Minuit à Paris
Minuit à Paris
Midnight in Paris
French or English audio track with French, English or Spanish subtitles.
A complete French lesson plan for Minuit à Paris — ready to open and teach.
Woody Allen's 2011 film sends a blocked American screenwriter stumbling backward through time to 1920s Paris — Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Picasso, Gertrude Stein — while his fiancée shops for antiques and wonders what's wrong with the present. It is a love letter to Paris and a gentle argument against nostalgia, and it gives students an immediate foothold into both French culture and the expatriate literary world that shaped the 20th century.
Good films have natural moments — a powerful scene, a cultural encounter, a shift in the story — where the language and meaning come together. This plan identifies those moments in Minuit à Paris and builds a lesson around each one. For every scene, you get vocabulary and cultural notes, comprehension activities, and communicative tasks your students can work through in class or independently. A pre-film warm-up gets them ready before the first screening.
Everything is included: the teacher's guide, student worksheets in French, and an answer key.
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- Les Années Folles / 1920s units: Hemingway, Picasso, Dalí — the film is a guided tour of the Lost Generation in Paris.
- Paris travel / culture units: Monuments, arrondissements, and Parisian identity — all present in the film.
- Nostalgia and the past (philosophy/discussion): Allen's thesis is surprisingly sophisticated and generates real debate.
Language: French | Director: Woody Allen | Year: 2011
Level: Intermediate | Format: Downloadable PDF — instant delivery
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Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, Carla Bruni
Audio: French or English audio track with French, English or Spanish subtitles.
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