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How to plan for a comfortable retirement in France
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Luthiers in Nice repair five- or six-figure violins and cellos
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French researchers revive Gaulish instrument from 300BC
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Retirement home residents make music video
Film has been viewed tens of thousands of times since it was posted on Youtube
Residents at a retirement home have created an online music video that has been viewed tens of thousands of times.
The residents of the home in Parentis-en-Born, Landes, helped by music therapist Gilles Raoul, took nearly a year to make the video, of Nino Ferrer's song Je vends des robes - which has been enjoyed by more than 55,000 viewers since it was posted on Youtube.
Several took part in the video, performing lines from the song, or playing instruments.
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