The Letter (French: La Lettre, Portuguese: A Carta) is a 1999 French-Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It tells the story of a married woman who has feelings for another man, and who confesses her feelings to her friend, a cloistered nun. The film is loosely based on the 17th century French novel The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette.
The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.
Nâdiya (born Nadia Zighem on June 19, 1973) is a French R&B singer.
Nâdiya was born in the city of Tours, France. Her family comes from the region of Mostaganem, in the north of Algeria. She is the youngest in a family of 8 children. Her brothers are named Kader Touati, Baklavah Waheb, and her sisters Malika, Sidartha and Karla. Her father Abdul Raheem worked as a laborer, and her mother Yamina worked as a nurse. At school she displayed a talent for athletics, and gravitated towards the sport-studies section. In 1989, she won the title of Junior Champion of France's 800 meters. Her brother, Kader Zighem is world champion of French boxing.
She performed a duo with Stomy Bugsy in 2001 under the title "Aucun Dieu ne pourra me pardonner" (No God Will Ever Forgive Me). The single "J'ai confiance en toi" (I Trust You), released in February 2001, became the first single that charted in the French Singles Chart, peaked at #38 in France and stayed in the chart for 13 weeks. The second single slated from the album did perform better than the first one. "Chaque fois" (Every Time) was released in August 2001 and peaked at #27 in the French Top 100 Singles, remaining in the chart for 18 weeks, five more than the first single. After the success of both singles, Nâdiya recorded a full studio album that became "Changer les choses" (Changing the Things). Though the singles became reasonable hits, the album wasn't very popular in France, not charting at all in the French Top 200 Albums. She was nominated for the Victoires de la musique in 2002.
Nâdiya is the third studio album from French R&B singer Nâdiya. The album was released on June 5, 2006 in France. Also, a DVD with a runtime of 26 minutes was released with it containing interviews and a "The Making of The Album" documentary.
The lead single from the album, "Tous ces mots" ("All These Words"), peaked at number 2 in the French singles chart. The song was released in February 2006 and features Smartzee, who is also featured in her 2004 single "Et c'est parti..." ("Here We Go"). The second single, "Roc" ("Rock"), was released on June 19 in France, also entering and peaking the French Singles Top 100 at number 2 and stayed there for four consecutive weeks. It became her longest running single in the top ten, being 11 weeks in the top 10 (as well as in the top 5). "Amies-ennemies" was chosen to be the third single from the album and debuted at number four in France. The singles were less successful in Switzerland, where they all were released too. They all managed to peak within the top 40, but none of them charted in the top 20.
On s’est perdu tout doucement
T’avais tes potes et moi mon clan
Les sentiments en centimes
Consomm? les fruits et les fleurs
Perdu l’app?tit du bonheur
Nos estimes qui s’ab?ment
D?cide qui de nous deux restera
Lucide, de l’eau dans les yeux je tremble ? tout va
Des cimes jusqu’aux racines, tu restes l?
Pantomime
Deux pantins anonymes
Combien de fois le tour du probl?me
L’amour est enfant de boh?me
Quelques impressions l?gitimes
Et quand bien m?me on se figure
Que le temps malm?ne, d?figure
Surtout ne rien laisser para?tre en vitrine
D?cide qui de nous deux restera
Lucide, de l’eau dans les yeux je tremble ? tout va
Des cimes jusqu’aux racines, tu restes l?
Magnanimes
Deux voisins unanimes
Tout ce qu’on ne voulait pas
Nous appelle ? petits pas
J’aimerais qu’on se raconte sans avoir bu
Revivre le conte de f?es du d?but
Que nos songes se subliment
D?cide qui de nous deux comblera
Le vide, de l’eau sur le feu, je franchis le pas
Et signe du bout des doigts, Reste avec moi
(Merci ? aurelie pour cettes paroles)