Word: bourgeoises
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Both characters are imbeciles. They read an entire library and get nothing out of it except the illusion of understanding. But, in the eighth chapter, in the most famous passage of the entire novel, Flaubert writes that "a lamentable faculty arose in their spirits, that of seeing stupidity and no...
As the movie progresses, Bronchant's true nature is revealed as well. Despite his snide comments and apparent dislike of Pignon, Bronchant still needs his "idiot" to help him out, whether by physically carrying him up the stairs or making phone calls. At one point, Bronchant reveals that the reason...
Bourgeois, who is 87, was chosen to receive a Doctorate of Arts from Harvard, but said she was "too old" and frail to come to the ceremony.
Bourgeois says she still wants the degree and is upset that she has not received it.
Born in France, she studied at the Sorbonne University in Paris and the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Bourgeois received an honorary degree from Yale in 1977 and won a National Medal of Arts in 1997.