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Year of the French: November: The Enterprising Bourgeois

on BBC Two England

A documentary series giving an insight, month by month, into the lives of individual French men and women.

Armistice Day in Lille, the industrial heart of north-east France. Luc Doublet is at the ceremony, torn between feelings of sadness at the memory of those who died and pride in the fact that his flags are draped all over the city. Doublet runs a small family firm which makes flags and products from steel tubing. In a region where factories are closing and unemployment is high, his business is booming.

Luc Doublet is a lively, self-confident and entertaining man. His appearance, wife and house conform to his idea of the perfect French lifestyle. He has a strong sense of family and an equally strong interest in food. On Armistice Day he makes a chocolate cake for the family lunch, as his 93-year-old grandfather remembers the 1914-18 war and the joy he felt when the Armistice was signed.

Contributors

Subject:
Luc Doublet
Narrator:
Michael Dean
Series Editor:
Edward Mirzoeff
Producer:
Jonathan Gill

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