French language films and television
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krtek a houby
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Just started watching. It's fun but does it become essential viewing?
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
I was. Just not got round to it. I must pull my finger out.
Reno
The In Kraut
There is a fair amount of French language content on Netflix and some on Prime. Mubi offers French art house films. Otherwise I don't know of French services catering to English speakers. I'm a physical media nut who buys box sets by the likes of Truffaut, Melville and Malle, but also a torrent deviant when I don't get my mitts on something any other way.
I think so. S2 and S3 are excellent. not finished it all yet but really enjoyed it. they're doing a UK remake it seems...
Skim
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I couldn’t get enough of it. Having said that, I watched it in January when we were “en confinement” and desperate for glam escapism…
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
La Mante on Netflix
"Decades after she was captured, imprisoned serial killer Jeanne Deber is asked by Paris' police commissioner to help solve a series of unsolved murders being committed by someone who is copying her crimes from years earlier. Jeanne -- who was known as "The Mantis" during her days as a criminal -- agrees, but only if estranged son Damien -- now a detective -- works alongside her. He reluctantly agrees so that they can try to end the copycat's crime spree. Time is of the essence because as the investigation goes on, the number of victims continues to rise."
"Decades after she was captured, imprisoned serial killer Jeanne Deber is asked by Paris' police commissioner to help solve a series of unsolved murders being committed by someone who is copying her crimes from years earlier. Jeanne -- who was known as "The Mantis" during her days as a criminal -- agrees, but only if estranged son Damien -- now a detective -- works alongside her. He reluctantly agrees so that they can try to end the copycat's crime spree. Time is of the essence because as the investigation goes on, the number of victims continues to rise."
Skim
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What’s it called? I would love to see the French version of First Dates!
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
And is their Fred English? 
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
tried this last night - thought it was fuckin awful
piss poor scripting, acting, plot…transit (film) is the last good thing I watched in french but half of it,s in german
Premier rendez-vous et plus si affinités (First Date and More If We Get On).
Not as I remember, sadly.And is their Fred English?
Skim
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Is this on Netflix? If not, I will track this down on YouTube and check out les affinités, quoi!
Skim
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I visited France my one of my aunts once. She loved France but barely spoke a word of French. We visited a market to buy food and she communicated with the stakeholders in very slow English, spoken in a French accent. “I … wooood like … a keeelo of applez … plz.” Worked a treat. She only had to say eet once.If your French is poor you could watch 'Allo 'Allo to get used to the accent.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Was a right nightmare in L'HMV though, constantly picking up copies of The Immaculate Collection that had been knocked off the shelves
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
into the night - on netflix has a v silly premise and a million plot holes but half way through and i'm really enjoying it. doesn't take itself that seriously plus the french isn't hugely slangy/accented so easy to follow 
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
missions - on iplayer
despicable billionaires race to mars! atmospheric and totally watchable even if it's a massive bunch of cliches. too many characters to remember who anyone is and also read the subtitles. odd pacing - big long bits where nothing happens and then all-the-plot-in-30-seconds.
vocab-wise i learned it's vaisseau for a spaceship, not "bateau des etoiles"
despicable billionaires race to mars! atmospheric and totally watchable even if it's a massive bunch of cliches. too many characters to remember who anyone is and also read the subtitles. odd pacing - big long bits where nothing happens and then all-the-plot-in-30-seconds.
vocab-wise i learned it's vaisseau for a spaceship, not "bateau des etoiles"
Cheers, I'll give that a look. Sci-fi's not really my thing, but it might be French but not as we know it.missions - on iplayer
despicable billionaires race to mars! atmospheric and totally watchable even if it's a massive bunch of cliches. too many characters to remember who anyone is and also read the subtitles. odd pacing - big long bits where nothing happens and then all-the-plot-in-30-seconds.
vocab-wise i learned it's vaisseau for a spaceship, not "bateau des etoiles"
Leafster
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I watched it when it was first released. I like sci-fi but agree with wayward Bob, the pacing is odd but I enjoyed it enough to be hoping for a second season.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
There,s a second season coming next week I think
Leafster
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It starts on Wednesday at 22:00 on BBC4There,s a second season coming next week I think
I see from IMDB that they're making a third season too.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Baptiste is on iPlayer (seasons one and two).
Baptiste is on Netflix (season one only, so far).
French detective spin-off from The Missing. First season was set mostly in Netherlands (and a bit in other countries), bits of French because the lead actor plays a French former detective, but mostly in English, also a bit of Dutch and Romanian.
More of an international English language drama, with a smattering of other languages, including French, but people of different nationalities speaking in English as their common language.
Baptiste is on Netflix (season one only, so far).
French detective spin-off from The Missing. First season was set mostly in Netherlands (and a bit in other countries), bits of French because the lead actor plays a French former detective, but mostly in English, also a bit of Dutch and Romanian.
More of an international English language drama, with a smattering of other languages, including French, but people of different nationalities speaking in English as their common language.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
I quite liked it, bits were silly but an interesting premise, was really looking forward to season two.into the night - on netflix has a v silly premise and a million plot holes but half way through and i'm really enjoying it. doesn't take itself that seriously plus the french isn't hugely slangy/accented so easy to follow
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
missions season 2: again with the odd pacing, low budget brooding, too many blokes with beards to tell apart. piss poor plot
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wayward bob
i ate all your bees
new into the night is out. first two eps bit grim watching tbh. new vocab “c’est quoi ce bordel?!”
Although I've never ratified this with a francophone, I think they have a narrower range of swear words than English does. "Putain" and "merde" seem to be those I hear most used in dramas and films. I'd like to know if they have an informal hierarchy of offence, as we do.new into the night is out. first two eps bit grim watching tbh. new vocab “c’est quoi ce bordel?!”
C'est quoi ce bordel and Va te faire foutre are two everyday expressions I've committed to memory.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
La Haine gave me Arash ta Mere and Baise la Police
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