Camus famously summed up the story like this: A man who does not cry at his mother's funeral will be condemned. Thus, the novel begins: 'Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know,' introducing Meursault's flat, noncommittal tone.
Whether you're thinking of moving for work, for political reasons - and the French are very sympathetic to Americans' situation - or for love (of a person or of croissants), here's our checklist of how to move to France as an American Checklist: How to move to France as an American Is there a legal way of avoiding inheritance tax in France by passing your property onto your children while you're still alive?
After dozens of films over a storied six-decade career, Jodie Foster is trying something new, playing the lead role in a French film for the very first time. There's hardly a trace of an American accent in Foster's turn as Parisian therapist Lilian Steiner in A Private Life (Vie privee) and she appears to be very much at home. The character she plays is an American woman who built her career in France.
Monday, February 2nd Un Conte de Noël (A Christmas Tale) Where? Cinéma du Panthéon, 13 rue Victor Cousin, Paris. When? Drinks at 7pm and screening at 8pm. Cast Catherine Deneuve, her daughter Chiara Charlotte Mastroianni, and Mathieu Amalric in a film, and it's a guaranteed must-watch. Make that film a fever dream about an epically dysfunctional family brought back together by illness at Christmas and you get something just a little bit special.
