Un Air de famille

Questions for comprehension, culture, and vocabulary

1. What time of day is it?

2. What is the reason for the family's meeting?

3. Who is missing?

4. What types of remarks do some members of the family make regarding Betty's language?

5. How do the different members of the family address the employee, Denis? Do they use tu or vous? How does the employee address the members of the family?

6. Around 0:25:20, some numbers are used to represent money. What would the equivalent of one of these amounts be in today's currency in France?

7. Just after money is mentioned in the scene referred to in #6, the French term for a two-room apartment is used. What is this term? What is another term used in French to refer to a two-room apartment?

8. Around 0:28:55, there is an advertising slogan for Ricard on the door of the bar: un Ricard, sinon rien. What does this mean, and what is Ricard?

9. At 0:28:59, there is a flashback. What is the French term used in cinematography for flashback?

10. Who sings the song Come prima in the flashback scenes?