PROUST
Je m’endors
From the iconic opening passage of Swann’s Way, Marcel falls asleep in a stream of consciousness
from
A côté du chez Swann
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BEAUVOIR
On ne nait pas femme
Simone de Beauvoir argues that one is not born, but becomes, a woman.
from
Le deuxieme sexe — Tome II
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LOUS AND THE YAKUZA
Dilemme
Lous and the Yakuza sings Dilemme from her debut album, Gore
from
Gore
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FLAUBERT
Souliers de satin
Emma counts the days since she attended a romantic ball
from
Madame Bovary
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MOREAU
Le tourbillon
Jeanne Moreau, in the role of Catherine, sings Serge Rezvani’s Le tourbillon to Jules and Jim
from
Jules et Jim
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COLETTE
Après le mariage de Chéri
At 49 years old, Léa was finishing a happy career as a well established courtesan
from
Chéri
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DURAS
Mekong
Her mother tells her that she will never see rivers as beautiful, as large, as wild, as the Mekong.
from
L’Amant
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ROCHÉ
Campagne de la Seine
How will Kathe respond to Jules’ attempt at domination?
from
Jules et Jim
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SAND
La plus sage et la meillure
The young music students are shocked when their professor names the wisest and best among them
from
Consuelo
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FLAUBERT
Bouquet de mariage
Before leaving Tostes, Emma finds her wedding bouquet
from
Madame Bovary
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