Episode 500: Celebrating France on Film
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Join us in this special episode as we celebrate the 500th installment of the "Join Us in France" travel podcast! Annie and Elyse reflect on their journey from the very first episode to this significant milestone, sharing their favorite moments and the evolution of the podcast. They also dive into a fun and insightful discussion about French cinema, highlighting popular films such as "Amélie," "La Vie en Rose," "Midnight in Paris," and more. Discover how these films capture the essence of France's culture, history, and stunning landscapes. Whether you're a long-time listener or new to the podcast, this episode is packed with nostalgia, laughter, and plenty of movie recommendations to inspire your next trip to France. Thank you for being part of our journey!
Tune in and celebrate with us as we look back on our incredible journey and forward to many more episodes to come!
Table of Contents for this Episode
- Happy Aniversary! 500 podcast episodes
- Today on the podcast
- Podcast supporters
- The Magazine segment
- Annie and Elyse
- Evolution of the podcast
- Deciding what content to cover
- Podcast-adjacent communities
- Lessons learned
- Trip Reports Are a Vital Part of this Podcast
- Challenges we've had to Overcome
- Looking forward
- Films you should watch before a Trip to France
- Language exposure in movies
- Come to France as you are
- A Good Year
- An American in Paris
- Amélie Poulain
- Moulin Rouge movies
- La La Land
- Midnight in Paris (2011)
- The Da Vinci Code (2006)
- French Kiss
- Paris Can Wait (2016)
- Monte Carlo (2011)
- Ratatouille
- Is Paris Burning? (1960)
- The Longest Day
- Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola (2006)
- La Reine Margot (1994)
- The Three Musketeers
- Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources
- Murder Mystery 2
- Mrs. Harris goes to Paris
- Ballerina (2016)
- A Monster in Paris
- Rugrats in Paris (2001)
- A Cat in Paris (2010)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- The Aristocats
- Historical films about war and revenge, uh, pre revolution
- The Count of Monte Cristo, 2002
- Napoleon, 2003
- All Quiet on the Western Front, 2022
- Dunkirk, 2017
- Hugo, 2011
- Chocolat, 2000
- Inception
- Taken, 2008
- La Vie en Rose, 2007
- Funny Face, 1957
- Julie and Julia, 2009
- Paris Je t'aime, 2007
- C'était un rendez vous
- TV Series
- Untouchables
- La Haine
- Le Ballon Rouge
- Napoleon, 2023
- The Day of the Jackal, 1973
- Diva, 1981
- Just Paris
- Before Sunset, 2004
- Thank you Patrons!
- To Swim or not to Swim
- Extension to line 14 of the Paris Metro
- Next week on the Podcast
- Copyright
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| 0:00.0 | The This is the |
| 0:19.2 | This is join us in France episode 500 |
| 0:21.0 | Saint-Sant Bonjoure I'm Annie Sergeant and join us in France is the podcast where we take a conversational |
| 0:27.0 | journey through the beauty, culture and flavors of France. |
| 0:30.9 | Today I bring a conversation with the least rev of Toulouse Guided Walks, who has been my most frequent guest on this podcast and a wonderful friend about movies to watch before a trip to France. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm not big into celebrating birthdays and |
| 0:45.8 | anniversaries. As a matter of fact I forget them most of the time. So I decided to |
| 0:51.2 | keep it simple but getting to 500 episodes is a big accomplishment that I will be forever proud of. |
| 0:58.6 | And thank you all who've been guests on this podcast. I could not have done it without you. |
| 1:04.6 | Mercei. |
| 1:05.6 | This podcast is brought to you by listeners who by my tours and services, which you can explore |
| 1:10.8 | at my boutique. Join us at France.com slash boutique. |
| 1:15.5 | Plus, Patreon supporters receive new episodes |
| 1:18.2 | as soon as they are ready and without ads. |
| 1:21.4 | If that sounds appealing, join them by following the link in the show notes. |
| 1:25.8 | For the magazine parts of the podcast today, after my chat with Elise, I'll discuss the big deal |
| 1:31.3 | about swimming in the Cine or not swimming in the |
| 1:35.0 | for the Olympics whatever it may be and also about the new extension of line |
| 1:40.0 | 14 of the Paris Metro, a wonderful achievement. Bonjour Elise. |
| 1:55.0 | Bonjour Elise. |
| 1:57.0 | We are sitting together for the recording of the five hundredth episode of the Join Us in France Travel Podcast, I can barely believe it. |
| 2:07.7 | I cannot believe it. |
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