Anonymous wrote:I need to check all these out!
Does anyone remember a movie about Tati? Basically they hire a "babysitter" to watch Tati over les vacances. What is it called?

Also, what's on Amazon Prime instant? I am finding NOTHING! Rien!

The Princess Of Montpensier

Romantics Anonymous was very cute.

Been wanting to watch The Class.

Joyeux Noel

Delicacy (with Amelie's Audrey Tautou) a really sweet movie!

The Grocer's Son (lovely location shots)

La Femme Nikita

Paris, Je T'aime

I need to check all these out!
Does anyone remember a movie about Tati? Basically they hire a "babysitter" to watch Tati over les vacances. What is it called?

Also, what's on Amazon Prime instant? I am finding NOTHING! Rien!

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"

Omg! Those are two of my favorite movies

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!

A lot of US movies also have a French track on the DVD release.

"The Returned" is awesome. Very haunting and well-done. The whole first season is available on Netflix.

penguinsix wrote:Spiral, in French called Engrenages. Great cop show on Netfix I think.

+1 (i'm a huge francophile. Also lived in France for a while, and this is my favorite show EVER!!!!)

Et les choiristes. Not sure how autocorrect will handle it

The returned.

Anonymous wrote:obviously, Au Revoir Les Enfants

Ridicule is also interesting, if you're into period pieces. It takes at the court of Louis XVI just before the revolution.

Oh yeah, forgot this one!

The OSS 117 movies with Jean Dujardin are fun.

We also liked (all from Netflix):

Of Gods and Men
Intimate Strangers
My Wife Is an Actress
Crime D' Amour
I've Loved You So Long
A Prophet
Potiche
The Father of My Children
Micmacs
35 Shots of Rum
Army of Shadows
The Class
La Belle Noiseuse
Shoot the Piano Player
8 Women
Farewell, My Queen

obviously, Au Revoir Les Enfants

Ridicule is also interesting, if you're into period pieces. It takes at the court of Louis XVI just before the revolution.

I used to live in Paris and spoke French very well. I know it's still there in my head, but it's been so long. I used to watch a lot of movies in French, too (movies of Cédric Klapisch, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, whatever I could find at the library or online). Anyone have any recs for good, fun, suspense, romance, etc. TV shows I might be able to find online in French? Any favorite movies?

Guess I'll start in case anyone's interested:
Amelie, obviously
L'auberge espagnole
Poupées ruses
Un long dimanche de fiançailles
Delicatessen
Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite
Pas sur la bouche