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Top favorite musicals are:
Les Misérables, Matilda, Groundhog Day, The Trail to Oregon, and Beetlejuice.
Ships:
Enjonine (with the occasional E/R ship)
Jafar and Scheherazade
Ned Ryerson and his late wife (with occasional Phil Connors/Ned Ryerson ship)
Adam and Barbara Maitland
McDoon and Cletus Jones
Paul Matthews and Emma Perkins
Phil Connors and Rita Hanson
Writing is my idea of fun.
“I can’t do this, Paul. I can’t do this. I need to go home.”
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
I'm trying to do my job with the most texture
Knowing Kyle Adams played Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day at Paramount Aurora and now Grantaire in Les Misérables on tour proves his range as the loveable but responsable dad/big brother character and I love it.
Matthieu Carnot as Lazare - Ça Ira Mon Amour (Music Video) (2011)
Psychologically, Lazare is like me. He is irritable, dark, sometimes cynical. He is a little bit Breton. Like me, he has a morbid hatred of injustice. He is someone who follows through on his commitments.
@projectbway event 02: adaptations - waitress
- she is gone, but she used to be mine
HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY EVERYONE!!!!! EARLY SPRING!!!!!!!!!
The sun cast long shadows across the Marshall's front lawn as Ned Ryerson nervously adjusted his tie for the umpteenth time. "Mary, are you sure about this? Maybe we could wait another week. Or month. Or year..."
Mary laughed, her blue eyes twinkling with mischief. "Ned! It's just dinner with my parents. You've faced far tougher challenges in your life."
He winced, recalling the day he'd stepped into that icy puddle while trying to sell insurance. "Yes, but your father is a retired judge and your mother teaches philosophy at the college. What will I have to talk about? Potholes and premium rates?"
She gave him a reassuring squeeze. "Just be yourself. They'll love you."
The doorbell rang, slicing through their moment of quiet. Ned's stomach churned like a whirlpool.
Mary opened the door to reveal an elderly couple: her father, stern-faced but with a twinkle in his eyes, and her mother, with silver hair neatly pinned up, exuding a warmth that immediately put Ned at ease.
"Mom, Dad, this is Ned."
Ned extended a shaky hand, "It's a pleasure to meet you both."
Judge Marshall looked him up and down, the hint of a smirk appearing. "Mary tells me you're in the insurance business, Ned. Ever try insuring against life's unpredictabilities?"
Ned swallowed hard, "Well, sir, life always finds a way to surprise us, but I do my best."
Mrs. Marshall, with a more forgiving nature, stepped forward, "Oh, don't mind him, Ned. He's been testing people's patience in courtrooms for years. But deep down, he's just a big teddy bear."
The evening progressed with laughter and stories. Ned's initial reservations melted away as he discovered shared interests with Mary's parents. By dessert, they were animatedly discussing a shared love of jazz music and debating the best local parks for Sunday walks.
As the evening winded down and Mary's parents prepared to leave, Judge Marshall pulled Ned aside. "You're a good man, Ned Ryerson. Take care of our Mary."
"I promise, sir," Ned replied earnestly.
Mrs. Marshall enveloped Mary and Ned in a tight hug, "It was lovely meeting you, Ned. We're glad Mary has found someone who complements her so well."
With a chorus of goodbyes, the couple departed, leaving Ned and Mary alone on the porch.
"Well?" Mary asked.
Ned grinned, "I think your dad and I might just become friends. But not before I get a policy on all these unpredictabilities he's warned me about."
Mary laughed, pulling him close, "Welcome to the family, Ned Ryerson."
I was you recommending war films. I was wondering if you have any Canadian or French book/film recommendations.
Gosh, Nonnie, I am like...the worst person to answer this question, as I'm neither Canadian nor fluent in French. Off the top of my head, I have:
Passchendaele (2008) - Canadian involvement in battle of same name in World War One A Bear Named Winnie (2004) - origin story of Winnie the Bear, a mascot for a Canadian unit from Winnipeg during World War One. Later formed the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.
Storming Juno (2010) - Canadian involvement on D-Day.
Bomb Girls (2012-2013) - TV series, not a movie , focusing on women in war production.
EDITED TO ADD: Muccamukk reminds me X Company ( 2015-2017 ) Tv series about Special Operations Executive spying missions during World War Two, is also Canadian.
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Aux Revoirs, Les Enfants (1987) - French movie about a Catholic priest who sheltered Jewish children during the war. A French Village (2009-2017) - Tv series, not a movie, focusing on life in a French village during the German Occupation.
A Very Long Engagement (2004) - Audrey Tatou stars in the adaptation of a novel by the same name about a woman who loses her fiancé during World War One.
La Chagrin et la Pitié (1969) - a two part documentary about the cooperation of the Vichy government with the Nazis during World War Two.
EDITED TO ADD from my Kind Anonymous Friend,
For the french film we also have
La chambre des officiers (2001) - A French veteran of the Great War recovers at a military hospital.
Le chant du loup (2019) - Contemporary drama about a submarine.
Le dernier métro (1980) - An actress married to a Jewish theatre owner struggles to hide him in occupied Paris.
Kind Anonymous Friend adds I personally love A Very Long Engagement and Le chant du Loup
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I feel like it's worth noting here that America has...a very distinctive view, of war, particularly in film, and it's something that we tend to make a lot of movies about. That's not always the case with our neighbors to the north and I suspect this is both the reason I can't think of any more, and possibly the reason I don't know more of them if they exist.
Amid a devastating fire in 1897 Paris, three women see their destinies turned upside down by forbidden love, identity theft, betrayal and emancipation.
Le Bazar de la Charité (coming to Netflix on December 26)
Le Bazar de la Charité (The Bonfire of Destiny) 2019–
After a devastating fire in 1897 Paris, three women find their lives upended by betrayal, deception, and romantic turmoil. Inspired by real events.
Je veux juste oublier…
