Word: gallicisms
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...House. Cuckolded by an insolent Gallic gigolo (Alain Delon), the American millionaire orders his henchmen...
...will object to your impertinent Milestone about the shame of General Maxime Weygand. But your judgment was quite right; the old soldier typified the weakness of his time and of his country. Compared to the now-disparaged "Anglo-Saxons," Weygand and his colleagues were made of mousse. Surely only Gallic "rationalism" combined with characteristic grandeur could induce any Frenchman today to think otherwise...
...carte blanche in France to marry her. He wed her before, but was forced to annul the marriage when their native Italy threatened bigamy proceedings; it does not recognize his 1957 Mexican divorce from his first wife. Carlo and Sophia celebrated with a tricolored cake, and Ponti displayed Gallic finesse when asked if they would remarry. "It is not excluded," said...
Written with Gallic asperity, the novel is composed of a series of bittersweet, Boccaccio-like fables celebrating unambiguously the joys of heterosexual love. They are told by an engaging, disreputable journalist named Jean Macaque, who produces racy copy on order for a Parisian scandal sheet, Coq au Vin, and is a connoisseur of fine women...
...SOFT SKIN. The emotional trigonometry of a love triangle occupied by an aging intellectual, his wife, and a pretty airline stewardess is worked out with fine Gallic elegance by Director Francois Truffaut (The 400 Blows), who conquers triteness with pure talent...