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Overview

  • 11 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Spanish
  • 33, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • Filmmaker
  • BTS audiovisual
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About Me

ABOUT ME

Let's start with the things that "I'm not" :
I'm not psychopathic, I'm not able to draw, I'm not too weird, I'm not really difficult to live with, I'm not very organized (but I'm learning), and I'm not a terrifying unknown creature waiting in the dark to suck your brain.

Now, the things that "I am" :

I am addicted to cinema, I'm always with my camera with me (it's like my second hand), I am a musician (guitar, piano, percussions, bass...) and I enjoy parties, I'm fun (at least I try.), but I also like quiet and peaceful places, nature and animals (not all of them of course... I will not share my bed with a crocodile.). I laugh a lot and I love to do stupid things, even when all around me people are saying I shouldn't!

If you want to know me better, just ask and I will answer!
(I haven't responded yet to people because I was moving from Bordeaux to La Rochelle, and it was a bit complicated lately..! And now I'm living in Toulouse!)

PHILOSOPHY

My religion is art and I do believe that it can fix things in the world. Without it, we would be some horrible puppets without any imagination.

Pictures are really important too. In a good way, and in a bad way. They are all around us, so we have to live with them and understand there power.

I also do believe in humanity. Even if it's a time for the world of self destruction, I think that one day, we will finally found peace. I prefer live in hope that in fear. But if we all die, let's say that it has been a great adventure!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've done an Eurotour in couchsurfing ! Lots of stories to tell :)
North Italia, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic and then back to France (to soooon..!).

Interests

Cinema, music, comics, literature, art in general, design, web, culture, travel... Life in fact! And People. They are really fascinating !

  • animals
  • arts
  • culture
  • literature
  • design
  • cooking
  • partying
  • drinking
  • comics
  • movies
  • traveling
  • drawing
  • music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Music :

Everything that groove! Funk, Jazz, Soul, Hip-hip (black music), but also Punk, Rock, Electronic music (trance, jungle, break beat, techno...) and a bit of French variety (thank you mum).

Films : I prefer telling you directors who are genius for me.

Federico Fellini, Andrew Niccols, Steven Spielberg, Charlie Chaplin, Lars Von Trier, Woody Allen, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda, Alfred Hitchcock, Andy et Larry Wachowski, Billy Wilder, Brian De Palma, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Emir Kusturica, Francis Ford Coppola, Fritz Lang, Gus Van Sant, Hayao Miyazaki, Jacques Tati, Jim Jarmush, Joel et Ethan Coen, Luis Bunuel, Marcel Carné, Martin Scorsese, Michael Haneke, Michel Gondry, Milos Forman, Pedro Almodovar, Quentin Dupieux,Quentin Tarantino, Robert Zemeckis, Roman Polanski, Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton, Walt Disney, Wes Anderson, Wong Kar Wai... There are so many others..!

Books : All Science fiction books (Phillip K. Dick, Issac Asimov, G. Orwell, Aldous Huxley, René Barjavel...)
Then, Jules Verne, Hunter S Thompson, Lovecraft, Alexandre Jardin... and all the others I've forgot.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Leaving France alone for a month and a half not knowing where I was going. And it was great !

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach how to use a camera, I'm also pretty good in computer (editing), and I can also teach music, french language and cooking a bit.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can show you some great places in Toulouse, even if I've just move in this crazy town !

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France

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