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être proche - translation to English

2002 FILM BY NICOLAS PHILIBERT

Etre et avoir; To be and to have; Etre et Avoir; Être et avoir; To Be and To Have; Être et Avoir; To Be & to Have

être proche

approach, approximate

être proche de

border on

Definition

raison d'etre

also raison d'etre

A person's or organization's raison d'etre is the most important reason for them existing in the way that they do.

...a debate about the raison d'etre of the armed forces.

N-SING: usu with poss

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To Be and to Have

To Be and To Have (French: Être et avoir; also the UK title) is a 2002 French documentary film directed by Nicolas Philibert about a small rural school. It was screened as an "Out of Competition" film at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and achieved commercial success. The film became the subject of an unsuccessful legal action by the school's teacher, who said that he and the children's parents had been misled about the film's intended audience, and that he and the children had been exploited.

The documentary's title translates as "to be and to have", the two auxiliary verbs in the French language. It is about a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, France, the population of which is just over 200. The school has one small class of mixed ages (from four to twelve years), with a dedicated teacher, Mr Lopez, who shows patience and respect for the children as we follow their story through a single school year.

The film won several awards, including the 2003 Sacramento French Film Festival Audience Prize.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To Be and to Have

Examples of use of être proche

1. Près des côtes, elle devrait être proche de 20Â°C.

2. Forte de 47 agences en Suisse, de 24 sections cantonales et de 14 centres techniques, elle veut être proche de ses clients.

3. Pour se présenter, il faut être proche du peuple». Mais beaucoup, à l‘image de leurs dirigeants, assurent se désintéresser des querelles de personnes et privilégier les idées.

4. Même si, parfois, il faut être proche d‘elle, lui parler.» Malgré tout, les liens se sont peut–être distendus depuis qu‘elle a déménagé et s‘est installée dans son propre appartement.

5. Des commerçants dépices et de produits marocains ont même élu domicile en plein centre–ville de Nouakchott (près dune caserne militaire et de la mosquée Echorfa, connue pour être proche des islamistes). Tout ce beau monde veut peser de son poids, et ce, dautant plus que le roi Hassan II avait financé la construction, à Nouakchott, dune mosquée et dun centre culturel constituant aujourdhui un repère pour sorienter dans la capitale mauritanienne.