Bizarre, Bizarre (French: Drôle de drame) is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Marcel Carné. It is based on the 1912 novel His First Offence by J. Storer Clouston. == Plot == At a meeting in London, Bishop Soper denounces scandalous literature, in particular the latest crime novel from Felix Chapel. An invited member of the sparse audience is his cousin Irwin Molyneux, who is asked to speak but is interrupted by William Kramps, a serial murderer of butchers who is on the run. After the meeting ends in uproar, Soper invites himself to dine and sleep at the Molyneux house. This throws M...

Jacques Prévert (French: [ʒak pʁevɛʁ]; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist movement, and include Les Enfants du Paradis (1945). He published his first book in 1946. == Life and education == Prévert was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine and grew up in Paris. After receiving his Certificat d'études upon completing his primary education, he quit school and went to work in Le Bon Marché, a major department store in Paris. In 1918...

La « drôle de guerre » (en anglais : phoney war, « fausse guerre » ; en allemand : Sitzkrieg, « guerre assise » ; en polonais : dziwna wojna, « guerre étonnante ») est la période du début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale qui se situe entre la déclaration de guerre par le Royaume-Uni et la France (les Alliés) à l'Allemagne nazie le 3 septembre 1939 et l'offensive allemande du 10 mai 1940 sur le théâtre européen du conflit. Cette période se caractérise par : la campagne de Pologne et ses répercussions sur le front occidental ; la guerre russo-finlandaise ou guerre d'Hiver ; la campagne de Norvège,...