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Georges Bernanos

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Louis Émile Clément Georges Bernanos (20 February 1888 – 5 July 1948) was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. A Roman Catholic with monarchist leanings, he was critical of bourgeois thought and was opposed to what he identified as defeatism. [1]

52 relations: Action Française, Barbacena, Battle of France, Battle of the Somme, Bourgeoisie, Camelots du Roi, Catholic Church, Charles de Gaulle, Claude Laydu, Conservatism, Defeatism, Democracy, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Diary of a Country Priest, Fascism, FET y de las JONS, Francis Poulenc, Francisco Franco, Free France, Fressin, Gertrud von Le Fort, Joy (Bernanos novel), Kuusankoski, Les grands cimetières sous la lune, Mallorca, Martyrs of Compiègne, Monarchism, Monsieur Ouine, Mouchette (novel), Nationalism, Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nazism, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Night Is Darkest, Palme d'Or, Paris, Pas-de-Calais, Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Robert Bresson, Sheed and Ward, Spanish Civil War, Théâtre Hébertot, The Crime (novel), The Diary of a Country Priest, The Impostor (novel), Under the Sun of Satan, Under the Sun of Satan (film), Verdun, Vichy France, World War I, ..., World War II, 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Expand index (2 more) »

Action Française

Action française (AF; French Action) is a French right-wing political movement.

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Barbacena

Barbacena is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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Battle of France

The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War.

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Battle of the Somme

The Battle of the Somme (Bataille de la Somme, Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and France against the German Empire.

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Bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie is a polysemous French term that can mean.

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Camelots du Roi

The King's Camelots, officially the National Federation of the King's Camelots (Fédération nationale des Camelots du Roi) was a far-right youth organization of the French militant royalist and integralist movement Action Française active from 1908 to 1936.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Charles de Gaulle

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the French Resistance against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to reestablish democracy in France.

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Claude Laydu

Claude Laydu (10 March 1927 – 29 July 2011) was a Belgian-born Swiss actor on stage and in films.

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Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy promoting traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization.

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Defeatism

Defeatism is the acceptance of defeat without struggle, often with negative connotations.

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Democracy

Democracy (δημοκρατία dēmokraa thetía, literally "rule by people"), in modern usage, has three senses all for a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting.

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Dialogues of the Carmelites

Dialogues des Carmélites (Dialogues of the Carmelites) is a French opera in three acts, divided into twelve scenes with linking orchestral interludes, with music and libretto by Francis Poulenc, completed in 1956.

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Diary of a Country Priest

Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un curé de campagne) is a 1951 French film written and directed by Robert Bresson, and starring Claude Laydu.

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Fascism

Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce, which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.

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FET y de las JONS

The Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista (FET y de las JONS) (English: Traditionalist Spanish Phalanx and of the Councils of the National-Syndicalist Offensive) was the sole legal party of the Francoist State in Spain.

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Francis Poulenc

Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist.

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Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco Bahamonde (4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who ruled over Spain as a military dictator from 1939, after the Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War, until his death in 1975.

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Free France

Free France and its Free French Forces (French: France Libre and Forces françaises libres) were the government-in-exile led by Charles de Gaulle during the Second World War and its military forces, that continued to fight against the Axis powers as one of the Allies after the fall of France.

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Fressin

Fressin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Gertrud von Le Fort

The Baroness Gertrud von Le Fort (full name Gertrud Auguste Lina Elsbeth Mathilde Petrea Freiin von Le Fort; 11 October 1876 – 1 November 1971) was a German writer of novels, poems and essays.

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Joy (Bernanos novel)

Joy is a 1929 novel by the French writer Georges Bernanos.

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Kuusankoski

Kuusankoski is a neighborhood of city of Kouvola, former industrial town and municipality of Finland, located in the region of Kymenlaakso in the province of Southern Finland.

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Les grands cimetières sous la lune

Les Grands Cimetières sous la Lune (1938; English: literally, The Great Cemeteries Under the Moon, English title when published; A Diary of My Times) is a book by novelist Georges Bernanos which fiercely condemns the atrocities carried out in Majorca by the Nationalists in Spain.

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Mallorca

Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean.

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Martyrs of Compiègne

The Martyrs of Compiègne were the 16 members of the Carmel of Compiègne, France: 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs (tertiaries of the Order, who would handle the community's needs outside the monastery).

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Monarchism

Monarchism is the advocacy of a monarch or monarchical rule.

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Monsieur Ouine

Monsieur Ouine is a 1943 novel by the French writer Georges Bernanos. It tells the story of a retired teacher who settles in a village in northern France, where he becomes surrounded by mysterious deaths and other unexplained events. The book was published in English in 1945 as The Open Mind, translated by Geoffrey Dunlop. A new translation by William Bush was published in 2000 under the original French title.

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Mouchette (novel)

Mouchette is a 1937 novel by the French writer Georges Bernanos.

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Nationalism

Nationalism is a political, social, and economic system characterized by the promotion of the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining sovereignty (self-governance) over the homeland.

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Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)

The Nationalist faction (Bando nacional) or Rebel faction (Bando sublevado) was a major faction in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939.

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Nazism

National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus), more commonly known as Nazism, is the ideology and practices associated with the Nazi Party – officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) – in Nazi Germany, and of other far-right groups with similar aims.

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Neuilly-sur-Seine

Neuilly-sur-Seine is a French commune just west of Paris, in the department of Hauts-de-Seine.

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Night Is Darkest

Night Is Darkest is a novel by the French writer Georges Bernanos, published posthumously in 1950.

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Palme d'Or

The Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Pas-de-Calais

Pas-de-Calais is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders ('pas' meaning passage).

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Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary is a large American dictionary, first published in 1966 as The Random House Dictionary of the English Language: The Unabridged Edition.

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Robert Bresson

Robert Bresson (25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director.

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Sheed and Ward

Sheed and Ward was a publishing house founded in London in 1926 by Catholic activists Frank Sheed and Maisie Ward.

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Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española),Also known as The Crusade (La Cruzada) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War (Cuarta Guerra Carlista) among Carlists, and The Rebellion (La Rebelión) or Uprising (Sublevación) among Republicans.

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Théâtre Hébertot

Théâtre Hébertot is a theatre at 78, boulevard des Batignolles, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France.

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The Crime (novel)

The Crime is a 1935 novel by the French writer Georges Bernanos.

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The Diary of a Country Priest

The Diary of a Country Priest is a 1936 novel by the French writer Georges Bernanos.

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The Impostor (novel)

The Impostor is a 1927 novel by the French writer Georges Bernanos.

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Under the Sun of Satan

Under the Sun of Satan was the first novel published by Georges Bernanos.

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Under the Sun of Satan (film)

Under the Sun of Satan is a 1987 French drama film directed by Maurice Pialat, starring Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire and Pialat.

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Verdun

Verdun (official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a small city in the Meuse department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

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Vichy France

Vichy France (Régime de Vichy) is the common name of the French State (État français) headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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1987 Cannes Film Festival

The 40th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 19 May 1987.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bernanos

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