{"id":32520,"date":"2020-12-03T05:38:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T04:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=32520"},"modified":"2021-03-18T21:29:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T20:29:13","slug":"la-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/la-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"La R\u00e9volution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading\" lang=\"en\"><i>La R\u00e9volution\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\"><em>Salut mes amis!\u00a0<\/em>Hi friends!<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\"><em>Maintenant que l&#8217;hiver approche et la pand\u00e9mie se poursuit, c&#8217;est le moment id\u00e9al pour d\u00e9marrer une nouvelle s\u00e9rie t\u00e9l\u00e9 sur Netflix. Voil\u00e0 ma recommandation&#8230; La R\u00e9volution.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">Now that winter is approaching and the pandemic goes on, it is the ideal moment to start up a new TV series on Netflix. Here is my recommendation&#8230; The Revolution.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">Described as <em>une\u00a0s\u00e9rie t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e\u00a0fantastique\u00a0fran\u00e7aise,\u00a0<\/em>a French fantasy television series, it is set in the year 1787 and it describes a reimagined history of the lead-up to the French Revolution. A virus of \u00ab <em>sang bleu<\/em> \u00bb (blue blood)\u00a0 <em>se propage au sein de l\u2019aristocratie, <\/em>spreads within the aristocracy, causing instability and revolt that leads to the infamous war.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">Their <em>slogan publicitaire,\u00a0<\/em>tagline, is \u00ab <em>Et si on nous avait menti<\/em> ? \u00bb which translates as &#8220;And if we had been lied to?&#8221; alluding to the possible false teaching of history.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">It is quite an interesting <em>m\u00e9lange <\/em>(mix)\u00a0of <em>policier <\/em>(detective) and\u00a0<em>drame historique<\/em> (historical drama) meets <em>horreur (<\/em>horror). <em>Pour pratiquer votre fran\u00e7ais, je le sugg\u00e8re!\u00a0<\/em>To practice your French, I suggest it!<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\"><em>Matez* la bande-annonce, <\/em>check out the trailer:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La R\u00e9volution | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IsxWB4IDTrs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of revolution, which the French know very well, what is more iconic than the national anthem of France, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4K1q9Ntcr5g\">La Marseillaise<\/a>?\u00a0<\/em>During the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte after the French Revolution, <em>La Marseillaise\u00a0<\/em>was even banned outright because of its revolutionary associations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Allons enfants de la Patrie<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Le jour de gloire est arriv\u00e9!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Contre nous de la tyrannie<\/em><br \/>\n<em>L&#8217;\u00e9tendard sanglant est lev\u00e9<\/em><br \/>\n<em>L&#8217;\u00e9tendard sanglant est lev\u00e9<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Entendez-vous dans les campagnes<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Mugir ces f\u00e9roces soldats?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00c9gorger vos fils, vos compagnes!<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Aux armes, citoyens<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Formez vos bataillons<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Marchons, marchons!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Qu&#8217;un sang impur<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Abreuve nos sillons!<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Arise, children of the Fatherland<br \/>\nOur day of glory has arrived<br \/>\nAgainst us the bloody flag of tyranny<br \/>\nis raised; the bloody flag is raised.<br \/>\nDo you hear, in the countryside<br \/>\nThe roar of those ferocious soldiers?<br \/>\nThey\u2019re coming right into your arms<br \/>\nTo cut the throats of your sons, your comrades!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">To arms, citizens!<br \/>\nForm your battalions<br \/>\nLet\u2019s march, let\u2019s march<br \/>\nThat their impure blood<br \/>\nShould water our fields!<\/p>\n<p>Now <em>marchons\u00a0<\/em>and let&#8217;s enjoy a dramatic and imaginary rendering of French history from the comfort of our homes.<em>\u00a0Aux t\u00e9l\u00e9visions, citoyens!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>*Mater<\/em> = literally this verb means to subdue, or to quell&#8230; as in <em>mater la r\u00e9volution.<\/em> In <em>le langage familier,\u00a0<\/em>informal speech, it means &#8216;to check out.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La R\u00e9volution\u00a0 Salut mes amis!\u00a0Hi friends! Maintenant que l&#8217;hiver approche et la pand\u00e9mie se poursuit, c&#8217;est le moment id\u00e9al pour d\u00e9marrer une nouvelle s\u00e9rie t\u00e9l\u00e9 sur Netflix. Voil\u00e0 ma recommandation&#8230; La R\u00e9volution.\u00a0 Now that winter is approaching and the pandemic goes on, it is the ideal moment to start up a new TV series on&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/la-revolution\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32520","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32520"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33579,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32520\/revisions\/33579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}