These guys literally tear into the house lurching toward the children with their arms maniacally in front of them — a pants-shittingly scary Night of the Living Dead reprisal that was not only hysterically antigovernment in its portrayal, but really not appropriate for any kind of movie marketed to children.

[T]he merry old ways of good life have gone to the dogs—upon my carcase, they have!

Even though he had bad news, he tried to wind up his speech on a positive note.

Rene Merle, the PCF's leading theorist on Occitan, pointed to Francitan as the real speech of the Midi.