Rather than talking about major French success, I prefer to present you films that reflect the real French cinema.
So here are three films that I love:
Un long dimanche de fiançailles : (2004)
It’s an emotional and historical film with Audrey Tautou, the main actress in an another famous French movie: “Amelie Poulain.
Images are wonderful and the light in this film is bright and often sepia like in old pictures.
It lasts two hours and fourteen minutes.
It’s the story of a young engaged woman in 1914.Her engaged man disappeared during a first world war battle but nobody had found his body. So she looked for him for years....
I like this film because it shows the amazing things we can do for love !
Dialogue avec mon jardinier : (2007)
It’s a comedy with two well known French actors: Daniel Auteuil and Jean-Pierre Darroussin.
It’s sometimes funny, sometimes serious. Landscapes are beautiful and the music in one part is great (Mozart).The rhythm of the film is quit and we are very far from the frenzy of modern life.
It lasts one hour and fifty minutes.
It takes place, nowadays in a small village in south of France. Two old school friends meet as they have not seen for many years .One is a famous painter living in Paris and the other one was a train mechanician...
I like this film because it shows that, even we are so different, we can share a lot of things. It also proves that we never forget our soul child.
Cyrano de Bergerac : (1990)
Cyrano de Bergerac : (1990)
It’s an historical romance based on a French play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. (This play is a classic of French literature and it has been written in verses.)
The best known French actor Gerard Depardieu plays in this film. Costumes, sceneries and dialogues are wonderful.
It lasts two hours and fifteen minutes and it received an award as best French film in 1991.
A soldier’s king named “Cyrano” is secretly in love with his cousin “Roxane”. But he is older than her and not very nice so she prefers a young man named “Christian de Neuvillette “…
It lasts two hours and fifteen minutes and it received an award as best French film in 1991.
A soldier’s king named “Cyrano” is secretly in love with his cousin “Roxane”. But he is older than her and not very nice so she prefers a young man named “Christian de Neuvillette “…
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally, I think these movies aren’t the best known but they will show you the true face of French cinema; sometimes funny and often making reflections on the meaning of life.
So, enjoy your film
