French movies

[Jehan]

I didn't find the old thread about french movie worth to see. So here is the new one.




Le Grand Bleu The Big Blue 1988






The Big Blue (released in some countries under the French title Le Grand Bleu) is a 1988 English-language film in the French Cinéma du look visual style, made by French director Luc Besson. The film is a heavily fictionalized and dramatized story of the friendship and sporting rivalry between two leading contemporary champion free divers in the 20th century: Jacques Mayol (played by Jean-Marc Barr) and Enzo Maiorca (renamed to "Enzo Molinari" and played by Jean Reno), and Mayol's fictionalized relationship with his girlfriend Johana Baker (played by Rosanna Arquette).

The film, which covers their childhood in 1960s Greece to their deaths in a 1980s Sicilian diving competition, is a cult-classic in the diving fraternity, and became one of France's most commercially successful films (although an adaptation for US release was a commercial failure in that country). President of France, Jacques Chirac, referred to the film in describing Mayol, after his death in 2001, as having been an enduring symbol for the "Big Blue" generation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Blue






The Artist 2011




A black and white silent french movie. A bit strange because we aren't use to it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist_(film)





La Famille Bélier 2014



In the Bélier family, sixteen-year-old Paula is an indispensable interpreter for her deaf parents and brother on a daily basis, especially in the running of the family farm. One day, a music teacher discovers her gift for singing and encourages Paula to participate in a prestigious singing contest in Paris, which will secure her a good career and a college degree. However, this decision would mean leaving her family and taking her first steps towards adulthood.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Famille_B%C3%A9lier

[barkoo]

Pouce vert pour le thread mais 3 merdes pour commencer, et particulièrement le grand bleu

[Zmey Gorynych]

I didn't find the old thread about french movie worth to see. So here is the new one.

Le Grand Bleu The Big Blue 1988

I wrote an essay on Le Grand Bleu for my french class in high school ...great movie.

[Jehan]

Intouchables The Intouchables 2011



At night in Paris, Driss is driving Philippe's Maserati at high speed. They are chased through the streets by the police, and eventually cornered. Driss claims the quadriplegic Philippe must be urgently driven to the emergency room; Philippe pretends to have a seizure and the fooled police officers escort them to the hospital.

The story of the friendship between the two men is then told as a flashback: Philippe, a wealthy quadriplegic who owns a luxurious hôtel particulier, and his assistant Magalie, are interviewing candidates to be his live-in caregiver. Driss, a candidate, has no ambitions to get hired. He is just there to get a signature showing he was interviewed and rejected in order to continue receiving his welfare benefits. He is told to come back the next morning to get his signed letter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intouchables





La Haine 1995





The film depicts approximately 19 consecutive hours in the lives of three friends in their early twenties from immigrant families living in an impoverished multi-ethnic French housing project (a ZUP – zone d'urbanisation prioritaire) in the suburbs of Paris, in the aftermath of a riot.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Haine

[barkoo]

Les Valseuses (Going Places) 1974 movie by Bertrand Blier, cast G.Depardieu, P.Dewaere, Miou-Miou, etc.

[Jehan]

Pouce vert pour le thread mais 3 merdes pour commencer, et particulièrement le grand bleu

Le grand bleu j'ai adoré quand j'étais gosse mais j'avoue que ca fait très longtemps que je ne l'ai pas regardé. Il à peut être mal vieilli. Il m'avais franchement fait rêver à l'époque.

[Zmey Gorynych]

a thematic rich movie with an interesting take on the myth of Ulysses

[barkoo]

Le grand bleu j'ai adoré quand j'étais gosse mais j'avoue que ca fait très longtemps que je ne l'ai pas regardé. Il à peut être mal vieilli. Il m'avais franchement fait rêver à l'époque.

Je l'ai vu en téléchargement, c'est long, bâclé mal joué et très maniéré. Besson est une calamité du cinema français pour moi.
Je suis surpris que tu aimes la haine par contre, c'est bien pensant et à gauche toute.
A part 2/3 scenes intéressantes, pas grand chose à se mettre sous la dent.

[Jehan]

Un prophète A Prophet 2009





Malik El Djebena, a 19-year-old French youth of Algerian descent, is sentenced to six years in prison for attacking police officers. Alone and illiterate upon his arrival, he falls under the sway of Corsican mobsters, led by César Luciani, who enforces a brutal rule.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Prophet




Les Choristes The Chorus 2004





In 1999, Pierre Morhange, a conductor performing in the United States, is informed that his mother has died before a concert. After the performance in which he conducted the Künstlerleben Waltz by Johann Strauss II, he returns to his home in France for her funeral. An old friend named Pépinot arrives at his door with a diary which belonged to their teacher, Clément Mathieu. They proceed to read it together.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chorus_(2004_film)

[barkoo]

a thematic rich movie with an interesting take on the myth of Ulysses

One of the greatest movie of all times, and not only French..
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