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Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience At Tuesday morning’s plenary session of IFLA’s World Library and Information Congress 2014 in Lyon French journalist Florence Aubenas talked about her kidnapping and six-month imprisonment in Iraq in 2005 and the time since the countries at war create conditions that prevent us from using technology tools,” she said “It’s better sometimes not to use our computers It’s like dynamite in your bag [due to hacking] You can be located because of your mobile phone.” She had to go back to using a notepad and pen to write her observations and stories and relied on guides to help her locate sources rather than using her cellphone or going online She recalled when the press used to put a flag on their car [the press flag is] a danger.” When she was held hostage and when she asked them to look up her work and her articles “My whole profession was denied,” she said From 2009 to 2012, Aubenas was president of L’Observatoire International des Prisons (the International Observatory of Prisons) which promotes decent conditions in prisons and rights for detainees a library in prison “is more than a library it’s a place where people can meet.” she said “It’s become a place for writing because many in prison are illiterate.” Tuesday was also the second day of poster sessions even when the projects described were high tech Attendees shared projects and solutions to problems ranging from how to get teenage boys to read in Japan to using recollections and giving patrons cameras to collect information about how to design better library services in Finland Three librarians from the University of Illinois at Chicago presented a poster on using Google Forms to work with college students on assessment and collaboration and Annie Pho used the versatile forms to collect information from students on how and what they were researching for coursework in their English 161 class it added another degree of freedom [in sharing],” said Djenno “I really like how you engage students as it (Google Forms) is actively populating.” The tool allowed for real-time data-driven adjustments and helped provide database examples with student-supplied keywords The city of Lyon known as the gastronomic capital of France offered wine sampling and a display on the silk trade for which the city is also famous A local boutique brought live silk worms at various stages of life from pupae to larvae to fledgling worms to those making cocoons Make no mistake: The American people need to brace for more waves of uncertainty and oppression And in our role as stalwart information warriors we shall hold the front lines of democracy to ensure that intellectual freedom and the First Amendment are held in the highest regard.” American Libraries column, May Marshall Breeding writes: “The library technology industry showed its maturity in 2024 Businesses have become increasingly stable and robust products delivered rich functionality But decades of consolidation have created a narrower slate of competitors resulting in a smaller number of products available for each type and size of library The marketplace is seeing more specialized solutions but fewer options Companies continue to tailor products to the diverging service needs and collections of public Library services platforms designed for academic libraries This stratification further narrows customers’ choices.” American Libraries feature, May AL: The Scoop, May 2 Charlie Osborne writes: “As a professional photographer I know that photo editing software is critical to my workflow to bring out the best in my images whether to make changes to exposure and add bokeh [the aesthetic blurring of out-of-focus areas] or other creative effects Adobe Lightroom is the gold standard for many photographers but many alternative online photo editors are also excellent options We have a great selection of options for you to test out depending on your online photo editing needs.” ZDNet, Apr. 28 Veronica Fu writes: “At first glance, libraries might appear to be unaffected by Trump’s tariffs. The official list of exempt items released by the White House includes [printed books] But the reassurance this offers libraries is limited For libraries that depend on international vendors to supply books the ripple effects of Trump’s tariffs could include disrupted shipping routes and a growing pile of administrative red tape this is a moment in which libraries must lead with intention.” Katina, Apr. 24 Jennifer Peterson writes: “In my time as a youth services librarian I visited with thousands of school children each school year in the fall and spring months to promote books Here are my top five tips I can offer as you get ready to promote your summer reading program to students this spring.” ALSC Blog, Apr. 26 Hannah Weinberg writes: “This week marks 100 days since President Trump’s January 20 inauguration. It has also been approximately 45 days since Trump signed the March 14 executive order that called for stripping the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) down to its ‘non-statutory and component functions.’ Censorship attempts persist previously granted IMLS funding has been canceled and library staffers continue to make difficult decisions about how to best maintain services for their communities Following is American Libraries’ update on the challenges libraries and librarians continue to fight under the Trump administration.” American Libraries feature, Apr. 30 A publication of the American Library Association © 2009–2025 American Library Association Cristian Bartoloni is saying goodbye to Spain as he returns to France to join RCAV Rugby Club Aubenas Vals in the Pro D3 Having played last season for VRAC Quesos Entrepinares Bartoloni heads north for a second stint in France Bartoloni arrived at the Valladolid club from Pro D2 side Soyaux Angoulême XV Charente He made 14 appearances for VRAC Quesos Entrepinares  last season He scored one try and won the Supercopa for VRAC against Alcobendas Bartoloni had departed Buenos Aires from the PladAR system It had seen him featuring in Super Rugby for Los Jaguares a club that has produced players scattered around a range of professional leagues  Among them are Geronimo Albertario (Sevilla) Lucas Mensa (Valence Romans) and Manuel Montero (Olímpia Lions) Bartoloni converted from second-row to tight had prop The change saw him receiving national honors H played for Argentina at u19 an u20 levels including making six appearances for Los Pumitas Bartoloni is still very young for a tight head prop He is well noted for his size; he is 1.92m tall and weighs 120 kg Tags A crushing 78-18 away win by Los Pampas sees the Buenos Aires side returning to … she investigated the lives of France's most vulnerable workers What she discovered was a world without hope 2017Get email notification for articles from Gaby Levin FollowJan 25 2017All eyes in France were on the military airport at Villacoublay near Paris on that day in June 2005 in anticipation of the flight coming in from Baghdad carrying the world’s most famous captive a correspondent for the newspaper Libération had been captured near Baghdad by rebel militias as Aubenas was interviewing refugees from Fallujah in a tent encampment Florence Aubenas spent six months immersed in the world of precarious employment She wrote about her experiences in a book which reveals a little known aspect of the reality of life in Europe it was the most unfamiliar world she had ever encountered Florence Aubenas had traveled to many faraway places: it goes with the territory of being a reporter In a 20-year career with different newspapers (first Libérationand later Le Nouvel Observateur) her determination very nearly cost her a high price when she was kidnapped by a band of guerillas and held hostage along with her Iraqi interpreter But she emerged from 157 days of painful captivity with her dignity unscathed and was surprised to find that she had become font-page news there were no planes to catch for a destination that was almost on her own doorstep: Caen this town was to be the venue for the most psychologically demanding and difficult report she had ever undertaken Florence Aubenas became: "Madame Aubenas," age 48 no specific qualifications — an unemployed woman among others she immersed herself in the formless mass of job seekers who drift from one underpaid temporary job to another — the legions of the non-skilled unemployed who have no hope of finding real jobs just odd hours here and there — that is if they are lucky Florence Aubenas read several books by undercover reporters starting with one of the most famous Ganz unten (Lowest of the Low) in which Günter Wallraff recounts his experience when he disguised himself as a Turkish guest worker she was plagued by doubts about the effectiveness of journalism Does writing an article really change anything Everything's going under.' There I was sitting at my desk wondering what to do — how to render the reality of that Problems with the economy were both omnipresent and intangible but I didn't understand what that really meant." It was then that she decided to leave for Caen where she signed on the unemployment register for a firsthand experience of the job seeker's life Her goal was "to tell the story of the people in France who are going under:" to do her job as a journalist but delve more deeply into her subject matter to reveal something real Instead of talking to people with a notebook in her hand and accept all the limits that implied." To walk the proverbial mile in the shoes of an unemployed woman because "not everything can be conveyed by words I wanted to break through the barrier of language: to live there to focus on people who know how to express themselves as I would if I had approached the topic as a journalist." It was made possible by Voxeurop’s community High-quality reporting and translation comes at a cost To continue producing independent journalism Subscribe or Donate she planned to continue the project until she obtained a fixed term employment contract Four months seemed like a reasonable time-frame But she quickly realized it would not be enough "It took me six weeks to find something," she explains of course not: a meager schedule of hours at both ends of the day but later only every second day because she was too worn out to write I was no longer someone who is above it all but someone who has lost control and is struggling to stay afloat." Did it ever remind her of her experience as a hostage But she does admit that she would probably "not have had the guts" to do what she did if she hadn't "endured life as a captive." She had to overcome the fear of being unmasked of appearing ridiculous (as the author of "Miss Nincompoop visits the poor") but even more importantly "of ignoring the passing of time which is such a precious commodity for journalists." Time for the unemployed is made up of endless waiting to odd locations where you work for just one hour This was a completely different type of time which she had never experienced until she was engulfed by it could not resolve herself to cancel the lease on her tiny room in Caen that she wrote the bulk of her book [Le Quai de Ouistreham she decided to use the money she had earned with a book about the Outreau affair (La Méprise I'm not going to buy a car with money from Outreau!" She was fortunate to have it: even though she lived very frugally not once in six months of backbreaking work did she earn enough to survive on her income Voxeurop depends on subscriptions and donations from its readers Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Tour de France 2009 stage 19 photo gallery by Graham Watson>> Mark Cavendish took his fifth stage win today making him the most successful British Tour de France rider in history The young Manxman battled over the second cat climb of the Col de l'Escrinet on stage 19 to stay in contention and then take his ninth Tour stage win in just three years as a professional cyclist The tally takes him past Barry Hoban's record of eight and sees him rapidly homing in on the number of victories achieved by the best sprinters of previous generations The unexpected win also sets up the possibility of Cavendish making it six stage wins on the Champs Elysees on Sunday A feat not achieved since Freddy Maertens won eight stages in the 1976 Tour but since then no sprinter has won more than four in a single race Should Cavendish win on Sunday and take a sixth stage he will be confirmed as one of the greatest sprinters of all time With a second cat climb topping out at 16km to go few would have predicted a bunch sprint this far in to the race it wasn't a bunch sprint as the leading group had no more than 30-40 riders in it as they positioned themselves well on the Col de l'Escrinet Both Cervelo and Rabobank forced the pace on the 14km climb The gradient averaged just 4.1 per cent but both teams obviously thought their sprinters could survive better than Cavendish the Brit had told his team mates to stay with him in order to help him chase back on should he need to but every time the camera flicked back to him he looked as comfortable as anyone did in the long but riding in the top 20 in the shelter of his team mates Cavendish was never in trouble and made it over the top with all the leaders Maxine Monfort and Tony Martin were still there The three would have to chase down Laurent Lefevre and Alessandro Ballan who had a 13 second lead over the top of the climb ride at a high enough pace to keep the bunch together Lefevre and Ballan were caught with just under 2km to go and with 1km to go Cavendish only had Martin in front of him Somehow the German kept the pace high enough to foil any counter attacks twisty final run-in would have also helped He also had to do Mark Renshaw's job and get Cavendish up to speed for the sprint but with a slight rise to the finish he had his work cut out to hold off Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) in a long But the Norwegian took a while to get up to speed He was slowly closing in on Cavendish by the time he hit the line but was never going to close the gap and was perhaps left ruing his decision to go on a lone break through the mountains two days before The win saw Cavendish claw back five points on Hushovd in the green jersey competition There's an intermediate sprint 48km in to tomorrow's stage with a 25 point cushion the Norwegian can only lose green if he fails to contest Sunday's sprint and Cavendish wins or comes second or third Wiggins loses crucial seconds to Armstrong Britain's Bradley Wiggins (Garmin) was unfortunately caught behind a small split in the leading group as he approached the line Lance Armstrong was once again in the right place at the right time and put four seconds in to the Brit and every other rider in the top ten barring Christophe Le Mevel (Francaise des Jeux) Armstrong finished in 12th spot on the same time as Cavendish The result now means Wiggins is 15 seconds down on the American who sits in third place on general classification Wiggins now needs to gain 16 seconds on Armstrong by the top of Mont Ventoux if he is to make history and become the first Briton to finish in the top three of the Tour de France Although there was clear daylight between Armstrong and Serguei Ivanov although every other rider was given the same time as the Brit When the same thing happened on stage 10 the race jury later changed their mind and nullified the time gap Wiggins will be hoping for more of the same Le Mevel benefitted from being the right side of the four second split swapping places with Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) from 10th to ninth ResultsStage 19: Bourgoin-Jallieu – Aubenas Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream all at same time Bradley Wiggins (GB) Garmin-Slipstream at 4secs Bradley Wiggins (GB) Garmin-Slipstream at 5-36 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream at 10-08 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux at 12-37 Mikel Astarloza (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi at 12-38 David Millar played a role in the early break Mark Cavendish takes his fifth win of the 2009 Tour Alberto Contador is still safely in the race lead ahead of tomorrow's big showdown on Mont Ventoux Tour de France 2009 - the hub: Index to reports Stage 19: Five star Cavendish wins Tour stage in to Aubenas Stage 18: Contador tightens grip on the maillot jaune Stage 17: Schleck brothers overhaul Wiggins as Frank wins the stage Stage 16: Astarloza snatches Alps stage win as contenders wind up the pace Stage 15: Contador wins in Verbier as Tour explodes into life Stage 14: Ivanov wins as Nocentini clings onto yellow Stage 13: Haussler braves rain for victory in Colmar Stage 12: Sorensen wins in Vittel as Cavendish goes for green Stage 11: Cavendish takes fourth win to equal Hoban's record Stage 10: Cavendish spoils Bastille Day party to take third stage win Stage nine: Third French win as contenders content with ceasefire stage eight: Sanchez wins from break as Tour favourites cancel each other out Stage six: Millar's brave bid denied on Barcelona hill as Hushovd triumphs Stage five: Voeckler survives chase to win his first Tour stage Stage four: Astana on top but Armstrong misses yellow by hundredths of a second Live Tour de France stage four TTT coverage Stage three: Cavendish wins second stage as Armstrong distances Contador Stage one: Cancellara wins opening time trial Wiggins set for Ventoux showdown at the Tour Radio Shack confirmed as Armstrong's new backer Armstrong fighting hard for Tour podium place Who's won what so far in the Tour de France How the Tour favourite are doing (Rest day 2) Armstrong concedes he can't win the 2009 Tour Columbia criticise Garmin for chasing Hincapie Mark Cavendish on the Tour's team time trial Jonathan Vaughters on Bradley Wiggins' chances Stage eight photo gallery by Graham Watson Stage seven photo gallery by Graham Watson Stage four TTT photo gallery by Graham Watson Stage three photo gallery by Graham Watson Tour de France 2009: Who will win?Tour de France 2009 on TV: Eurosport and ITV4 schedulesBig names missing from 2009 Tour de FranceTour de France anti-doping measures explainedBrits in the Tours: From Robinson to Cavendish Follow the Tour on Cycling Weekly's Twitter feed Thank you for reading 20 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 *Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 Cycling Weekly and its team of expert journalists brings cyclists in-depth reviews extensive coverage of both professional and domestic racing as well as fitness advice and 'brew a cuppa and put your feet up' features Cycling Weekly serves its audience across a range of platforms from good old-fashioned print to online journalism Film Review 80th Anniversary Announcement We use cookies to provide you with a great experience and to help our website run effectively None too close to the outside.\u201D - The Aviator (2004) Juliette Binoche goes undercover as a ferry cleaner in Emmanuel Carrère’s slice of social realism based on the nonfiction work by Florence Aubenas Binoche follows Frances McDormand in playing a role that eschews any sense of glamour She succeeds in taking on the same realism as the figures around her although she cannot match McDormand in combining that with a charisma that somehow exists alongside the sense of her portraying an everyday person.That one can make these comparisons means that in prospect Between Two Worlds sounds very worthwhile but in the event Carrère's screenplay leaves much to be desired The characters convince and Hélène Lambert in the important role of Chrystele has a lively presence Thus it is that the children of Chrystele herself hardly make an appearance and other workers such as Marilou (Léa Carne) and Justine (Emily Madeleine) are given personal issues that are never made to count for much The film also introduces a potential romance when a man named Cédric (Didier Pupin) encounters Marianne at the employment centre and immediately shows signs of being keen on her Even Marianne herself remains somewhat enigmatic to us since although voice-over comments and notes written by her make clear in time her journalistic mission we never know if what she tells Chrystele about herself contains some truth We may come to understand her position in general terms but as written Marianne is hardly rewarding to play There is also a weakness of another kind which limits the impact of this film: due to shooting it in the ‘Scope format the spacious visuals mitigate the sense of the workers always being under pressure and living an existence that feels almost claustrophobic the last section of Between Two Worlds pulls it down further coincidences and contrivances come into play in order to increase the drama This includes a belated emphasis on the moral issue of whether or not the author’s subterfuge had been justifiable (there had been the merest hint of this question earlier but suddenly it is emphasised although we are given insufficient detail of the bond between Marianne and Chrystele to make us understand fully why ultimately the latter’s sense of having been betrayed should be so extreme).  What this film has to say will for some far outweigh any misjudgments in its execution one can claim that comparable material about the exploitative employment of the poor has already been handled with significant success Lila Avilés made her debut in 2018 with The Chambermaid: it's a film too little-known but it comes close to being a masterpiece and it puts this film very much in the shade Original title: Ouistreham.MANSEL STIMPSONCast: Juliette Binoche Screenplay Emmanuel Carrère and Hélène Devynck freely adapted from Le quai de Ouistreham by Florence Aubenas Ph Patrick Blossier Cinéfrance Studios/Curiosa Films/France 3 Cinéma/Studio Exception/Canal+-Curzon.106 mins FilmReviewDaily@gmail.com © 2015 - 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Privacy Notice ‘Pays d’Aubenas vals’ is a part of Ardèche – and the group is front of the Aubenas Castle Martine Maurice of the Vals Lea Bains Tourist Office got immediate attention from a group full of weary eyes after a long day of travelling Travel Market Report Canada is in the South of France for the country’s annual trade show Rendezvous which brings together buyers travel advisors and suppliers from around the world It’s only been less than 24 hours in the country but already we’ve visited a castle and had an authentic French dinner Ardeche is part of the Pays d’Aubenas-Vals-Antraigues region which features historical heritage cultural life and typical small-town villages; Ardeche after all is home to only 3,500 people “I am very honoured to introduce you to our pretty area,” Maurice told our group at our welcome dinner Thursday night “Our area is between mountains and volcanoes Here our villages are full of character; some perched on rocky peaks others have a Romanesque church in the village square All this beautiful nature allows you to immerse yourself in a lot of outdoor activities like hiking Our region offers an amazing biodiversity and geological places recognized by UNESCO.” Ardeche is only our first stop on a five-day FAM trip that includes visits to a lavender field Stay tuned to Travel Market Report Canada next week as we make our way through the region before ending up in Lyon home to the Rendezvous conference April 1 and 2 Subscribe to TMR Top tour operators talk their best-selling products for 2025 a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Burma in Myanmar with tremors felt in neighboring Thailand and China Your clients can get free air on select 2025 and 2026 cruise and land journeys State Department has told Americans to “reconsider” travel to Jamaica since July 2024 With its first-ever Arabian Gulf season wrapped up here’s everything your clients need to know about Celestyal’s offering in the region The new CEO currently serves as the organization’s CMO BlackRock head of emerging market debt Sergio Trigo Paz has stepped back from his day-to-day fund management responsibilities amid wider changes within the firm’s EMD unit The firm consolidated all EMD capabilities in one area effective January 12 This change follows an integration process that began in summer 2020 when the EMD unit was brought into the wider fundamental fixed income team Trigo Paz (pictured below) is expected to to explore new opportunities both inside and outside of the company He joined BlackRock from BNP Paribas Investment Partners (now BNP Paribas Asset Management) in 2012 having been CIO of emerging market fixed income at the French group He was named across an array of strategies during his tenure with BlackRock French hostage in Iraq pleads for help (Agencies) Updated: 2005-03-02 08:49 Beijing seeks best of the best for Olympics Ease of incorporating opens doors President Hu to address Fortune global forum Foreign agencies to issue renminbi bonds Access widened for Taiwan farm goods Private economy demand pragmatic support If you had an account with Verso prior to April 2023 you will need to register here to access your account Would you like to switch to our site to see prices and shipping options for your current location assistant to Frantz Fanon from 1958 to 1961 First published in Le Monde it is not an office at all: it is a kind of box room the young woman crossed Tunis to sit there His gaze passes across her as if she did not exist She is the only French woman working at the Tunis psychiatric hospital and is a field social worker married to a coopérant [a man doing a social service instead of military service] The others in the team are all Tunisians and Algerians in order to show that the new government is doing better than how things were under the French protectorate The chief doctor in this department "doesn’t hang round with French people." He told her as much in a glacial tone He explained: "I have responsibilities in the FLN," the National Liberation Front in the middle of its fight for Algeria’s independence The young woman warns her husband "I’ve come across a sadist." The "sadist" is Frantz Fanon He is already — all at once — a fervently anti-psychiatry psychiatrist a revolutionary and son to a wealthy Martinique family Manuellan spends two months in the box room till the day when the Sadist appears in front of her telling her: "You are going to follow me during my rounds listening and noting everything I say." He introduces her to the patients but a tape recorder." She was his assistant for three years The Tribulations of the Sadist and the Tape Recorder Fanon is the kind of man who makes everyone uneasy A Frenchman born in the Caribbean who chose to die for Algeria — a country that did not then exist even those who did know him often refuse to talk about him There are only a few anecdotes going around Marie-Jeanne Manuellan has just published Sous la dictée de Fanon (L’Amourier a book which gives us — for the first time or almost — the impression of getting closer to Fanon The tribulations of the Sadist and the Tape Recorder here become a page in the history books… from her chair at the family farm in Corrèze over time this reserved family woman evidently caught something off the Sadist She describes herself as "insolent and aggressive." A minister once asked her "it seems Fanon was a tetchy type?" Yes "with those people he hadn’t any time for." the story revolves around the doctor’s consultation "You had the impression that something exciting was always going to happen," Marie-Jeanne continues The Tape Recorder went from surprise to surprise noting down words that she did not understand — "nygtasmus?" And she was terrified by the idea that her spelling mistakes would upset him He scared her like her father had when she was a child Essentially Fanon’s colleagues did not know a lot about him Any question about his life was cut short with a terse "irrelevant!." That was true even when Jean-Paul Sartre ventured to ask him face to face "one is only black in the whites’ gaze." He was 23 But in between the lines there shone through his boundless hope: namely the psychiatrist forced Marie-Jeanne to listen to an Algerian refugee who had been tortured by a policeman But she understood that psychiatric hospitals are implacable observatories He was constantly thinking back to that," she remembers European and indigenous patients lived separately which always denied being based on racial differences professed the doctrine of primitivism: the founder of the Algiers psychiatry school Antoine Porot wrote that "The North-African indigène is a primitive being with a little-evolved cortex and a vegetative life." At that time Fanon had never been active in any party his revolution began in a white gown: "decolonising" minds shining a light on the psychological traumas that colonialism caused He treated both those who practised torture and those who suffered it refusing to deliver either to the enemy camp Lacking for "reliable doctors," the clandestine FLN ultimately turned to him Tunisia’s independence made this country into the FLN’s rearguard base Fanon was their spokesman: "We saw them as heroes She had joined the Communist Party as a young woman together with her cousin Jeanne She saw this latter as "a glowing figure," a splendid redhead schoolteacher and violinist "We believed in the kind of commitment that gave meaning to life." She asked a comrade "What is love like among communists?" The other woman replied: "You have a partner and there you go." Marie-Jeanne’s partner was Gilbert They both quit the Party after the Hungarian uprising of 1956 An intern at the Tunis hospital told Tape Recorder: "The boss wants to see you." This was in June 1959 She immediately thought "What did I do wrong?" Fanon was in plastercast after an accident He looked at her so long that it annoyed her Then came the rebuke: "You think it looks fine then?" He continues "We are going to do a book." She lights up She buys a typing textbook and a second-hand typewriter which she lugs round for the rest of her days Fanon fumes: she does not type fast enough It is decided that she will take notes by hand at the hospital from 7 to 9am and then type it out at home in the evening Her husband’s comment: "This Fanon has a hell of a nerve It’s early in the morning in Fanon’s office given the clichés about Black men," this elderly lady confesses Fanon recited his book without notes or hesitation "his thinking seemed to spring from the movement of his body and Fanon asks her what she will be doing on Christmas Eve The Manuellans are panicked: the austere Fanon and his glacial mood will torpedo the party On Christmas Eve the Sadist drinks Johnnie Walker He dances with her to the tune of Sidney Bechet’s Petite fleur There today remain just five photos of him a close relationship developed between Fanon and the Manuellans Sundays at the beach where Fanon stubbornly insisted on keeping his clothes on revealing the short-sightedness that he always kept a secret Political discussions where they criticised the Tunisian president Habib Bourguiba but never the FLN Fanon sang biguines [dance songs from Martinique] The Manuellans’ house became one of the few places where he spoke about when he was 18 years old in Martinique the year when he joined General de Gaulle’s troops "A white men’s war," some Caribbeans thought at the time I have leukaemia." Then immediately: "But I am going to fight it." He taps his forehead "With my brain." At the start he believed himself stronger than the illness after the other one that had come out the previous year as if the leukaemia was just a passing trifle Jean-Paul Sartre agreed to write the preface considering the Sadist an exceptional figure In winter 1961 the copies of Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth (first published in French by Maspero) were confiscated as soon as the book came out it took a clear line: decolonisation would only take place "after a murderous and decisive confrontation." Then "at an individual level violence is a cleansing force It rids the colonised of their inferiority complex … it restores their self-confidence." This appeared as the Algerian war was still raging His image was shattered even among those close to him and those fighting for independence: "When I uttered his name I was putting my neck on the line: he was treated as a bloodthirsty madman," Manuellan remembers He wrote to his wife: "I can feel that the catastrophe is approaching I had a vision of you going up the stairs at the theatre in Lyon." That was where they first met Three months later Algeria celebrated its independence How many people then came from Africa or the Americas to ask Marie-Jeanne about her old boss since the 1960s Third Worldists and Black movements in the USA have made him an "almost Warholian icon" of emancipation The great English-speaking universities take him for a major thinker of the postcolonial But in France the postcolonial is the subject of polemics and not of scholarship Here [in France] it was in the 2000s that a new generation of militants adopted Fanon Some of this generation are militants of émigré backgrounds for whom the colonial question quite rightly provides a key to the present Everything that their elders found troubling about Fanon instead enchants these young people from his unstable identities to his increasingly radical choices Marie-Jeanne Manuellan returned to Paris in 1967 When she was 35 she resumed her psychology studies "Fanon had made me free." He recommended an analyst to her considering that this would be for him and not for her The Sadist was expecting to begin an analysis as soon as this "damned Algerian affair" was over the Tape Recorder ultimately made an appointment with an analyst When she saw the analyst she burst into tears: "I thought that you would be Black." by January 21, 2022Source: YouTube "Make the invisible visible." Madman Films in Australia has released their official trailer for Between Two Worlds a French drama from writer / filmmaker Emmanuel Carrère This premiered last year at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section It is based on French journalist Florence Aubenas's bestselling non-fiction work Le Quai de Ouistreham investigating rising precarity in French society through her experiences in the northern port city of Caen The original French title is Ouistreham in reference to this location who goes to live in northern France to research for her new book on the subject of job insecurity by working in various low end cleaning jobs The cast includes a group of authentic unknown actors The film looks a bit like a Ken Loach drama but made in France a social realist look at the honest struggles of low income workers Here's the new Australian trailer (+ poster) for Emmanuel Carrère's Between Two Worlds, on YouTube: making his second feature after The Moustache previously The screenplay is written by Emmanuel Carrère and Hélène Devynck This initially premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival last year playing in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar It already opened in France earlier this year Find more posts in: Foreign Films, Indies, To Watch, Trailer New comments are no longer allowed on this post Add our RSS to your Feedly +click here+ Latest posts now available on Bluesky: Get the latest posts sent on Telegram Want emails instead?Subscribe to our dailynewsletter updates: Feature Films Database Southern Mediterranean films database Scriptwriters European Film Schools Production Companies Distributors International Sales Submit a Film Industry Reports Co-Production Podcast Online Screenwriting Training Course Guided Course for Feature Film Writing Script Analysis Analysis of the potential of your series Cineuropa's Training Catalogue Film Festival Photographs Newsletter Photogalleries EUFCN Location Award Euro Film Fest 27 Times Cinema GoCritic! Advertise on Cineuropa Logos and Banners CANNES 2021 Directors’ Fortnight by Fabien Lemercier 09/07/2021 - CANNES 2021: The famous novelist once again turned filmmaker decrypts his free adaptation of the book by Florence Aubenas infiltrate the daily reality of contemporary precarity by diving incognito into the cleaning trade Cineuropa: Why did you decide to adapt Le quai de Ouistreham?Emmanuel Carrère: The idea didn’t come from me was very successful when it came out about ten years ago when a novel is successful and has a very promising central character many filmmakers and actresses were interested was very reticent because I think she feared a lack of respect for the characters that the book talked about the idea of a cinema adaptation is usually abandoned but Juliette Binoche is extremely tenacious she would invite Florence Aubenas to dinner and would tell her “so when are we making this film?” And four years ago This was therefore a real stroke of luck for me when life or circumstances bring you to something that wasn’t your idea nor your desire it takes you out of your comfort zone and this is what happened The film details in a very documentary way the cleaning profession What struck you the most about that universe?What is particularly interesting in this kind of labour you have to move from one place to another you spend a good chunk of your meagre salary on gas you don’t have time to go home for a little nap but you have empty time between two jobs: it’s totally exhausting work How did you work with this cast that brings together Juliette Binoche and non-professionals?At the beginning of the project We were lucky to have more than one year between the end of the script writing and the shoot Casting lasted for three or four months with loads of tests we had some workshops three or four times a month these people who were very far from the world of actors familiarised themselves with the process and with each other Juliette arrived at the last minute and the others waited for her suspiciously I didn’t know how it would go either because even if Juliette is a wonderful actress is this alchemy that was born between them and Juliette This is thanks to Juliette because she was incredibly humble and she was directing them while she was acting with them: they felt more and more confident and happy to play and act there was a great story and a creative device that could be interesting Your books have often tackled the question of the double and of people who pretend to be what they are not Did this play a part in the writing of the character played by Juliette Binoche?In a way but also a hitchcockian element that absolutely wasn’t present in the book and which constitutes the dramatic base of the film When someone infiltrates a group by pretending to be one of them the question is inevitably raised: when will she be unmasked It was impossible not to use this dramatic device The entire story of the friendship between Marianne and Christèle isn’t in the novel either Florence Aubenas firmly states that she is simply a journalist: the book never looks in her direction because she thinks that to watch and describe is more important than she is herself and since she is a very experienced journalist the character isn’t a journalist but a writer: it’s a way to bring her closer to me and also my way of approaching the documentary capture aspect of the film I think there are two schools of thought: either we act exactly as if the observer wasn’t there or we consider that the interaction between the observer and what he or she films is part of the process It’s the famous Heisenberg theorema: to observe the phenomenon changes the phenomenon Please subscribe to our newsletter to receive more stories like this directly in your inbox 02/05/2025 Annegret Richter • Artistic director, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film“There’s no definition of which target group it has to be for; 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Parks has signed with Aubenas, a team that plays in the fourth division in France as far as I can tell, according to the team's official website. The 6-foot-11 center has already reported to the team, apparently deciding that he doesn't want to sit idle during this NBA lockout like he did during the 1998 version There doesn't seem to be a good explanation of why Parks decided to get back into basketball -- he's a Duke grad, made over $10 million during a nine-year NBA career and is rumored to be a good lover in the comments of websites I've never heard of until now -- but he's apparently decided to begin a comeback and everyone should be happy Who says the overseas market for locked out former NBA players is weak? For die-hard Juliette Binoche fans – don’t cross us, we get angry – Between Two Worlds is heaven. The French star hardly ever leaves the screen during the film’s 106 minutes It was her unwavering detemination that ensured the film came to be made in the first place.  Binoche’s early attempts to bring to the screen Florence Aubenas’s best-selling 2010 book Le Quai de Ouistreham (published in English as The Night Cleaner) met with major resistance from the journalist and Aubenas eventually agreed it could be made on the condition that the author-filmmaker Emmanuel Carrère write and direct the movie it was the turn of Carrère’s agent and publisher to start dragging their feet it took Binoche most of a decade to realise the project A campaigning journalist at Le Nouvel Observateur Aubenas deliberately went off-radar in 2009 She hired student digs in Caen and started working under cover in the zero-hours gig economy in order to write a book about it following the models of Günter Wallraff in Germany in the 1980s and Barbara Ehrenreich in the US in the early 2000s Between Two Worlds is a free fictional adaptation of it whom Binoche has described as “a kind of hybrid creation Marianne doesn’t just live a lie with the people in general around her in Caen she builds a very close friendship with another woman It's a relationship that's clearly never going to remain intact once the truth about Marianne inevitably emerges We first encounter her bludgeoning her way to get dealt with properly in an employment exchange The closeness between the two women is carefully drawn always with underlying tension as Winckler knowingly casts deceit and false narratives into a friendship that needs to feel genuine Lambert gives a powerful performance for a non-actor Another character whom Marianne gets close to is Marilou (Léa Carne) and is also performing her first ever film role; she gives another strong performance Marilou talks about her youthful dreams of escaping and forgetting it is Binoche's performance as Marianne and the way the character evolves that holds our attention Marianne dutifully parrots the platitudes she is told employers want to hear – full marks for “Why cleaning for example – she finds herself increasingly conflicted or about to give the game away and confide in the women she has befriended The cinematography (by veteran Patrick Blossier) and the sets (by Julia Lemaire) are superb with a wonderful sensitivity to the geometric shapes of buildings a major source of work for the motley work-seekers of Caen it is always present in the minds of these hourly-paid workers: “The ferry is waiting for you with its impossible shift patterns…” The film's weakness is its perfunctory ending which jolts through three disjointed scenes Outcomes in the storyline are left unexplained in what feels like a rush to have the film wrapped up before the titles roll Binoche is in the habit of casting herself into uncomfortable situations as both an act of will and as a matter of course The overlay of the real situation on which the book is based and the creation of a different kind of emotional pull in the fictional (yet fact-based) context of Between Two Worlds is not always comfortable Between Two Worlds gives us something unexpected to reflect upon and process through the brain: the sight of one of the great cinema stars of our time cleaning an awful lot of toilets.  @sebscotney More information about text formats We urgently need financing to survive. 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And if you're looking for that extra gift for a friend or family member, why not treat them to a theartsdesk.com gift subscription Get a weekly digest of our critical highlights in your inbox each Thursday Simply enter your email address in the box below View previous newsletters This tale of a journalist masquerading as a cleaner is unforgettable Culture | Film This extraordinary collaboration between Juliette Binoche and writer and sometime director Emmanuel Carrère is based on a book in which a French journalist gets her hands dirty Florence Aubenas explores the world of insecure employment and takes a series of jobs as a “maintenance agent” aka a cleaning lady which brings her face to face with rude bosses back-breaking schedules and a hideous variety of unflushed loos Carrère and a cast of non-professionals have taken liberties with the text laugh-out-loud funny and emotionally devastating portrait of a privileged double-agent Best-selling Parisian writer Marianne Winckler (Binoche) meets all sorts of bright and generous people during her time in Caen but it’s her relationship with stroppy single-mum and ferry-worker Christele (Hélène Lambert) that dominates the plot I spent most of the film’s second half sobbing vanity-free performance from Binoche obviously deserves prizes; Lambert must get something It’s impossible to imagine Between Two Worlds without her the unofficial queen of the ferry cleaners though every single member of the cast finds a way to do something special (Évelyne Porée who spent years trying to persuade Aubenas to hand over the rights to the book but only if Carrère was on board (it was he who chose to use non-professionals) is fascinated by how humans construct reality The reality created by cast and crew ultimately feels like a 21st century take on all the best Ken Loach movies you’ve ever seen Between Two Worlds: the title’s generic and forgettable Prince Louis steals the show at VE Day parade as he keeps dad William looking sharp 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actress on the other end of the line You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Three Romanian reporters kidnapped in Iraq (Reuters) Updated: 2005-03-31 07:55 A French journalist held hostage in Iraq for five months arrived back in Paris yesterday looking drawn but happy after what the French ambassador said had been a dangerous operation to bring her home "I feel good," a smiling Aubenas told reporters at the Villacoublay airport outside Paris where she was greeted by President Jacques Chirac "These were harsh conditions," she said of her captivity adding that her kidnappers had allowed her to lift her blindfold at one point to watch a French television programme which broadcast a message of support for her "You're so happy when you see that," she said referring to rallies and concerts held in her support Mr Chirac announced the release of Ms Aubenas a reporter for the French daily Liberation They were snatched after leaving their Baghdad hotel on January 5 Little had been known about their fate since then or the circumstances surrounding their release The release of the French hostage came as rare positive news for Mr Chirac who suffered a humiliating defeat when French voters rejected the European Union Constitution on May 29 It was a dangerous operation for our people extremely dangerous," Bernard Bajolet The head of media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said on Saturday Ms Aubenas' kidnappers could have asked for a ransom France's government denied it had paid any money for her release "There's been absolutely no demand for money," government spokesman Jean-Francois Cope told Europe 1 radio Insurgents in Iraq released video footage of Ms Aubenas on March 1 who was held hostage in Iraq for 55 days before being released last month said for the first time yesterday that Ms Aubenas had been held in the same cell with her "Our mattresses were next to each other," Romanian journalist Marie Jeanne Ion told private television Antena 1 "She was telling me all the time 'of course we won't die we would have gone crazy," Ms Ion said Ms Ion and two other Romanian journalists were kidnapped in Baghdad on March 28 They were freed on May 22 but held back from talking about the circumstances in which they were held for fear this could endanger the lives of others Colleagues at Liberation newspaper broke out in tears when they heard of the release of Ms Aubenas who had also reported from countries such as Rwanda "I thought I knew what the word happiness meant.. but it is so much better than I thought," the journalist's mother French officials drove Mr Saadi to his home in central Baghdad where relatives and neighbours crowded round and slaughtered a sheep in the street as a mark of thanksgiving His wife wept as his daughter hugged her father please register for free or log in to your account President Jacques Chirac urged journalists yesterday not to go to Iraq after the disappearance of a French reporter which caused fears of a new hostage crisis and her Iraqi interpreter Hussein Hanoun Al Saadi have not been seen since leaving a Baghdad hotel on Wednesday morning It is not clear whether they have been kidnapped "We're without news of Florence Aubenas today and we are concerned," Mr Chirac said in a New Year speech to journalists gathered at the president's Elysee Palace the safety of war correspondents cannot be assured in Iraq French authorities formally advise against sending journalists to that country." A French diplomatic source said on Thursday Ms Aubenas Her disappearance has raised the prospect of France facing a new hostage crisis in Iraq just over two weeks after two of its journalists were freed after being held by Iraqi militants for four months "We are terribly worried," Paris-based media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders said in a statement "The situation in Iraq is such that nothing can be ruled out." Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said it was not clear whether Mr Aubenas had been kidnapped "We are worried because we have no news there are several hypotheses and I don't know which is the correct hypothesis," Mr Barnier told LCI television in an interview Police sources in Baghdad said on Thursday a female French journalist had gone missing on Wednesday on the road from Baghdad to Taji Kidnapped French journalist Florence Aubenas taken hostage with her driver in Baghdad more than seven weeks ago made a desperate appeal for help in a videotape released by Iraqi insurgents yesterday I'm a journalist with Liberation," she said on the undated tape speaking in broken English and looking distraught and exhausted I'm very bad psychologically also," she said Dressed in a grey sweatshirt and black trousers she sat with her knees drawn up to her chest in front of a dark red background Her plight underscored the security crisis in Iraq where a new post-election government yet to be formed faces suicide bombings shootings and kidnappings in an insurgency that shows no signs of easing nearly two years after the US invasion Al Qaeda's wing in Iraq said it was behind the single bloodiest attack since the fall of Saddam Hussein - a suicide car bomb attack that killed 125 people and wounded 130 in the town of Hilla on Monday The group is headed by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi whose followers have claimed responsibility for the bloodiest attacks in Iraq and have kidnapped and beheaded foreigners and Iraqis Lieberman admitted real reason for US war against Iraq Iran’s allies lose Iraqi legislative elections The political architecture of the new Middle East Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France unable to cope with the shock of Donald Trump the Trump team prepares an operation for France Pentagon could create a second Kurdish state Source: “Florence Aubenas’s inconsistencies”, Voltaire Network, 23 September 2005, www.voltairenet.org/article128667.html