“Oui, I know it’s a documentary, Mathéo, but why does the dialogue have to be so stodgy? Everything about this script c’est tout simplement horrible… and pour l’amour de Dieu – these visuals are a blur! C’est atroce!
“Joëlle, vite! Mon Dieu! Go tell that cameraman to get a take of Mr. Pradeau without those pigeons flying an inch away from his face. The man literally glows with beatitude – why can’t we capture that?
“Ordinarily, I wouldn’t care… mais c’est pour le Festival de Cannes! C’est notre grande chance, imbéciles! Il faut faire de Pierre Pradeau un ange hypnotique!”
This piece of flash fiction was written in response to:
- The Sunday Muse #242;
- Fandango’s One-Word Challenge: ‘stodgy’;
- Ragtag Daily Prompt Saturday: ‘blur’;
- Word of the Day Challenge: ‘ordinarily’;
- The Daily Spur: ‘inch’;
- Your Daily Word Prompt: ‘beatitude’;
- Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #294: ‘script’
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Excellent David! Bravo! 😘😘😘
🤍🙏🏻 merci, Filipa 🙏🏻🤍
love the story and really love this line “The man literally glows with beatitude “
🙏🏻🖤 Susie 🖤🙏🏻 ~ thanks so much!
~David
Great and I love the use of French too ❤
🤍🙏🏻 Ange 🙏🏻🤍
Very cute.
💗 😻 Dolly 😻 💗
Amusing take on this, David, having the money shot being a “retiree who loved pigeons.”
I only learned about Pierre because of Carrie’s prompt, but apparently he was quite the Notre Dame celebrity – lots of tourists used to take photographs of him until he passed away in 2009 😦
Good background on the image, David. I’m sure he was beloved by many feathered friends.
Amusing take on this, David, having the money shot being a hobo feeding pigeons.
he wasn’t a hobo – he was a retiree who loved pigeons ❤