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Par : jpsullivan

jpsullivan — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:28:52 +0000

At the reunion, Valérie said she stayed in touch with Virginie’s family in Menton, France for a couple of years after filming, but fell out of contact after that. See Charles Mayers’ comment below of 24 Nov 2010. There were some rumors posted here about Virginie working at a store in New York City, but I rather doubt their veracity.

Par : MaxReddy

MaxReddy — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:45:51 +0000

At the reunion there was quite a bit of interest in what has become of Virginie. Nobody seemed to know.

Par : Tom

Tom — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:54:31 +0000

It has been awhile since I visited this site and am trying to catch up. At the reunion, did anyone ask about Virginie Contesse? Any info on “Marie Laure?” My favorite character on FIA all those years ago…

Par : Alexander_G

Alexander_G — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:05:25 +0000

RIP
tante Georgettee =Colette Ripert died May 15, 1990

Still active
sister Cecile =Julie Arnold
Hubert = Franck de la Personne
Jean-pierre Bourdon = Riton Liebman
Colette = Fabienne Tricottet

FIA was last gig
Madame Belleau = Rosine Proust (she was hot on the show)
Jean-luc = Patrice Bachelot

I think I ran into Valerie in Paris a few years ago ~2009 at the big art store Crea. I’m in France now and enjoy Provence more than Paris, words from FIA come in handy but nothing better than immersion.

There are two ways to know if you the get ‘French’, when you go into a shop in a Paris and the shopkeeper responds in French instead of english.

Second go into a hardware store like Brico Depot or Brico Marche and describe plumbing and electrical things you need, if the dude tells you where it is, you’ve made it. If he tells you go ask the girls at the counter you haven’t. I’ve ‘made it’.

Par : C. Masenas

C. Masenas — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:44:37 +0000

Regarding putting FIA videos on a PC, I have transferred all videos from DVD to my MacBook and the total storage is 23 GB. I used free open source software to do the transferring. Videos can be further compressed if resolution is sacrificed. I transferred some videos to my IPod Touch with a lower resolution. I was able to cut out the annoying intro sequence and titles from each lesson.

Once on the MacBook, videos can be accessed quickly. Neat things can be done like replaying arbitrary sections quickly to pick up a phrase not caught on first hearing.

I imagine the same thing can be done with a PC. Most computers these days come with 100′s of GB so no problem with storage.

I also transferred all audio CD’s which required 3 GB. I organized these in ITunes into “Audiobooks” grouped by lesson so they don’t show up as Music.

Par : Mohammad Beheshti

Mohammad Beheshti — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:19:49 +0000

But whatever happened to the cast of French in Action. It would be good to know something about them. Yes, I have bought all of the toos and have been enjoying the effort.

Par : Gary

Gary — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:27:17 +0000

So glad to have found this site. I bought the series in VHS about a decade ago.

Due to a trip coming up (soon), decided brush up on French. Rather than figuring out how the DVD player can play a VHS, found the Annenberg videos online and then this [bizarre] site.

Almost done listening to the whole series over a one-week period.

Par : Thomas Lynch

Thomas Lynch — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:24:06 +0000

Once upon a time I purchased the whole of the video series. (point being I am a paying customer . But those darn videos will not fit in my eeePC and I am visiting abroad right now. Can someone send me a direct link to a video via email? I can’t see the home page, but could type the link in for a video on the site directly. dimitrisdad@gmail.com

Par : Vicki

Vicki — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:44:25 +0000

That’s a wonderful story, Anna. I wonder if Prof. Capretz realizes that FIA has touched so many lives and done so much more for many people than just teaching them to speak and understand French!

Par : Anna

Anna — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:57:27 +0000

I started watching/studying in 1995 during a time of severe depression. The program was (I firmly believe) instrumental in my recovery over the following years that I stayed with the program – watching on TV, then buying audio cassettes and workbooks. I knew I had to eventually get to the end to ‘solve the mystery’. !! After 7 years absence I’m coming in again at lesson 36 – it is all so familiar – all the characters seem like ‘old friends’. I’m just loving it – this program has influenced lives in ways that could not even be imagined. I am extremely well these days but I do believe that FIA helped ‘save’ me.