Chocolaterie Film Analysis

I attended a production of The 39 Steps. The two act play was an adaptive parody piece derived from the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock movie based on the John Buchan novel; originally conceptualized by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon, it was then adapted for the stage by Patrick Barlow. Additionally, it paid homage to Alfred Hitchcock, in that the play seems to include a representation of almost every famous scene from a Hitchcock film. Eric Harrell, the Producing Artistic Director, described the play during his introduction as, “Alfred Hitchcock meets a spy novel meets Carol Burnette.” After viewing the play, I would agree that that is a fairly accurate assessment of the over-all tone of the production; however, I would have substituted Monty Python

Another idea from Ángela Bernardo (March 10, 2016) is that color technology such as Technicolor has transformed the movie industry and the way Hollywood creates films. In 1916 Technicolor, one of the most important advancement arrived. Which allowed films makers to record in color. Technicolor was a photographic chemical process that managed to introduce color into movie frames. Technicolor was based on the Kinemacolor system which was very successful in England. When Technicolor first arrived it had lots of problems in theatres and was not perfected until 1932.

7.Meursault realizing that the jury most likely thinks that he is guilty. This contributes to the conflict because during the trial, Meursault barely pays attention, but there is a moment when he realizes that because he hadn't yet found meaning in his life, others have tried to do it for him. The trial forces Meursault to confront his existence and as he listens to the opinions of others about him, he understands that there is a part of himself that he cannot control because it lies within the minds of those around him. This is significant to the conflict because he becomes aware that the people around him and within society have different views on his actions than he does, which results in his exclusion from

The film Mosquita y Mari directed and created by Aurora Guerrero is a coming of age story set about Huntington Park in the southeastern part of Los Angeles. It uses tense scenery that seeks to explore what it means to be in a romantic relationship versus a close friendship. Furthermore, upon legitimizing Yolanda and Mari`s relationship the film provokes the audience to ask the question, “If they are queer, what is keeping them in the closet?” This question is most effectively answered by examining how Yolanda and Mari`s ethnicity, locational, and immigrant descendant identities intersect to keep them in the closet.

I watched the movie Bad Sugar which was about Diabetes and how it was affecting the indians living along the Gila River and surrounding areas. I enjoyed this video very much and found it helpful to understand more about Diabetes and how it is affecting the native american population along the Gila River. The three most important points that were made in the video were the dollars that are spent each year to treat diabetes, how income plays a role, and how there is a strong correlation between the lack of a water supply and the significant increase of Diabetes along the Gila river .

In his novel Hugo addresses the need for social reform and change in the crumbling and corrupt streets of French society. He specifically emphasizes improvement in education, the justice system, and the attitude of society towards women, and their political impact on French culture. Hugo does this particularly through Fantine, a woman who resorts to prostitution after being dismissed from her job as a factory worker; in addition to the existence of her illegitimate daughter, Cosette, her blemished reputation disables her from working in another reputable place. Because of Fantine’s shortage of an education and of society’s negative view of women abused by noble men, she is representative of the social injustices against women during this time. She’s illustrative of the gulf in France’s hierarchical system. Her condemnation to a life as a prostitute after being used by an aristocratic man highlights the social shortcomings present in the nobility’s attitude towards the lower classes, which continued to suffer. The misfortune that falls on Jean Valjean, an innocent man who only stole bread to help his dying sister, also represents the crookedness of France’s justice system. Valjean is likened to a habitual criminal and thrown in jail for nineteen years, an absurd sentence for only a loaf of bread. What’s worse is that he’s

Judgement and criticism were concepts far too familiar to Hallstrom and Chazelle’s characters, Vianne and Mia. Hallstrom suggests that from the moment that Vianne entered into the French town, she was looked down upon. From the way she dressed, her personal beliefs,

Davis’s monograph demonstrates the complexity of the story that Vigne failed to incorporate as well as to point out the differences of the interpretations between Vigne’s and Davis’s accounts. Davis provides a detailed description of the two trials of the accused imposter. The first trial occurs at a local court in Rieux, where the imposter is charged with stealing another person’s identity and impersonating Martin’s life, while in the film the trial occurs in the same village of Artigat. Pierre Guerre, Martin’s uncle, presents the charge of imposture. Davis argues that Bertrande implies her support for the accusation with the hopes that Pierre would lose the case against the imposter. Bertrande proceeds to protect herself by coaching the imposter covertly while publicly supporting the move by Pierre. Specifically, Davis asserts that the couple worked out a plan to follow during the trials to counter Pierre’s arguments. Bertrande “either by explicit or tacit agreement … helped him become her husband” (Benson 44). The trial declares the imposter guilty of the crime and sentence him to death, but he appeals the case.

“... By someone else, next time.” This quote from Chocolat speaks of Vianne’s change of mind, and her decision to finally live her life the way she has always wanted to live it. Her experiences in the town taught her the ways in which she can make a difference, and she gained the experience of finally feeling like she belongs. The time in which one lives affects the experiences they may have, as well as opportunities they are allowed to partake in. Without experience, one would never know what they want in life because they would have nothing to base their wants off of. The life lessons gained from these experiences shape the life wanted by an individual, and aids them in establishing their

Revenge can be analyzed, as it becomes the exhibited behavior of the Widow resulting from a number of causes. First cause is the harm done to her family; second cause is the Widow’s perception of violence during that time; and the third cause is her aggression toward the killer of her son. The first cause of her revenge is the most obvious reason why she avenged the death of her son, and this is because the killer caused pain to her family. Any mother would be committing the act especially that her son was the only company she has. The second cause pertains to the Widow’s perception of revenge during that time, and because at the time, wars and feuds were still evident in the French society, bloodshed for the Widow is not something to be scared of, given any means. This story was only successful in showing to its readers how the society thinks of death during those times, which can be achieved through any means, by which losing one’s life was not something to be thought of carefully. This just proves that during that time, morality was not given high regard as it is now. Death by any means can be accomplished by anybody, regardless of age, gender, and status in society. The third cause of the Widow’s behavior is her aggression toward the killer of her son, which was not literally shown or described in the story, but was evident based on

Bertrand does not want this child, proclaiming he is too old to be raising another child, and suggests an abortion. “It wasn’t even a baby, for him, at this point. It wasn’t even a human being. It was a little seed. It was nothing… And if I decided to have it against his will, he had said hoarsely, that would be the end... The end of us, he had said, with the awful, broken voice I did not recognize.” (de Rosnay 135) Bertrand has left Julia with a life altering decision. At this point she saw a different side of her husband, one she did not recognize, Julia ponders how her husband could ever suggest another abortion after three miscarriages. Julia starts to see a change in her marriage, and in her life. It would never be the same. Julia has always been fascinated with Paris even as a young girl, the sole reason for uprooting her life. After discovering more about the Vel d’Hiv roundup while visiting Franck Levy, a French man who has devoted his life to discovering the families involved in the roundup in July 1942. Julia ponders “My eyes wandered once more over the little faces in the photos. I thought of Zoe, alone, torn from me and Bertrand. Alone and hungry and dirty. I shivered… Maybe it was because I was pregnant, because my hormones had gone awry, or because I hadn’t slept. But I suddenly felt

During his eight years in hiding, Valjean became a wealthy factory owner and the mayor of a town called Montreuil-sur-Mer. A worker in Valjean’s factory named Fantine, has her secret of sending money to the Thénardiers, the caretakers of her child, Cosette, exposed, and is fired from her job. Fantine, left with no other options, resorts to prostitution to support Cosette. During an altercation with an abusive customer, now police inspector, Javert, arrests Fantine, but Valjean stops him, and takes Fantine to a hospital where she is diagnosed with a terminal case of tuberculosis. While at the hospital, Valjean learns that a man suspected to be the missing prisoner himself, is put on trial for a crime he

Some of the French say they weren’t aware of the Roundup (though living across the street from the stinking stadium), some admit to a vague awareness but “What could you do?” But some are courageous in their opposition to inhumanity. Sarah and her co-escapee find their way to the rural home of a couple with grandchildren Sarah's age, the Dufaures, who at first try to “avoid trouble” but then take them in and bravely brazen it out with the police in order to call in a physician to attend the other little girl who is, however, beyond saving. And -- since Sarah is unstoppable in her attempt to get back to her little brother -- the Dufaures accompany her to Paris, risking their own arrest, in a great train scene in which the police share their compartment and the conductor comes looking for everybody’s transit papers. And what happens when Sarah gets back to the old apartment and the locked wardrobe … ?

There is an obvious conflict between the Comte and Vianne Rocher, the single mother who arrives in Lansquenet bringing a splash of red to

Les Miserables is a characteristic romantic work in both theme and form. In theme the novel assaults the traditional social structure, glorifies freedom of thought and spirit, and makes a hero of the average individual. In this novel the several characters were portrayed as heros. It follows the lives and interactions of several French