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A duvet (/ˈdjuːveɪ/, /ˈduːveɪ/, or US /duːˈveɪ/; from the French duvet [dyvɛ] "down") is a type of bedding consisting of a soft flat bag filled with down, feathers, wool, silk or a synthetic alternative, and typically protected with a removable cover, analogous to a pillow and pillow case. Sleepers often use a duvet without a top bed sheet, as the duvet cover can readily be removed and laundered as often as the bottom sheet. In British English, a duvet is also called a continental quilt, or simply a quilt. In Australian English, it is also called a doona. In American English, it may be called a comforter; however, a comforter is usually a slightly different type of bedding that is not as thick, does not have a cover, and is often used over a top sheet.
Duvets originated in rural Europe and were filled with the down feathers of ducks. The best quality is from the eider duck, for its down is known for its effectiveness as a thermal insulator.
From Viking times, duvets of eider down were used by people on the northern coast of Norway. From the 16th century, wealthy people all over Europe began buying and using such duvets. In the story The Princess and the Pea from 1835, H.C. Andersen tells about a princess lying on 10 eider-down duvets.
Actors: Jean Wiener (composer), Christine Gouze-Rénal (producer), Roger Hanin (writer), Roger Hanin (writer), Claude Chabrol (director), Michel Bouquet (actor), José María Caffarel (actor), Carlos Casaravilla (actor), Claude Chabrol (actor), Roger Dumas (actor), Michel Etcheverry (actor), Roger Hanin (actor), José Nieto (actor), George Rigaud (actor), Claudio Ruffini (actor),
Plot: Louis Rapiere aka Tiger is sent to Port-a-Pitre (French Guyane), to supervise the recuperation of a treasure from a sunken ship. A group of revolutionaries pirates the ship and robs the treasure, intending to sell it to an international terrorist organization, named Orchid. When he gets there, he demands that the French authority arrests the revolutionaries, but trying to prevent a general strike, the police does nothing. The Tiger finds himself acting alone, in a paralized territory - as the revoltionaries incited the people to the general strike anyway... and competing against American, Russian, and German spies. Everybody is very interested in the treasure, a rare mineral with tremendous impact on arms development, now about to fall into the Orchid's clutch.
Keywords: eurospyActors: Pierre Jansen (composer), Roger Hanin (writer), Jean Halain (writer), Michel Charrel (actor), Christine Gouze-Rénal (producer), Dominique Zardi (actor), Stéphane Audran (actress), Mario David (actor), Roger Dumas (actor), Marcel Gassouk (actor), Roger Hanin (actor), Serge Bento (actor), Henri Attal (actor), Carlo Nell (actor), Claude Chabrol (director),
Genres: Thriller,And you don't seem to understand,
A shame you seemed an honest man.
And all the fears you hold so dear,
Will turn to whisper in your ear
And you know what they say might hurt you
And you know that it means so much
And you don't even feel a thing
I am fallen
I am faded
I have lost it all
And you don't seem the lying kind
A shame that I can read your mind
And all the things that I read there
Candle-lit smile that we both share
And you know I don't mean to hurt you
And you know that it means so much
And you don't even feel a thing
*Chorus x3 (Three times)*
I am fallen
I am faded
I am drowning, help me to breathe
I am hurting
I have lost it all