No one seems very concerned until all of a sudden, the Germans are there, in the village, and all hell breaks lose. The first year, the first episode starts off with a normal day in the village the population knows the Germans are miles away, approaching Villenueve, a fictional village in the Jura, close to the Swiss border. A French Village was so French it took my ear a long time to regain all that I have lost I had an idea what they were saying but was not really tracking with accuracy.
I can still speak, I can still understand, when people will speak more slowly. Well, I used to be fluent, now I am slow, and have forgotten a lot of little grammatical details. The beginning is full of events, it moves fast and – did I mention it is entirely in French with English subtitles? He went on and on about A French Village, until he had to skip Season 3 because he couldn’t access it, and went on to Season 4 and had problems understanding what was going on because significant events had happened in Season 3.Īs I was trying to find a way to work around it, or find the most economical way to watch it – for him – I started watching the first episode. I mentor a class requiring a lot of reading, and I run a book club. He watches a lot of programs and movies via the internet.
Sometimes I tease my husband about going on and on about a series he watches.
