TV shows / movies in French

[Anonymous]

Rust and bone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm French, and while the greatest Anglophile ever, found these famous movies hilarious:

"Le diner de cons": Side-splitting dialogue!

"Les Visiteurs", just the first movie: excellent parody of medieval speech (maybe a bit difficult to appreciate?) and wonderful acting by Valerie Lemercier as resident aristocrat - her accent and tone are to the manner born. She is absent from subsequent movies, therefore they are worthless.

Oh, and my kids love the old "Gendarme" comedies featuring the notorious Louis de Funes as the hyperactive and cantakerous gendarme. Start with "Le Gendarme de St Tropez" (1964), first and best in the series.

Enjoy yourself!

I am American and lived in France when Les Visiteurs originally came out. Even with the difficult French it was still very funny. I also love Valerie LeMercier. She reminds me a lot of Ana Gasteyer formerly of SNL and now on Suburgatory.

[Anonymous]

Wow! Great thread. Such a change from the typical offerings.

[Anonymous]

There's a police drama called Braquo on hulu. I haven't watched it yet though. They may have others.

and if you have satellite radio there are French Canadian stations.

[Anonymous]

Intouchables. Great movie.

[Anonymous]

Le Placard. Hilarious movie with Gerard depardieu. You can find it on Netflix.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a police drama called Braquo on hulu. I haven't watched it yet though. They may have others.

and if you have satellite radio there are French Canadian stations.

I watched an episode last night and it was incredibly gritty. The local TV station MHZ often runs French shows as part of its international mystery offerings (usually at 9pm). I set my DVR for the series and record Braquo and anything that happens to running in French and I've got quite a little library now. You can check a show's language on the website:
http://www.mhznetworks.org/

On FIOS it's channel 451.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Le Placard. Hilarious movie with Gerard depardieu. You can find it on Netflix.

Oh yes, that was really funny too!