe’s Jews during WWII.
When newly commissioned SS Lieutenant Kurt Gerstein witnesses the chemical disinfectant he’s helped perfect being used to systematically murder interred Jews, he has no choice but to act. The only sympathetic ear Gerstein is able to find is that of young Father Riccardo, a priest with deep ties to the Vatican. While Riccardo takes on the obstructive Vatican hierarchy, Gerstein must walk a tightrope between documenting and enabling the atrocities his fellow SS officers cold-bloodedly commit. As the two unlikely allies fight to reveal the truth to the Church and the world, they discover that the fates of a man of conscience committing treason for the sake of humanity and a man of God committing heresy to thwart genocide are ultimately the same.
Costa-Gavras reveals the heroism and deceit surrounding the Vatican’s response to the Holocaust with both suspenseful urgency and cool detachment, underscoring the disturbing gray areas of character that tolerated the Nazi atrocities that Gerstien and Riccardo beseech the Vatican to condem. Without sanctimoniousness, the bitter ironies and hollow victories that are at the heart of AMEN, incrimnate the Nazis, the Church and ultimately humanity itself.

Beat That My Heart Skipped, (The)
No. D005
DVD, Region 1, 107 min, Color, French w/English subtitles, 2005
Romain Duris (L’Auberge Espangole), in a standout performance, plays Tom, a 28 year-old who seems destined to follow in his father’s footsteps as a Parisian property shark working in a sleazy and sometimes brutal world. However, a chance encounter with his late mother’s music agent leads him to believe that he can become, like his mother, a concert pianist. In earnst, he starts preparing for the audition with the help of a beautiful, young virtuoso pianist who has just arrived from China. She doesn’t speak a word of French; music is their only exchange. But pressures from the ugly world of his day job soon become more than he can handle...

Dinner Game, The
No. D007
DVD, Region 1, 81 min, Color, French with English subtitles, Lesson plans
Laughter is on the menu when the creator of La Cage Aux Folles serves up a tasty comic feast with this hilarious farce. Pierre and his snobbish friends have a standing date for dinner. Every week, they compete to see who can bring the biggest "idiot" to the party. Pierre is sure he's found a winner in the unsuspecting François, a ministry accountant whose hobby is making matchstick models of famous monuments. But when circumstances trap Pierre in his apartment with François, the tables are turned and everyone gets their just desserts.

Eyes Without A Face
No. D010
DVD, Region 1, 90 min, Black & White, French w/English subtitles, 1959
Secluded in the French countryside, a brilliant, obsessive doctor attempts a radical surgery that could restore the beauty of his daughter’s disfigured face--but at a horrifying price. At once ghastly and lyrical, Eyes Without A Face is a true rarity of horror cinema and has influenced countless other films.

Kirikou and the Sorceress
No. D014
DVD, Region 2, 70 min, Color, Animated, French or English, 1998
This animated film exquisitely recounts the tales of tiny Kirikou, born in an African village on which Karaba the Sorceress has placed a terrible curse. Kirikou sets out on a quest to free his village of the curse and find out the secret of why Karaba is so wicked. A blend of African folktales, Kirikou has both humor and flair. Kirikou depicts a precocious newborn infant who battles ignorance, and so-called evil, with endearing perseverance. This film speaks to the child within us all who yearns to express and defend the best in others and ourselves. Kirikou’s stunning visuals are accented by a traditional music soundtrack by African music giant Youssou N’Dour of Senefal.

L'Enfant (The Child)
No. D015
DVD, Region 2, 95 min, Color, French w/English subtitles, 2005
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.

Manon of the Spring
No. D019
DVD, Region 1, 114 min, Color, French with French, Spanish or English subtitles, 1986
It's been ten years since her father's death left Manon tending goats in the rugged hills of Provence. Struggling to make her way in the world, Manon has no idea that her neighbor César Soubeyran and his nephew Ugolin, cheated her out of her father's land. But when Manon discovers that the Soubeyrans were directly responsible for her father's tragic death, she goes after the two men with a fierce vengeance worthy of her proud and courgeous heritage.
Sequel to Jean de Florette.

Monsieur Ibrahim
No. D020
DVD, Region 1, 95 min, Color, French w/English subtitles
Screen legend Omar Sharif is Monsieur Ibrahim, an elderly widower who owns a grocery store in a shabby, working-class section of Paris. His life takes on new meaning when he befriends Momo, a lonely teenage boy. In Ibrahim, Momo finds the father he never had, a patient man infused with kindness and wisdom that he freely shares. And Momo awakens within Ibrahim a taste for grand adventure, which takes them on a journey that will change their lives forever.

Ponette
No. D023
DVD, Region 2, 92 min, Color, French with English subtitles, Lesson plans
Named the Best Foreign Film of the Year by the New York Film Critics Circle, Ponette stars 4-year old Victoire Thivisol, Winner of the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival, in the title role. Sent to live with her relatives, Ponette experiences the hopes, dreams and fears of a child following the loss of a parent. Ultimately, it is her faith, love and strength of character that enables Ponette to triumphantly overcome her tragedy.

Safe Conduct
No. D026
DVD, Region 2, 163 min, Color, French w/English subtitles, 2002
Dedicated to "those who lived through these events," Bertrand Taverier's Safe Conduct celebrates the artists who kept the French film industry alive during the Nazi occupation. Tavernier meticulously recreates this tumultuous period in French history, when filmmakers were forced to weigh career with conscience, and their real-life heroics rivaled any adventure they created for the screen. Jacques Gamblin stars as Jean Devaivre, who leads a double life as an assistant director for the leading German production company, and a member of the Resistance. Denis Podalydes costars as Jean Aurenche, a womanizing screenwriter who is determined not to work for the enemy. Packed with incredible incidents and populated by fascinating real characters, the thrilling Safe Conduct is a labor of love from one of the world cinema's most distinguished directors.

Salut Cousin!
No. D027
DVD, Region 2, 98 min, Color, No subtitles, 1996
Salut Cousin! is the tale of two Algerian cousins and their mishaps in the racially volatile environment of Paris.

To Be And To Have
No. D031
DVD, Region 1, 104 min, Color. French w/English subtitles
To Be and To Have, France’s highest grossing documentary of all time is an intimate and touching portrait of life inside a one-room schoolhouse in a rural French village and one of the most emotionally gratifying films about teaching ever made.
At the center of the story, and now an international celebrity, is George Lopez - a remarkably devoted teacher responsible for nurturing a dozen children ages 3-11 in all their school subjects and life lessons. Whether mediating fights, flipping omelets, or discussing a father’s illness with a troubled student, Lopez upholds a firm, but gentle paternal approach.
Director Nicholas Philibert’s incredible film demonstrates how a teacher, if well trained, dedicated and sensitive to a child’s educational and emotional needs, can hugely influence a generation of children at their most critical time of development. Those with warm memories of a favorite teacher will be deeply moved by this film.

A l'aventure
No. 266
VHS, 40 min, Color, French, No subtitles, 1997
Unité Préliminaire- Bonjour tout le monde!
Unité 1- Á Paris
Unité 2- Tu aimes le philosophie?
Unité 3- Á la maison
Unité 4- Qu'est-ce qui se passe?
Unité 5- S'il vous plait?
Unité 6- Vous désirez?
Unité 7- Au Viêtnam
Unité 8- Malade comme un chien
Unité 9- J'aimerais savoir...?
Unité 10- Une journée difficile
Unité 11- En Provence
Unité 12- En Bretagne
Unité 13- A'la Guadeloupe
Unité 14- En retard
Unité 15- Au Sénégal

Apostrophes: A French Literary Magazine
No. 280
VHS, 75 min, Color, No subtitles

Apostrophes: Marguerite Duras
No. 20
VHS, 59 min, Color, No subtitles

Apostrophes: Marguerite Yourcenar
No. 21
VHS, 62 min, Color, No subtitles

Astérix et la Surprise de César
No. 319
VHS-SECAM, 105 min, Color, No subtitles, 1999
La jolie Falbala et son fiancé, Tragicomix, sont capturés par les Romains pour être offerts en cadeau à César. Obélix amoureux de la belle, Astérix et Idéfix se lancent à leur recherche. Ils s'engagent dans la légion, où ils sément un incroyable désorde, puis arrivent à Rome et retrouvent la trace de leurs amis. Hélas! Astérix égare sa précieuse gourde de potion magique...

Au Revoir Les Enfants
No. 23
VHS, 103 min, French with English subtitles
A boy's first friendship and his discovery of the real world set in a Catholic boarding school.

C'est beau (Sarraute)
No. 27
VHS, 75 min, Color, No subtitles

Camille Claudel
No. 28
VHS, 159 min, Color, French with English subtitles, 1989
Both an inspiring saga of artistic vision and the haunting story of a doomed romance, it offers a brilliant study of the thin line separating creativity, passion, and madness. Combining stunning cinematography, powerful performances and a timeless love story, this film is itself a masterpiece.

Candide (Voltaire)
No. 29
VHS, 118 min, Color, No subtitles

Children of Paradise (Part 1)
No. 33
VHS, 105 min, Black and White, French with English subtitles
Set in the theater district of early 19th-century Paris, this video re-creates a glittering world of backstage life. (Sweeping romantic epic) Directed by Marcel Carne.

Children of Paradise (Part 2)
No. 34
VHS, 90 min, Black and White, French with English subtitles

Cyrano de Bergerac
No. 45
VHS, 138 min, Color, French with yellow English subtitles, 1990
One of the most famous romances of all time comes to brilliant life in this dazzling new film based on the world famous play. Gerard Depardieu gives the performance of his life as Cyrano who is secretly in love with the beautiful, young Roxane (Anne Brochet). Believing he is too ugly because of his grotesque nose to ever win Roxane, the eloquent Cyrano helps Christian, a tongue-tied soldier, to woo her with love letters. After many years, Cyrano starts to tell Roxane the truth. But Christian is killed in battle and Cyrano feels compelled to keep his secret. Years later, Roxane living in a convent, still faithful to her husband Christian, is visited by her mortally wounded friend Cyrano. It is then that Roxane realizes that it was Cyrano that she had loved all the time. His secret revealed, Cyrano dies as he had lived, heroically and fearlessly.

Dom Juan
No. 60
VHS, 106 min, Black and White, No subtitles
By transforming the character of Don Juan from unscrupulous seducer into a man of overweening pride, cynicism, and disdain, Molière turned a Spanish theme into a thoroughly French play and offended so many that the play was withdrawn. Posterity has judged more kindly.

Entre Amis: les improvisations
No. 76
VHS, 30 min, Color, No subtitles
Improvisations: Sixteen short improvisations, shot on location in Franche-Comté, reveal four actors using familiar gestures in typical language situations (planning a trip, asking for directions, buying pills in a pharmacy, ordering dinner, and so forth.) Tape also includes an audio-visual catalogue of over forty gestures.

Entre Amis: les improvisations et les programmes
No. 77
VHS, 30 min, Color, No subtitles
Programmes: Authentic French materials, specially chosen for use in lower-level language courses. They include a weather report, advertisements, a short fiction film, a receipe, household hints, on-the-street interviews, and a report from a Breton market. Suitable for first or second-year French courses.

Famous Women Writers in France
No. 79
VHS, 26 min, Color, English narration, 1983
Three outstanding French women of letters: Madame de Sévigné, known for her famous letters recounting life at the court of Louis XIV; George Sand, journalist and champion of women's liberation; and Colette, the progressive twentieth century novelist.

Flaky, Pastry World of French, The - Part 1
No. 349
VHS, 80 min, Color, English with French, 1997
Lots of vocabulary, the French alphabet, pronunciation, vowel sounds, accents, cognates, basic conversations, greetings, naming, formal and informal constructions, "-er" verbs, expressing preferences, verb forms, infinitives, negatives, conjugating infinitives, gender, definite articles, indefinite articles, family words, descriptive adjectives, possessive adjectives, subject pronouns, colors, the verbs "avoir" "aller" "faire," idioms, adverbs.

Flaky, Pastry World of French, The - Part 2
No. 350
VHS, 90 min, Color, English with French, 1997
Lots of vocabulary, communication tips, café conversation, articles, describing parts vs. the whole, the verb "prendre", greetings, common questions, review conversations, describing yourself, the verbs "boire" "dire" "pouvoir" "vouloir," idioms and "avoir," idioms and "y," irregular verbs, adjectives, adverbs, shopping conversation, direct objects, indirect objects, verb stems and cognates, past tense, past participles, demonstrative adjectives, reflexives, the pronoun "en," "-re" and "-ir" verbs.

France Panorama: Video Magazine of France Today
No. 84 & 281 (Two copies)
VHS, 45 min, Color, No subtitles
Preview of France Panorama video magazine. Contains actualites, vie quotidienne, sports, mode, chansons and publicite.

French in Action
Courseware series
VHS, 30 min lessons, Color, No subtitles
This series uses active participation to increase your fluency in French and help you experience French culture. It places you into a humerous teleplay with native speakers of all ages and backgrounds. The antics of an American student and a young Frenchwoman in Paris and the French countryside are guided by Dr. Capretz's on-camera instruction.
1: Orientation
2-4: Planning and Anticipating
5: Names and Origins
6-7: Physical Characteristics
8: Kinship
9-10: Describing Others
11-14: Encounters
15-18: Occupations
19-21: Education
22-23: Getting Around
24-26: Food and Drink
27-31: Transportation and Travel
32-35: Habitat
36-40: Entertainment
41-45: Getting and Spending
46-50: Geography and Tourism
51-52: Getting Away

French in Action Teleconference
No. 85
VHS, 120 min, Color, 1995
Now is your chance to meet the creator, Pierre Capretz, and learn more about how to use French in Action effectively. French teachers gathered at local sites to watch the program, discuss the issues and call or fax questions to Pierre Capretz and other teachers participating in the videoconference.

French Louisiana (Part I)
No. 86
VHS, 15 min, Color, English narration
The Creole and Acadian Heritage.

French Louisiana (Part 2)
No. 87
VHS, 15 min, Color, English narration
French Louisiana Today.

Glimpes of West Africa
No. 93
VHS, 32 min, Color, English, 1991
An introduction to the French-speaking countries of West Africa, this video examines the culture, geography, and people of Senegal, the Ivory Coast, and Burkina Faso. Lively interviews with people of these countries and scenes of weavers, artists, and musicians illuminate the blending of African and French traditions.

Grand Illusion, The
No. 238
VHS, 111 min, Black and White, French with English subtitles
A classic tale of adventure in a German prisoner of war camp during World War I. An aristocratic French officier becomes friends with the commandant, yet must cooperate with his comrades. Directed by Jean Renoir. Jean Gabin, Erich von Stroheim.

Hatier Didier
No. 96
VHS, 78 min, Color, No subtitles

Jacques le fataliste (Part 1)
No. 101
VHS, 88 min, Color, No subtitles
Like the author, Jacques is a discursive talker and a fatalist. Recounting the story of his amorous adventures to his master as they travel from inn to inn, Jacques is continually interrupted by the interference of events, chance encounters, conversational digressions which, together with the thread of the main story, serve to expound Diderot's central thesis of fatalism.

Jacques le fataliste (Part 2)
No. 102
VHS, 44 min, Color, No subtitles

Jean de Florette
No. 103
VHS, 122 min, Color, French with English subtitles
Set amidst the rugged hills of Provence, this epic saga follows the heroic efforts of Jean Cadoret, who inherits a farm from his mother, Florette, and leaves his city job behind, hoping to create a "new Eden" with his loving wife and daughter. But, unbeknownst to Jean, his greedy neighbor, César Soubeyran, is plotting to steal the land out from under him. With the help of his corrupt nephew, the collusion of the clannish villagers and the added effects of a severe drought, César hatches a wicked scheme that drives Jean to the brink of desperation. Manon of the Spring continues the story.

Jean Giradoux
No. 104
VHS, 49 min, Color, No subtitles
Fascinating use of lycée students in Giraudoux's native Bellac to stress the actualité of Giraudoux's work for today's audience. Delightful juxta-positions of Jouvet in La Guerre de Troie with a student production of the same play.

L'Afrique Noire Francophone
No. 113
VHS, 48 min, Color, No subtitles, 1988
Géographie Politiques presents an overview of life both in large urban centers and rural areas, focusing on work, religion, and education. Contrasting traditional and modern lifestyles, this still-image program visits Senegal, the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, and Zaire to show the people of French-speaking Africa.

L'Ecole des femmes (Part 1)
No. 114
VHS, 54 min, Color, No subtitles
A plot of young lovers, a manipulative older man, innocent trust misplaced, and the discovery of a wealthy father --all presented with extraordinary psychological insight and enormous wit, and couched in some of Molière's most biting language.

L'Ecole des femmes (Part 2)
No. 115
VHS, 84 min, Color, No subtitles

L'oeil en coulisses
No. 117
VHS, 56 min, Color, No subtitles
Twenty-two excerpts from six Molière plays plus interviews with five famous French actors and directors. The interviews include discussions of the six plays, the importance of Molière for today's audiences, and some of the issues raised by the plays. The plays excerpted are "Le Malade imaginaire", "Le Misanthrope", "Tartuffe", "Le Bourgeois gentilhomme", "L'Ecole des femmes" and "Amphytrion".

La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu
No. 125
VHS, 109 min, Color, No subtitles
An important landmark of twentieth-century theater, first presented in 1935. Rewriting the events of the Iliad, Giraudoux simultaneously gave new direction to the French stage. Raymond Rouleau directed this version.

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Part 1)
No. 135
VHS, 57 min, Color, No subtitles
A comédie-ballet about the misadventures of a vain, credulous and ignorant bourgeois seeking to pass himself off as a man better than he is and making a laughing-stock of himself in the process.

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Part 2)
No. 136
VHS, 69 min, Color, No subtitles

Le Complot
No. 137
VHS, 120 min, Color, French with English subtitles
Paris 1960. DeGaulle determines to end a bitter war in Algeria by granting its independence. Millions oppose him, including a group of DeGaulle's disenchanted Army Officers. In a desperate attempt to save the colony for France, they plan a daring jailbreak of their imprisoned leader. A network of snitches inform a tenacious detective which leads to an explosive three-way cat-and-mouse game among the rebels, the Gaullist politicos and the police...heartstopping action and suspense.

Le Malade imaginaire (Part 1)
No. 138
VHS, 62 min, Color, No subtitles
Molière's last play, the performance in which he became mortally ill. Molière was playing Argan, whose hypochondria puts him at the mercy of those supposed to be tending to him.

Le Malade imaginaire (Part 2)
No. 139
VHS, 71 min, Color, No subtitles

Le Médecin malgré liu
No. 140
VHS, 60 min, Color, French with English subtitles
A comedy of confusion and reconciliation: a father who opposes his daughter's suitor, a battered wife who arranges her husband's beating, some medical folderol, and a happy ending for all.

Les Antilles: Guadeloupe and Martinque
No. 141
VHS, 60 min, Color, English, 1993
Examining the culture and geography of Guadeloupe and Martinique, this video provides a close-up look at "I'heritage culturel del la France des tropiques".

Les Choses de la Vie
No. 142
VHS, 90 min, Color, French with English subtitles, 1970
A sensitive businessman must reluctantly choose between his family and his mistress, both of whom he dearly loves. Injured in an automobile accident on the way to his moment of decision, he deliriously reflects back on his life, finding sweetness and meaning in the simplest of memories. Though a stylishly sophisticated romantic comedy with an exquisitely French sensibility, "Les Choses de la Vie" gradually builds its delicate emotions into a deeply moving examination of the precious fragility of life and relationships. In his first major work, director Claude Sautet has fashioned an observant and preceptive study of the varieties of personal connections--with parents and children, lovers and friends--that each of us makes in life, connections which bind us together and keep us apart.

Les Clips Francophones
No. 143
VHS, 30 min, Color, No subtitles
Popular music is a highly regarded means to unlocking the barriers of language-learning. These clips, representing the best French artists--M.C. Solaar, Patricia Kaas and King Dady Yod--introduce contemporary language usage ("slang") and cultural styles and attitudes. The lyrics of each song, biographies, grammatical commentary and language exercises are included in each text. Includes binder and audio tape.

Manon des Sources
No. 153
VHS, 118 min, Black and White, No subtitles
Manon, a wild shepherdess, fueled by vengeance, is not happy to just rebuff the advances of poor Ugolin who claims at all her passion.

Manon of the Spring
No. 155
VHS, 113 min, Color, French with English subitles, 1987
It's been ten years since her father's death left Manon tending goats in the rugged hills of Provence. struggling to make her way in the world, manon has no idea that her neighbor César Soubeyran and his nephew Ugolin, cheated her out of her father's land. But when Manon discovers that the Soubeyrans were directly responsible for her father's tragic death, she goes after the two men with a fierce vengeance worthy of her proud and courgeous heritage.
Sequel to Jean de Florette.

Marcel Proust: A Writer's Life
No. 156
VHS, 60 min, Color, English narration
Considered by many to be the greatest novelist of the twentieth century, Proust overcame years of failure and misfortune to create what is perhaps the most ambitious novel ever conceived. This video depicts Proust's struggle to realize his 3,000-page masterpiece, bringing to life the rich period of French history from 1870 to 1922, from the fin de siècle and the Belle Epoque, to the global cataclysm of World War I. Interviews with writers Dame Iris Murdoch, Shelby Foote and writer-critic Roger Shattuck (whose book on Proust received the National Book Award) illuminate the particulars of Proust's effort and the magnitude of his accomplishment, while dramatizations of key scenes from Proust's life combine with rare archival footage to place his personal struggle in the context of his time.

Monastères du moyen age
No. 175
VHS, 20 min, Color, No subtitles
Like the castle and the city, the monastery is an important center of medieval life. Unlike the Benedictines, who commonly located abbeys atop a hill, the Cistercians preferred the modesty of a valley location, setting their economic production at the service of their rather ascetic religious beliefs.

Montréal
No. 176
VHS, 54 min, Color, No subtitles
A portrait of Mount Royal and why its French name stuck: its development from supply depot to French explorers and farmers, to its development as one of the world's principal cities. The program examines the characteristics and character of the original French population and the reasons and manner in which that French character remained despite the loss of Quebec to the English. In showing us the city, its history, its monuments, and its life, the program examines the separate lives of Franco- and Anglophones, and shows the effect of Montreal's metropolitanization of the Francophone citizenry.

Muzzy - French (Parts 1-3)
No. 182
VHS, 30 min, Color, No subtitles
The BBC specialized, video language course for children. It's a marvelous teaching program that has met with extraordinary success in Europe. As a natural language learning system, the Muzzy method functions almost completely by itself. Two VHS videocassettes containing a total of six lessons (referred to as Parts 1-6).

Muzzy - French (Parts 4-6)
No. 183
VHS, 30 min, Color, No subtitles

Muzzy - French Level II (Parts 1-3)
No. 179
VHS, 38 min, Color, No subtitles
The BBC specialized, video language course for children. It's a marvelous teaching program that has met with extraordinary success in Europe. As a natural language learning system, the Muzzy method functions almost completely by itself.

My Father's Glory
No. 192
VHS, 110 min, Color, French with English subtitles
The film shows an 11-year-old Marcel during a very special, life-changing summer with his family in the Province countryside. There Marcel falls in love with the rugged hills as he is introduced to a new and wonder-filled world. He learns the wild country's secrets, makes friends, and--above all--strengthens the unique bond he has with his father.
The story continues in My Mother's Castle.

My Mother's Castle
No. 193
VHS, 98 min, Color, French with English subtitles
Marcel simply can't let go of the holiday he has just spent with his family in the country. To Marcel's delight, his parents surprise the family with a Christmas return to the beloved wild hills.
Sequel to My Father's Glory.

Napoleon (Part 1)
No. 194
VHS, 15 min, Color, English narration
As one of France's most powerful leaders, Napoleon Bonaparte was able to change the course of Europeon history. Learn of his personal and political triumphs which shaped his life and military career.

Napoleon (Part 2)
No. 195
VHS, 15 min, Color, English narration
After delegating more and more power to himself, Napoleon began to lose favor with the French people. Find out how ambition eventually brought about the end of his military career.

Nun, The
No. 250
VHS, 155 min, Color, French with English subtitles
Despite the controversy over its release, "The Nun" is less an indictment of a religious order than a condemnation of the repressiveness of 18th Century society--a society in which women had two choices as dictated by their families: marriage or the convent.

Optiques: la vie quotidienne
No. 197
VHS, 60 min, Color, No subtitles
A series of 8 video programs, each about 7 minutes long, covering topics that concern the French in their day-to-day lives. The programs consist largely of interviews with French people of all ages and walks of life on subjects ranging from what they plan to have for lunch today to feelings about racism in today's France. It gives intermediate to advanced students a fascinating glimpse of the way the French think and how they feel about the world around them. An Instructor's Manual is available.

Paris - Travels in Europe Series
No. 296
VHS, 30 min, Color, English narration, 1995
Tour Paris.

Phedre
No. 201
VHS, 93 min, Color, French with English subtitles
According to Greek legend, Theseus returned from war with the Minoans on Crete to become king of Athens and took Phedre, the daughter of the vanquished King Minos to be his wife. Phedre fell in love with the King's son, Hippolyte, but he didn't return the love, preferring one his own age. Phedre caused her husband, the King, to be wrongly jealous of his son and prayed to Neptune to destroy him. When Hipployte was in fact killed after fighting a sea monster, Phedre killed herself in remorse.

Phèdre (Racine)
No. 202
VHS, 110 min, Color, No subtitles
Here is a spectacular French production of Racine's great play that treats the classical past with respect while demonstrating it's continued living interest. If it was the playwright's goal to show people as they are--not as they ought to be--then this performance represents French classical drama at it's most moving, with equal attention to the language itself, the lavishness of sets and costumes, and the passion and appropriateness of the acting.

Rosetta
No. 154
VHS, 95 min, Color, French w/English subtitles
Rosetta (Emilie Dequenne), a shy 17-year old girl, lives with her alcoholic mother in a trailer park in Belgium. Desperate to live a normal life, her one ambition is to get and keep a job. Hired to work at a waffle stand, her growing friendship with a handsome co-worker begins to draw Rosetta out of her shell. But her new-found stability collapses when she’s laid off. Willing to do anything to regain her job, Rosetta makes a fateful choice between honesty and betrayal. The consequences could shatter whatever measure of happiness a job can bring her.

Semur-en-Auxious (Ville)
No. 214
VHS, 20 min, Color, No subtitles
One of Burgundy's best preserved medieval towns, Semur-en-Auxois comes alive here through present-day sequences reviving the town's medieval heritage as well as judiciously chosen illustrations taken from medieval miniatures. Wars, epidemics, and festivals are all relived in order to create a clear picture of the life of a small city during the Middle Ages.

Si Versailles (Part 1)
No. 218
VHS, 75 min, Color, No subtitles
The history of France written in a manner altogether personal, supremely elegant, and refined. Sacha Guitry is the master artist of this series of great scenes by the most famous actors of French cinema, giving to the characters they embody an unforgettable appearance. But the true hero of the film remains the Castle of Versailles. The final descent of the great staircase is a great emotional moment.

Si Versailles (Part 2)
No. 219
VHS, 66 min, Color, No subtitles

Simone de Beauviour
No. 220
VHS, 110 min, Color, French with English subtitles
Feminist, writer, political activist, the full range of Simone de Beauvoir's fascinating life is captured in this insightful documentary portrait. The film gives viewers the unique opportunity to get to know the brilliant author as she speaks candidly about her relationship with Sartre, her friendship with Camus, the evolution of her political views, her sympathy with the student revolution of 1968, as well as her views on feminism, abortion, sexual fidelity, aging and death.

Small Change (Copy 1)
No. 222
VHS, 105 min, Color, French with English subtitles, 1976
A boy finds a few coins in an amusement park. A shy girl sneaks a glance at the even shyer boy she fancies. They're small events, but not for a child. "A child invents life." says Francois Truffaut, who brilliantly captures the joys, yearnings, pain and wonder of childhood in "Small Change".

Small Change (Copy 2)
No. 335
VHS, 105 min, Color, French with English subtitles, 1976

Story of Adele H., The
No. 257
VHS, 97 min, Color, French with English subtitles
'Love is my religion', the young woman wrote in her diary. The god of that religion was a British lieutenant in Nova Scotia in 1863--a soldier who wanted nothing to do with the woman who adored him.

Sugar Cane Alley
No. 316
VHS, 107 min, Color, French with English subtitles, 1985
On a lush sugar cane plantation in Martinique lies a dirt road called Sugar Cane Alley, lined with the shacks of the poor black families who work in the cane fields. In one of these lives Jose, a bright mischievous 11-year-old orphan, and his grandmother, a tough, wise woman determined to save Jose from the hard life of the plantation. When Jose wins a partial scholarship at a school in the city, she is ready to sacrifice everything for his chance at an education and an escape from the fields.
Euzhan Palcy's award-winning film is an honest, deeply moving human drama of a young boy who fights against the odds for his future.

Tartuffe
No. 228
VHS, 135 min, Color, French with English subtitles
Events unfold when a rich merchant falls under the spell of a charismatic religious zealot. Gerard Depeardieu's "Tartuffe" is a powerful manipulator, charming his way into the merchant's household, making passes at the master's wife and wreaking havoc with his daughter's engagement party. Pushed to their limits, the entire family conspires to expose the imposter.

Télétexte (Lessons 1-4)
No. 229
VHS, 126 min, Color, No subtitles
An important, innovative feature of Télétexte: Perspectives sur la France d'aujourd'hui is the program's integrated use of authentic French video materials. The 8 thirty minute selections introduce the chapter themes (Perceptions, Vies quotidiennes, Famille, Transport, Economie et travail, Colonisation, Francophonie, Culture) through a wide variety of video styles: documentaires, courts m&eacite'trages, daily French television shows, promotional materials, and modern theater. Keyed to the activities in both the classroom text and the workbook, these selections provide a lively source of authentic language and culture, and many subjects for oral discussion and composition.

Télétexte (Lessons 5-8)
No. 230
VHS, 97 min, Color, No subtitles

Three Men and a Cradle
No. 264
VHS, 100 min, Color, French with English subtitles, 1985
Three men and a baby, French version. On loan from owner: Professor Fisher-McPeak.

Ugolin
No. 273
VHS, 110 min, Black and White, No subtitles
Manon dams the stream that supports the villagers she hates. These people realize little by little the wrong they've done her and make themselves obtain her forgiveness.

Video Program for French (Situations 1-13)
No. 293
VHS, 57 min, Color, No subtitles
Situation 1: Dans une salle de classe
Situation 2: Au magasin de Vetements
Situation 3: À la cité universitaire
Situation 4: À la recherche D'Un Appartement
Situation 5: Un diner entre amis: L'Invitation
Situation 6: Comment Réserver une table au restaurant
Situation 7: Á L'Hotel
Situation 8: À L'Agence de voyages
Situation 9: À la poste
Situation 10: Le Métro
Situation 11: La vie Universitaire
Situation 12: Scène de Ménage
Situation 13: À la Banque (au Bureau de Change)

Video Program for French (Situations 14-17)
No. 294
VHS, 43 min, Color, No subtitles
Situation 14: Qu'est-ce qu'on fait ce soir?
Situation 15: Discussion Politique
Situation 16: Le Patrimoine Français
Situation 17: Le Monde Francophone: Le Québec

Voilà!
No. 320, 321 and 322 (3 copies)
VHS, 60 min, Color, No subtitles
Magazine 1
Editorial: Why study French?
Cultural Info: La France
Documentary: Le Sénégal
Magazine 2
Editorial: What is culture and how do you learn it?
Cultural Info: Le Québec
Documentary: Les DOM-TOM
Magazine 3
Editorial: Women in culture and their condition
Cultural Info: Haïti
Documentary: Le couscous--Cooking isn't always the woman's role
Magazine 4
Editorial: Immigrants in France
Cultural Info: Who are the immigrants?
Documentary: Arab women at school and attitudes towards immigrants
Magazine 5
Editorial: Impressions of le bonheur
Cultural Info: Les jeunes, l'avenir et l'Europe
Documentary: Strasbourg and the European Parliament
Magazine 6
Editorial: What it means to be Francophone
Cultural Info: Histoire de la francophonie
Documentary: Festival de la francophone en Louisiane

Wanderer, The
No. 262
VHS, 108 min, Color, French with English subtitles, 1967
Young Augustin, living in provincial fin-de-siecle France, discovers a fantastic chateau in the woods one day, where a fancy dress ball is being held to celebrate the engagement of the master's son, Frantz. Like a princess in a fairy tale, the groom's sister, Yvonne appears and Augustin falls completely and irrevocably in love. After that magical night, the chateau disappears forever, the lovers weave in and out of each other's lives and romantic adolescent idealism gives way to the inevitable, sobering reality of adulthood.

Wild Child, The
No. 263
VHS, 86 min, Black and White, French with English subtitles
Based on the true account of Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard, a doctor at The National Institute For The Deaf and Dumb in Paris, "The Wild Child" follows the capture of a young boy who is discovered living like an animal in the forest.

Year in Provence, A - Winter (Part 1 of 4)
No. 401
VHS, 90 min, Color, English with French, No subtitles, 1993
The new year arrives and so do the Mayles. But settling into their glorious 200-year-old stone farmhouse complete with wine cellar, courtyard, swimming pool and almond trees proves unsettling, for the infamous Mistral— a bitter cold northerly wind— has also arrived. It freezes the water pipes on the second day. And so the Mayles open the door to the famous Colombani, the Napoleon of plumbers, and with him comes a flood of delightful characters that will keep Peter Mayle busy writing all year… even if he does have to type with gloves on.

Year in Provence, A - Spring (Part 2 of 4)
No. 402
VHS, 90 min, Color, English with French, No subtitles, 1993
The magnificent Provençal spring rolls in and so do the out-of-towners. From April to June, the Lubéron Valley fills with the sights and sounds of Englishmen and Parisian, who disrupt the sublime tempo of buds and blossoms. Like the locals, Peter and Annie Mayle are amuzed by the invader's ignorance of the art of Provençal intimacy. Three kisses is the greeting, no matter how dirty the cheek. Conversation is punctuated by the index finger, thrust firmly into the listener's chest— unless he is a she. Squeezed shoulders, slaped backs, pummeled kidneys and pinched cheeks are the norm. In Provence, the greater the friendship, the more chance of bodily harm.

Year in Provence, A - Summer (Part 3 of 4)
No. 403
VHS, 90 min, Color, English with French, No subtitles, 1993
Ah, summer in the south of France: the sun is high, the days are long and the earthy flavors of the season tempt the palate in remarkable ways. In the town square, the annual goat race is at hand. Peter and Annie Mayle place their bets on the winner and learn that the loser will be, well, delicious. Come September, the Mayle's grapes are ready for harvest. But before his crop is crushed into vintage, Peter is curious to find out just how good his "year" will be. His quest leads him to the heart of the world's greatest vineyards where the full-bodied tastes of the region dazzle the senses.

Year in Provence, A - Fall(Part 4 of 4)
No. 404
VHS, 90 min, Color, English with French, No subtitles, 1993
Fall in the Lubéron Valley brings crystal blue skies and the intoxicating scent of logs on the fire. Amid the crisp autumn days, Annie and Peter Mayle have reason to celebrate: their houseguests have all returned to dreary old England, the renovations to their home have finally been completed, and the wine cellar is stocked full of vintage Mayle. Now, as Christmas nears, the meals become heartier and the locals' regard for Annie and Peter grows. At the same time, the Mayles' affection for this land where time is measured not by weeks and days, but by seasons deepens. After a year in Provence, the Mayles are right at home.