Comments on: The Perfect French Movie?

By: luxury travel agency

luxury travel agency — Fri, 13 May 2011 13:48:01 +0000

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I have heard of this movie several times before and heard it got great reviews, so its tempting. I suppose its about time I check it out! If its set in France I’m sure I’d love it more since I’ve been planning for years to travel there!

By: Rocelle

Rocelle — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:44:40 +0000

A lovely article on Paris in film (especially if you’re a film lover):

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08.....ref=movies

By: soultravelers3

soultravelers3 — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:13:26 +0000

We are in France right now and my daughter is playing with a bunch of French kids. She so liked this movie that she told them her name was Amélie” ( she knew from being in Spain, that they’d never be able to say her real name any way).

Hard to pick our favorite French movie. We love Chocolate and Moulin Rouge too. Yes, French at different time periods, ( and one only on a sound stage) but something so French and creative about them.

My all time favorite French movie has to be the Red Balloon.
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By: Colleen

Colleen — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:53:47 +0000

One of the comments in this thread reminded me of another charming French movie: “When the Cat’s Away.” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115856 I think I’ll add it to my queue to watch again.

By: Libbie

Libbie — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:18:58 +0000

Vera, I need to correct the title of the book I recommended — it’s actually Waiting for Snow in Havana. And while I might be tempted to review something else for you, this isn’t the one.

Yes, you found the movies I referred to. They are “tres charmant” (very charming).

I’m very interested in Cuba, and I look forward to both your movie report and the book about the American living in Cuba. It’s one place I really want to see for myself. My book club friend had been to Havana not long ago, and she brought her photos to our meeting. Gee, it didn’t look stuck in 1959 like many reports I’ve read say it is.

Libbie

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:58:53 +0000

Misspelled Guillaume Canet’s name in last comment. Désolée.

Don’t know where the gnome thing started, but in “Up in the Air” they refer to “the gnome thing, like in that movie.”

Another fun fact about Amélie: the concierge is played by the wonderful Yolande Moreau, who subsequently starred in 2008′s “Seraphine,” set in Senlis. She says her name is “Madame Wallace, comme les fontaines,” because she cries all the time. A bit later there’s a street scene showing a “Fontaine Wallace.” One of those details that delights lovers of Paris.

By: Mark H

Mark H — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:48:50 +0000

I adore French films. While timeless favourites like Jean de Florette and Manon de Sources show the wonderful Provence rural countryside among a good story but a recent one which was particularly good was “The Class” showing a fly-on-the-wall natural view of teaching in a rough neighbourhood of Paris and all the challenges that brings.
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By: Laura B

Laura B — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:20:50 +0000

Ok, maybe my last suggestion’s humor was not your style. How about this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlJsPEgXhC0
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By: pen4hire

pen4hire — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:43:07 +0000

Which reminds me of the gnome thing in Amelie. Was that the whole beginning of the traveling gnome, and other traveling objects–stuffed bears etc.? Trip Advisor did the Traveling Gnome didn’t they? And if not, who did? And what are some of the other traveling icons??

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:13:14 +0000

Loved “Amélie” and have it in my Netflix instant download queue to revisit. Owned DVD, but it disappeared when I lent it to an acquaintance. Ditto “Paris, Je T’Aime,” which I didn’t much like except for the Coen brothers’ classic bit. Note to self: Don’t lend out DVDs.

Just saw a reference to “Amélie” in Jason Reitman’s “Up in the Air.” It features a version of “the gnome thing” without naming the movie.

To see a much less romantic/stylized contemporary Paris, try “Ne le dis à personne” by Guillaume Cantet, an engrossing thriller based on Harlan Coban’s novel “Tell No One.”