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      28/02/2019

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      14/05/2022

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      Renaud’s ode to idiotic brothers-in-law

      25/07/2019

      French music

      French chansons from the fairer sex

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      French music

      Three hits by Maître Gims

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      Being French … étant français

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      Nostalgia can be fatal in Naples

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      Belly laughs in Belli ciao

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      Fun and vino at the 2022 Italian Film…

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      25/09/2022

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      19/09/2022

      Italian film

      Fun and vino at the 2022 Italian Film…

      11/09/2022

      Italian film

      The best comedies of the 2021 Italian Film…

      27/11/2021

      Italian film

      Italian Film Festival director banishes lockdown blues

      20/10/2021

      Italian film

      The Ties (Lacci) opens 2021 Italian Film Festival

      05/10/2021

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      The Goddess of Fortune delivers a welcome last…

      20/03/2021

      Italian film

      The Man With The Answers gets it right

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      Mardi Gras Film Festival goes national with new…

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      New Pinocchio opens Italian Film Festival

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      12/02/2023

      French

      Romance languages at Eurovision 2022

      14/05/2022

      Romanian

      Collective: a study of corruption at its worst…

      05/05/2021

      Romanian

      Race against the clock in 5 Minutes Too…

      07/03/2021

      Romanian film

      Romance languages dominate the 2023 Europa! Europa film…

      12/02/2023

      Romanian film

      Collective: a study of corruption at its worst…

      05/05/2021

      Romanian film

      Race against the clock in 5 Minutes Too…

      07/03/2021

      Romanian film

      Mardi Gras Film Festival goes national with new…

      17/02/2021

      Romanian grammar

      Do your head in with the rudiments of…

      24/06/2020

      Romanian grammar

      The quirks of Romania and Romanian

      18/08/2019

      Romanian grammar

      Limber up for the limba română

      19/03/2019

      Romanian grammar

      Being Romanian gets knees up and tongues wagging

      10/01/2019

      Romanian music

      Romance languages at Eurovision 2022

      14/05/2022

      Romanian music

      ABCD’s rhapsody in white and blue

      07/11/2019

      Romanian music

      What do you see when a shooting star…

      14/07/2019

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      Europe

      Romance languages dominate the 2023 Europa! Europa film…

      12/02/2023

      French

      Romance languages at Eurovision 2022

      14/05/2022

      French film

      Mardi Gras Film Festival goes national with new…

      17/02/2021

      Portuguese

      LS Jack and the dangers of liposuction

      08/01/2021

      Portuguese

      Fatima: a cinematic vision well worth seeing

      14/09/2020

      Portuguese

      Dark moments in Night Train to Lisbon

      06/09/2020

      Portuguese

      Get a grip on masculine and feminine forms…

      27/06/2019

      Portuguese

      Flower power: Portugal’s Carnation Revolution

      31/03/2019

      Portuguese

      Oarsome song by José Afonso and Os Golpes

      28/03/2019

      Portuguese

      Being Portuguese is complicated

      28/03/2019

      Portuguese

      The most frequent palavras em português are…

      17/03/2019

      Portuguese

      Capital Inicial, playing with feeling

      09/03/2019

      Portuguese film

      Romance languages dominate the 2023 Europa! Europa film…

      12/02/2023

      Portuguese film

      Mardi Gras Film Festival goes national with new…

      17/02/2021

      Portuguese film

      Fatima: a cinematic vision well worth seeing

      14/09/2020

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      Dark moments in Night Train to Lisbon

      06/09/2020

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      Get a grip on masculine and feminine forms…

      27/06/2019

      Portuguese grammar

      The most frequent palavras em português are…

      17/03/2019

      Portuguese grammar

      Spying on the haves and have nots in…

      05/02/2013

      Portuguese music

      Romance languages at Eurovision 2022

      14/05/2022

      Portuguese music

      LS Jack and the dangers of liposuction

      08/01/2021

      Portuguese music

      Flower power: Portugal’s Carnation Revolution

      31/03/2019

      Portuguese music

      Oarsome song by José Afonso and Os Golpes

      28/03/2019

      Portuguese music

      Capital Inicial, playing with feeling

      09/03/2019

      Portuguese music

      Sweet sounds from Angola

      29/01/2019

      Portuguese music

      Let’s go diving with the Gurus

      02/10/2013

      Portuguese verbs

      Being Portuguese is complicated

      28/03/2019

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      12/02/2023

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      14/05/2022

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      El Olvido Que Seremos: a film anti-vaxxers should…

      12/05/2022

      Spanish

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      08/05/2022

      Spanish

      Palace Cinemas CEO’s top picks for the 2022…

      24/04/2022

      Spanish

      The competition’s fierce in Official Competition

      21/04/2022

      Spanish

      Let the 2022 Spanish Film Festival begin

      20/04/2022

      Spanish

      Carolina Durante: the band of a bride’s dreams

      11/07/2021

      Spanish

      The best thrillers of the 2021 Spanish Film…

      15/05/2021

      Spanish

      The best comedies at the 2021 Spanish Film…

      09/05/2021

      Spanish

      Happy days: the Spanish Film Festival is back!

      20/04/2021

      French film

      Mardi Gras Film Festival goes national with new…

      17/02/2021

      Spanish film

      Romance languages dominate the 2023 Europa! Europa film…

      12/02/2023

      Spanish film

      El Olvido Que Seremos: a film anti-vaxxers should…

      12/05/2022

      Spanish film

      Fernando Trueba’s ‘crazy’ idea: making Forgotten We’ll Be

      08/05/2022

      Spanish film

      Palace Cinemas CEO’s top picks for the 2022…

      24/04/2022

      Spanish film

      The competition’s fierce in Official Competition

      21/04/2022

      Spanish film

      Let the 2022 Spanish Film Festival begin

      20/04/2022

      Spanish film

      The best thrillers of the 2021 Spanish Film…

      15/05/2021

      Spanish film

      The best comedies at the 2021 Spanish Film…

      09/05/2021

      Spanish film

      Happy days: the Spanish Film Festival is back!

      20/04/2021

      Spanish film

      Mardi Gras Film Festival goes national with new…

      17/02/2021

      Spanish film

      Matters of life and death in Litigante

      24/08/2020

      Spanish film

      Monos reaches dizzying heights

      09/08/2020

      Spanish grammar

      Masculine and feminine forms in Spanish

      10/11/2019

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      Romance languages at Eurovision 2022

      14/05/2022

      Spanish music

      Carolina Durante: the band of a bride’s dreams

      11/07/2021

      Spanish music

      Cumbia Colombiana from surprising sources

      30/12/2020

      Spanish music

      Carlos Vives’ Colombian conquest (and Teló’s too)

      15/02/2019

      Spanish music

      Roll your Rs like J Balvin

      19/01/2019

      Spanish music

      The refrains in Spain aren’t plain

      13/01/2019

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      Vale Diomedes Diaz

      28/12/2013

      Spanish verbs

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      28/03/2019

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      11/02/2022

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      12/10/2021

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      24/01/2021

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      E is for exuberance

      22/01/2021

      Quirky vocab

      D is for devious virgins

      19/01/2021

      Quirky vocab

      The C words can be cute

      02/09/2020

      Quirky vocab

      The B words are the best

      04/07/2020

      Hot topics

      Happy Easter, have you got enough dough?

      12/04/2020

      Quirky vocab

      The A words can be aggro

      03/04/2020

      Quirky vocab

      Are you a lampadato?

      23/03/2020

      Food

      Vital words for summer survival

      26/09/2019

      Food

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      30/06/2019

      Food

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      13/02/2019

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      Hop to it: it’s the Year of the…

      29/01/2023

      Hot topics

      The Year of the Ox could be a…

      14/02/2021

      Hot topics

      E is for exuberance

      22/01/2021

      Hot topics

      Happy Easter, have you got enough dough?

      12/04/2020

      Hot topics

      What to do in mysterious earthquake swarms

      07/10/2019

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      14/09/2019

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      Newsroom blooper: In Brazil they speak Spanish? No,…

      25/06/2019

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      12/04/2019

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      29/03/2019

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      Doors are dumb asses, really

      20/02/2019

      Hot topics

      This is your lucky day

      06/01/2019

      Quirky vocab

      The H words are a happy bunch, mostly

      11/02/2022

      Quirky vocab

      Let’s have a giggle with the G words

      12/10/2021

      Quirky vocab

      The F words can be fetching

      24/01/2021

      Quirky vocab

      E is for exuberance

      22/01/2021

      Quirky vocab

      D is for devious virgins

      19/01/2021

      Quirky vocab

      The C words can be cute

      02/09/2020

      Quirky vocab

      The B words are the best

      04/07/2020

      Quirky vocab

      The A words can be aggro

      03/04/2020

      Quirky vocab

      Are you a lampadato?

      23/03/2020

      Quirky vocab

      Useful expressions in Romanian, like oral sex tomorrow,…

      01/08/2019

      Quirky vocab

      The amazing story of how days got their…

      08/06/2019

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    Three must-see movies at the 2023 French Film Festival

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    2023 French Film Festival makes rollicking start with Masquerade

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    The 34th Alliance Française French Film Festival in Australia has started, boasting 39 top-quality films…

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    Blazing start to 2023 Europa! Europa film festival

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    by Bernard O'Shea 19/02/2023

    If ever there was a film to make you think about what you need to…

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    Romance languages dominate the 2023 Europa! Europa film festival

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    Hop to it: it’s the Year of the Rabbit

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    by Bernard O'Shea 29/01/2023

    It’s goodbye Year of the Tiger, hello Year of the Rabbit. If you were born…

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    French Film Festival goes big in 2023

    by Bernard O'Shea 18/12/2022
    by Bernard O'Shea 18/12/2022

    Wow! The 2023 Alliance Française French Film Festival in Australia is going to be huge!…

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    Why Naples is the hot spot of Italian film

    by Bernard O'Shea 11/10/2022
    written by Bernard O'Shea
    11/10/2022
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    Nostalgia can be fatal in Naples

    by Bernard O'Shea 25/09/2022
    by Bernard O'Shea 25/09/2022

    As you’d expect, the film that opened Australia’s 2022 Italian Film Festival, the uproarious comedy…

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    Belly laughs in Belli ciao

    by Bernard O'Shea 19/09/2022
    by Bernard O'Shea 19/09/2022

    The 2022 Italian Film Festival got off to wonderful start with the rip-roaring comedy Belli…

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Bernard, sometimes known as Bernardo or Bernardinho to his friends, or Bernardescu in Romania, is a journalist and travel writer based in Sydney, where the Aussies tend to call him Bernie. Although English is Bernardo’s specialty, he was taught French and Latin at school (most of it forgotten, particularly the Latin) and studied French at University. Later in life, after being inspired by his first visit to Brazil, he tackled Portuguese. Unfortunately the Portuguese seemed to take up the space in his brain where the French once was.

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