- published: 13 Sep 2009
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The TGV (French: Train à Grande Vitesse, meaning high-speed train) is France's high-speed rail service, currently operated by SNCF Voyages, the long-distance rail branch of SNCF, the French national rail operator.
It was developed during the 1970s by GEC-Alsthom (now Alstom) and SNCF. Although originally designed to be powered by gas turbines, the TGV prototypes evolved into electric trains with the petrol crisis of 1973. Following the inaugural TGV service between Paris and Lyon in 1981, the TGV network, centred on Paris, has expanded to connect cities across France and in adjacent countries.
A TGV test train set the record for the fastest wheeled train, reaching 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) on 3 April 2007. As of mid 2011, scheduled TGV trains operate at the highest speeds in conventional train service in the world, regularly reaching 320 km/h (200 mph) on the "LGV Est".
A TGV service held the record for the fastest scheduled rail journey with a start to stop average speed of 279.4 km/h (173.6 mph), which was temporarily surpassed by the Chinese CRH service Harmony express on the Wuhan–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway from December 2009 until July 2011.
Actors: Pascal Thomas (actor), Pascal Thomas (director), Noémie Lvovsky (actress), Pascal Thomas (writer), Gisèle Casadesus (actress), Pascal Thomas (producer), François Morel (actor), Mathieu Amalric (actor), Jean-François Balmer (actor), Maurice Risch (actor), Pierre Arditi (actor), Bernard Verley (actor), Cheik Doukouré (actor), Reinhardt Wagner (composer), Reinhardt Wagner (actor),
Plot: Thanks to the law of 1948 and to her grandmother, the nominal tenant who is always absent, Francesca Cigalone and all her tribe (thoughtless husband, orphan sister, self-centered film maker and his mistress of the day, eccentric granny, friends, friends of the friends, daughter...) live on a shoestring in a very big apartment. Which is not to the liking of supercilious bitchy owner Charlotte Falingard, who has been intent for some time on having them evicted for obvious speculative reasons. But suing Francesca is no bed of roses. The lady is tenacious. Moreover she once studied law...
Keywords: apartment-eviction, eviction, female-frontal-nudity, female-nudity, nude-with-glasses, squatting, woman-with-glasses