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===Cambrai in literature and cinema=== *[[Ernst Jünger]] in ''[[Storm of Steel]]'', dedicated to [[World War I]], described Cambrai in 1917: {{pull quote|Cambrai is a small, quiet and sleepy city of Artois (sic), to the name of which is attached many historical memories. Narrow and antiquated alleys run like a maze around the huge city hall, doors eaten away by the centuries and many churches, the largest of which saw Fénelon preach. Heavy steeples stand amongst a jumble of pointed gables. Broad avenues lead to a well-kept public garden, which is adorned with a monument to Louis Blériot. The inhabitants are peaceful and cordial people, who lead in their big houses, simple in appearance, but richly furnished, with a life of wellbeing. The small city has been rightfully nicknamed "the city of millionaires" because, just before the war, there were forty of these [[Croesus]]-like people. The [[World War I|Great War]] tore this hole of the province in its sleep of Sleeping Beauty and the gigantic turn of home struggles...|author=[[Ernst Jünger]]|source=''[[Storm of Steel]]''<ref>Ernst Jünger, ''Orages d'acier'', Christian Bourgeois 1970, traduction de [[Henri Plard]].</ref>}} *The streets of Cambrai served as a backdrop to ''Sang noir'' [Black Blood], a 90-minute fiction filmed from 7 March to 6 April 2006 through Production of [[France 3]] Lille, based on the novel of the same name by [[Louis Guilloux]] which takes place in 1917 in a small town, far from the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]]. *In 2007, the construction of the bypass of Cambrai was used for the filming of the movie ''[[In the Beginning (2009 film)|In the Beginning]]'' by [[Xavier Giannoli]]. Some scenes of the film ''Présumé coupable'' [Presumed Guilty], by Vincent Garenq, were shot at Cambrai in April 2010. *The comic book ''[[Asterix and the Banquet]]'' by [[René Goscinny|Goscinny]] and [[Albert Uderzo|Uderzo]] have a journey to various cities in Roman Gaul, including ''Camaracum'' (Cambrai): [[Asterix (character)|Asterix]] and [[Obelix]] buy [[Bêtise de Cambrai|bêtise]]s. *The young-adult novel ''Les Bêtises de Cambrai'' (Airvey, 2011) by Eric Callens.
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