Topic: French Films - what are your favourite ones?
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Tue 09/02/14 06:10 AM
Edited by hank528 on Tue 09/02/14 06:22 AM
La bonne ann�e (1973)

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A gangster Simon (Lino Ventura) with his accomplice (Charles G�rard), prepare to rob a jewellers store. Next door to the jewellers they find the shop of a beautiful antiques dealer Fran�oise (Fran�oise Fabian) who befriends the group.

Simon and Fran�oise fall in love. He is friendly but unrefined, she is cultivated and independent.

The crime does not work out as planned and Simon is arrested.
After years in prison, released under a New Year amnesty, the criminal tries to pick up his life and start again with Fran�oise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaZ8Gd6FmFc

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Tue 09/02/14 11:54 PM





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Wed 09/03/14 05:44 AM
amelie amazing film and amazing acting

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Wed 09/03/14 07:06 AM
Eyes Without a Face aka Les yeux sans visage (1960)
Week End (1967)
Alphaville (1965)
Breathless aka A bout de souffle (1960)
The City Of Lost Children aka La cite des enfants perdus (1995)
La Femme Nikita (1990)
Delicatessen (1991)
Jean de Florette (1986) and its sequel Manon of the Spring (1987)
The Iron Rose aka La rose de fer (1973)
The Grapes Of Death aka Les raisins de la mort (1978)
Fascination (1979)
The Escapees aka Les paum�es du petit matin (1981)
The Wild Child aka L'enfant sauvage (1970)
Fantastic Planet aka La plan�te sauvage (1973)
That Obscure Object of Desire aka Cet obscur objet du desir (1977)
Betty Blue aka 37�2 le matin (1986)
Irreversible (2002)
Martyrs (2008)

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Wed 09/03/14 03:08 PM
nice posts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93m30n1Uz-oe

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Wed 09/03/14 03:21 PM


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046268/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWY77rqoBoI

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Tue 09/16/14 12:19 PM
Edited by hank528 on Tue 09/16/14 12:19 PM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KazXRcB3uU

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119038/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

one of the best comedies ever

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Sun 11/02/14 06:51 AM
For now, I've only seen two french movies, two of them are great.

Belle de jour----artistic, elegant and amusing. Without any music, yet it was really touching.

L'enfant---it's full of meaning, and little ironic.again, without music, it was using the normal sounds as music.




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Sun 11/02/14 08:07 PM
Les Visiteurs

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Sun 11/02/14 09:32 PM

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Tue 12/02/14 03:16 PM
Hi, "gomorrah" is an italian movie and " l'enfant" is a belgique one. A part these details they are very good movies expecially the last one.

It is always hard to reply to these kind of questions.
I will try starting from three of my favourites french directors:
Truffaut
Rohmer
Chabrol

All of them they made excellent movies, from 1970 to almost our age..

Anyway i could suggest to give a look to this list :
https://mubi.com/lists/top-french-films

Again, in my opinion, it is hard to choose specific movies. The list should be very long.

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Thu 01/08/15 08:00 AM
Blue is the Warmest Color ... bigsmile

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Thu 01/08/15 02:53 PM
None... I don't like French movies nor French acting, not even when they speak English like in the series Crossing Lines and The Transporter.

The Dutch can't act to save their lives either, barely a handful of exceptions to that rule.
So I think the French and Dutch should steer clear from acting and just buy sweet toffee popcorn and watch American and UK movies :tongue:

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Thu 01/08/15 05:09 PM
All of them, as most of them are a wankfest!! laugh laugh laugh

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Mon 01/12/15 12:37 PM
Joyeaux Noel is no wankfest (?) lol, and probably the best film I have seen that just happens to be French.

But you will need a fair understanding of the brogue and german to watch it. try to avoid the american english subtitles.

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Mon 01/26/15 12:31 AM
City of the lost children