Une famille formidable (English: A marvelous family) is a French romantic comedy television series broadcast since September 17, 1992. It details the goings on of a family, and follows them as they grow up. As of 2008, the cast is the same as the 1992 cast, an unusual feat for a program with a run of this length.
In 2012, during the broadcast of the season 9 is celebrated twenty years of the series.
Famous quotes containing the words une, famille and/or formidable:
“The real meditation is ... the meditation on one’s identity. Ah, voilà une chose!! You try it. You try finding out why you’re you and not somebody else. And who in the blazes are you anyhow? Ah, voilà une chose!”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it.”
—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)
“Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is the bullring.”
—Marlene Dietrich (1904–1992)