QuoteAny list has to include Amelie, The City of Lost Children and Belleville Rendezvous (aka Les Triplets De Belleville)
People, just wondering have there been any good French films out lately? Good ones mind, seriously dont want to go to the trouble of checking something out for it to be complete crap, which sometimes can happen.
To get the ball rolling ....
La Haine
Thought this was a quality film, definitely in my top ten. Brilliant plot, camera work, characters, everything.
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Jean De Florette with Gerard Dépardieu, good show!
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Més Que Un Club - More than a Club
If we're really back the years, Cyrano de Bergerac and Delicatessen are both very good.
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I have that and its very good i thought, great animation.Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Belleville Rendezvous
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Looking at the trailer it looks good. Whats the story line about?
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Not really on top of things French film-wise so haven't a clue if there are any good recent ones.
But I'd better make this post worthwhile, so I'll (cautiously but earnestly) recommend Irreversible to you. Vincent Cassel (tall white guy in La Haine) is in it, as is Monica Belucci, and Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk) provides the tunes. It's a, at times overwhelmingly so, extremely powerful film, a must-see. A word of warning, DO NOT watch it on your own or with wife/girlfriend/daughter/aunt, etc. Get a few of the lads who're into films around and tell them you've this really excellent but disturbing film to watch, press play, and prepare to be mesmerised.
More generally, aren't the French just brilliant artists! French films and music - magnifique!
edit; now, Amélie, there's a film you can watch with your other half. Nearly the antithesis of Irreversible actually.
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That's 13 years old! Great film.
Three Colours Trilogy, especially White
are they set in france? i've been meaning to see them and just asking since i know kieslowski (poland) directed them. jeez i haven't seen a french film in a while, mostly stick to the older stuff. "alphaville" is amazing.
zombie/thread killer..
Hidden/Cache was one of the finer movies of recent years for anyone who likes psycological movies full of suspense.
A Very Long Engagement from the people who made Amelie is well worth a look too
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Elisa with Depardu and Vanessa Paradis was class. Other than that I wouldn't know a French Film from a Spanish Omelette
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Baise Moi is worth a look, kind of like a French version of Thelma & Louise except with graphic sex & extreme violence, by no means a skin flick though its quite hard hitting and occasionally uncomfortable to watch, as the title of the film will testify (if you speak French!)
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L'Appartement was pretty good , Man Bites Dog great too , Belgian though but I think done in French
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The beat that my heart skipped (2005) was enjoyable and as Jebus alludes to I'd also recommend Hidden (cache).
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All directed by Kieslowski. Red and Blue are set in France. White is set in both France and Poland, the dialogue is about 50/50 in each language also.
If you look at the "Best scene from a movie" thread, you'll see I recommended White.
13 Tzameti - pretty decent thriller from a couple of years back, (in black and white).
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dam when I saw the title "French Films" and the last post was by "Saucy Jack" I was thinking I mite have hit on a little something for the weekend.
Anyways my fav french movie was La Reine Margot. Not major into costume dramas but loved that movie. Manon de Source and Jean de Flurete (sp) bring me back to french class in school! Leon was good too.
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The Polish segments of 3C:W are the best, particularly the beginning. Thereafter it degenerates into a disjointed farce and the weakest of the trilogy.
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