Today is Bastille Day, the National Day of France – la fĂȘte nationale française. If you have
a bit of French blood in your veins and are a Francophile, like me, that’s
reason enough to celebrate. But how to celebrate? With a baguette and a glass
of vin rouge? Listening to Edith Piaf
(or Madeleine Peyroux) sing La vie en
rose?Or are you, a die-hard film
buff, more inclined to sit down with a classic film? Perhaps a French film, a
Renoir, Duvivier, Melville or Truffaut. Or maybe a glittery Golden Age Hollywood
movie set in France, like Midnight (1939),An
American in Paris (1950) or Charade (1963).