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French Film (2008)A comedy about how French and English cultures differ in their attitudes on relationships. Director:Jackie OudneyWriter:Aschlin Ditta |
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Young Parisian Man
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| Hugh Bonneville | ... |
Jed
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| Lizzie Brocheré | ... |
Young Parisian Woman
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Marie-Gaëlle Cals | ... |
French Apartment Woman
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| Eric Cantona | ... |
Thierry Grimandi
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Nichola Christie | ... |
Counselling Woman
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Bike Thief
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| Jean Dell | ... |
Alain
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Sophie
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Jose Estudillo | ... |
Irate Postman
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| Victoria Hamilton | ... |
Cheryl
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| Douglas Henshall | ... |
Marcus
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David Matthews | ... |
Counselling Man
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Henry Maynard | ... |
Waiter
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Jed prepares to interview French cineaste and self-appointed expert on the nature of love - Thierry Grimandi. The worldly and somewhat jaded Jed is dead-set on dismissing the auteur's musings as pompous and, well French, until his own relationship with Cheryl starts to fall apart and he is forced to re-evaluate the illusive subject. Soon everyone is talking about love: his relationship counselor, drinking buddy Marcus and Marcus' girlfriend SophieBeginnings, endings, tricks...could the French be on to something? Written by Anonymous
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Could it be that French is the true language of love?Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
31 August 2010 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Frenchman's Guide to Love See more »Box Office
Budget:
£500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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This is a lovely, funny and thought-provoking film which draws together the best elements of Nora Ephron's romantic comedies and Richard Curtis's London movies, with great nods to classic Woody Allen. It's a comedy about uncovering the truth in long-term relationships and finding out what you really want in life; one of my friends who watched it with me began to examine the parallels to his own long-term relationship. It's a film that runs deep. The story is about a magazine editor and a writer (Hugh Bonneville) from London who see a couple counselor as their long-term relationship begins to collapse. Their best friends' relationship is also in crisis. The solutions to all their problems appear within the 'films within the film' of a super smooth French expert on love, movie director Thierry Grimandi (a pitch perfect performance by former soccer player Eric Cantona), on whom the writer is writing a feature. The film is clever, funny and emotionally truthful and the parodies of the French director's films are spot on.