Chevallier

Manon Chevallier is quite good, too, as the young Edith, and Piaf's singing is provided by Jil Aigrot, who sure fooled me.

GreenCine Daily: Rendez-Vous. 2. 2007

Indeed it is a testament to Chevallier's resilience that his youthful spirit and sense of curiosity survived the war intact.

War, Filled With Disgust Tobias Grey 2011

"It is the arrogance of youth and nothing could be changed without eliminating youth itself," Chevallier wrote in his preface.

War, Filled With Disgust Tobias Grey 2011

Chevallier, who died in 1969, appeared to be deeply critical of his commanding officers for being obsessed by an outdated Napoleonic strategy of all-out attack.

War, Filled With Disgust Tobias Grey 2011

This was hardly surprising: Chevallier's novel not only threatened their credibility as soldiers, but also underlined the callous way they treated their men.

War, Filled With Disgust Tobias Grey 2011

France, whose embassy came under attack as well Monday following a visit to Hama last week by diplomat Eric Chevallier, slammed Syria for "passivity" in reining in the mob U.S. officials also shot back Monday, accusing Syria's regime of encouraging the gatherings and being slow to break them up.

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French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Wednesday that his government decided to pull Ambassador Eric Chevallier, and close consular agencies in Aleppo and Lattakia as well as cultural institutions, after violence threatened these missions.

Arab League Delays Discipline Against Syria Matt Bradley 2011

"To have written about the war without writing about fear, without emphasizing it, would have been a farce," Chevallier noted in his preface.

War, Filled With Disgust Tobias Grey 2011

France's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Chevallier's visit shows France's concern for the Syrian population ...

Syrian protests erupt as regime lashes at U.S. 2011

For telling "the truth" as he saw it, Chevallier was roundly pilloried by France's officer class when his novel was published in 1930.

War, Filled With Disgust Tobias Grey 2011