5 FAMOUS FRENCH MOVIES
Here is a selection of famous French movies. They’ve been popular in France but also internationally. Get the chance to know more about them and listen to how they sound in original French.
TAXI
Taxi is a series of comedy films, created by French screenwriter and producer Luc Besson, consisting of 5 films. In addition to them, an American-French remake of the 1998 original was also made in 2004 (Taxi) and in 2014 an American-French TV series called Taxi Brooklyn aired on television.
Luc Besson is a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed or produced the films Subway (1985), The Big Blue (1988), and La Femme Nikita (1990). He has won awards for Best Director and Best French Director for his sci-fi action film The Fifth Element (1997).
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BIENVENUE CHEZ LES CH’TIS
A director of the Post Office in Provence is, to his detriment, transferred to Bergues, a small town in the North. His family refusing to accompany him, Philippe will go alone. To his surprise, he discovered a charming place, a warm team and welcoming people. He befriends Antoine, the postman and bellman of the village, with a possessive mother and thwarted love.
« Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis » is a 2008 French comedy film directed and co-written by Dany Boon and starring Kad Merad and Boon himself. The film is the highest-grossing French film of all time at the box office in France.
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INTOUCHABLES
After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver. In Paris, the aristocratic and intellectual Philippe is a quadriplegic millionaire who is interviewing candidates for the position of his carer, with his red-haired secretary Magalie.
In 2012, Sy received the César Award for his role in The Intouchables, becoming the first recipient of sub-Saharan African descent to win the award. He later received roles in « X-Men: Days of Future Past », « Jurassic World », « Demain tout commence » and « Transformers: The Last Knight. »
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LE FABULEUX DESTIN D’AMÉLIE POULAIN
Amélie is a shy waitress in a Montmartre café. After returning a long-lost childhood treasure to a former occupant of her apartment, and seeing the effect it has on him, she decides to set out on a mission to make others happy and in the meantime pursues a quirky guy who collects discarded photo booth pictures.
The film received critical acclaim, with praise for Tautou’s performance, the cinematography, production design, and writing. Amélie won Best Film at the European Film Awards; it also won four César Awards, including Best Film and Best Director).
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LES VISITEURS
France, 1122. Count Godefroy de Montmirail, a victim of the curse of an evil sorceress, kills the father of his bride. Godefroy turns to the great wizard Eusebius for help, who offers the count to go through the corridors of time in the past and correct his mistake. De Montmirail agrees to this proposal, but due to the wizard’s mistake, he and his servant fall into the 90s of our time. In the twentieth century, they will have many adventures and meet their descendants…
This is where the real intrigue begins: instead of returning a few minutes before the tragedy, the two accomplices move centuries later and discover the highway, airplanes, TGV, car, polluted air and confront the modern world with all its comforts and unpleasant everyday irritants. Just imagine the shock of a distant and obscurantist era. If the most distant of our ancestors discovered our world today, what would they think?
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