french films, et al OW/YM

hi everyone,

my name's jake and i joined a few days ago. I wanted to list a few french films that i have watched or want to watch. would like to know your opinions...

1. Kung Fu Master
Link: http://www.imdb.com/Title?0093371
Roger Ebert's review: http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/1989/11/382942.html

2. The Piano Teacher
Link: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0254686
This one just came out so it should be easy to find at say, Blockbluster

3. Clément
Link: http://www.imdb.com/Title?0284970

Some other films that I think are interesting, are:

Tadpole
Link: http://www.imdb.com/Title?0271219

Stay the Night (1992) (TV)
Link: http://www.imdb.com/Plot?0105467
the dark tale of the controversial romance of a small town teenage boy named Michael Kettman and a free-spirited older woman named Jimmie Sue Finger, who suffers from an abusive marriage. Jimmie Sue and her younger lover plot to murder her husband, which


Timhoni, Ha- (1970)
Link: http://www.imdb.com/Plot?0065663
The love story of a young man who is attached to an older woman until the appearance of a younger girl interrupts him. He has an affair with the younger girl but his love for the older woman makes him return to the nursing home


À coeur joie (1967)
Link: http://www.imdb.com/Plot?0062534
Cecile is a young and beautiful Frenchwoman married to a much older Englishman. She loves her husband and seems to be content with her life, until she meets a younger man and feels forgotten passions stirring

Hi Jake.

Welcome to Ageless. I love French film, so it was a delight to read your post and realize that there is someone else on the site who is a fan. Actually, all the films you listed sound very interesting. Please continue to post when you see a good one.

Patricia

I love French films, and I need to go and watch those Jake; I have seen some old ones, Delicatessen and Les Apprentice, which is really funny :D

hmm.

in 'kung fu master' a 40 year old woman and a 15 year old boy fall in love. is their relationship doomed? yes.

in 'the piano teacher' a self destructive 48 year old woman is pursued by her arrogant 25 year old student. is their relationship doomed? yes.

in 'stay the night' (not a french film, by the way) an older woman and younger man plot to kill her husband. is their relationship doomed? oh yeah!

in 'tadpole' 16 year old oscar has a crush on his stepmother, but ends up banging her best friend after getting smashed. is their relationship doomed? who cares? his boner is for his stepmom (also not a french film, bien sur).

do we see a pattern here? je pense qui oui. now let me recommend a film about OW/YM in which the relationship is NOT doomed:

"Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing", starring Timothy Bottoms and Maggie Smith. lovely and delightful from beginning to end. and not french!

vive le cinema

very perceptive observation on your part! I will go check out "Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing". I love both Timothy Bottoms and Maggie Smith. Now I have to watch "White Palace" and this one. Two down...3456* to go. (*Movies I want to watch)

Thanks for the recommendation.

One of the best films ever made is "A Bout de Souffle" ("Breathless") with the great Jean-Paul Belmondo. It is a New Wave masterpiece.

There is a classic French comedy which is worth seeing called Les Vacances de M. Hulot" ("Monsieur Hulot's Holiday"). It is really funny. The humor is timeless.

Another brilliant classic is "Hiroshima, Mon Amour" about an interracial love affair in Japan. Very sensual.

Wow, there are so many great ones that it is hard to recommend just a few.

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JUST SAW AMILIE you have to see it. IT was so funny and touching and I LOVED IT. French with sub titles. You will love it I laughed and cried, mostly laughed. SO GOOD.

ive seen amelie three times. love that movie...

Muse:p

Muse, another thing we have in common other than Muse! I love Amelie, I bought the DVD and I never get tired of watching it!

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That is one I may have to buy also. What did you find so intriguing about it? I loved how she deviously tried to help others, so ingenious. I also loved the voice over with the little "pictures" of what was being said for lack of a better word. Of course I loved how it protrayed life as a series of ..... what word, circumstances, chance, what is the word.... It was touching, meaningful, real, romantic. Funny as hell.

Amelie is innocent, it's so pure, it has an air of the fifties to it, I don't know why...I love how they played with the colours in this movie. It's just so magic, so naïf. One of my favorites.

I refer you, dear sir and ladies, to the post of my 22 movie reviews of OW/YM films.

Not French, however.

It's hard to get to see foreign films in Alaska unless you buy them, and then if they are no good, you are stuck with them.

The gnome is my favorite character in "Amelie". What a great actor!

hey there ! hope you all doing good ,

I have read about those movies you were talking about , ive seen most of them and i think thay all good movies , but Le fabuleux destin d'ameliepoulin is by far the best one !

Its the kind of movie that doesnt make you laugh .. neither cry , but makes you fell happy ..

There is some other movies you could rent if you all like french movies :

Well First , there is another movie with Audrey tautou (amelie poulin) it is called : Le battement d'aile du papillon , i liked that movie soo much :) better than Amelie poulin ... Great story , kind of funny and its the kind of movie that makes you think ..

Well theres is 2 similar movies you should see if you like french movies , they are called : Le placard and Le Diner de con , i think those are the most funny comedy ive ever seen , this is just hilarious :)

Ohh and by the way i saw someone here enjoyed Delicatessen , well you should check out this movie , it is called : les enfants de l cité perdue , it is really weird , but its real good !if you liked Delicatessen im sure youll love this one !


Ok well i think its enough for now hehYe
So bYe All

MooseY, I think that Le Diner de con is a hilarious movie. My husband and I laughed so much when we saw that film. I haven't seen Le Placard, but I'm going to ask my husband about it as soon as he gets home.

Oh, brother, my memory is the pits. My husband just reminded me that we saw Le Placard together and thought it was really funny. I had forgotten the name of the film, though.