Today, we were going to actually go to a Movie Theater the recently refurbished CineRoc in Terrasson to see the last showing of the new French Film, Jacquou Le Croquant. We don't see many movies in theaters because it involves at least a 20 mile drive to the nearest. Most other theaters are at least an hour drive from here.
We actually had free passes from a friend who works for Pathe in Paris! We will see the Jacquou Movie and I will write a review of it. It will be released in the States later this year.
It's a classic tale of peasant oppression and revolt written by the regionalist author Eugene LeRoy in the late 1800's. It all took place in this area and uses lots of locations around the Dordogne, including our local Chef de Commune, Hautforte. Eugene Leroy lived in Hautforte. I'll write more of him and the movie when we finally see it.
This morning I woke up at 7:30 and looked out the window and saw a few snowflakes falling. No problem, I thought, it will all turn to rain by 11 am.
By 11 am, we were experiencing white out conditions and the temperature was falling rapidly and all the rain that had fallen during the night had turned to ice! It's 3:30 and still snowing here and it looks like it will continue until the night. The roads are covered with ice and there are travel advisories up for most of France.
I'm a midwest native and blizzards and 6 inch snowfalls were a normal part of winter, but here, absolutely no one knows how to drive in the snow! A centimeter of snow falls and the next days noon news is full of accident reports and photos of cars off the road! They literally panic at the first snowflake and there is a run on the bakeries because no one wants to be caught with out enough bread!
So, I called the cinema and they said the showing was cancelled because of the weather. Just as well, it would have been potentially hazardous driving as our little Puegot 306 doesn't have snow tires and there are a lot of steep hills...snow tires? HAH! Who would need snow tires here? I took some black and white photos of a rare snow day in La Sechere...........click to enlarge.
2 comments:
Hello Microdot,
Your photos look exactly like the snow we got on Sunday afternoon and Monday morning. By the way, loved the photos of your home. You live in a very beautiful area.
We've been getting snow dusts here every night, but not enough to make a decent snow ball. At least it has been cold enough to freeze the ground finally.
That movie sounds very interesting. I hope you get to see it and write a review for us.
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