French movies to recommend

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I just watched Le souffle au coeur

Quite Oedipal. I didn't like it, but it is highly rated. I found it to be boring.

On the boring there's no shortage

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"Mon père, ce héros", starring Gérard Depardieu, is quite funny

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102465/

A man (Gérard Depardieu) brings his teenaged daughter with him on a vacation in Mauritius. For whatever reason (teenagers can be like this), she is ashamed to admit that he is her father. To impress a boy, she makes up all kinds of lies about him--and makes him out to be some kind of a secret agent, who is her sugar daddy. So, everyone in the resort thinks that he is a disgusting pedophile.

They also made an English-language remake a few years later, also starring Gérard Depardieu.

Another Gérard Depardieu movie--"Les valseuses"--a very weird movie. I don't really recommend it, although I gather that it has a cult following. Maybe watch it if you like weird movies, with a touch of T&A.

Louis de Funès is a brilliant comedic actor. I also recently watched " La grande vadrouille"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060474/

This one I recommend. Very funny.

Jack et la Mécanique du cœur # Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

Pépé le Moko (1937)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029453/



An excellent movie! About a French gangster hiding out in the Casbah of Algiers.

An American remake, called simply Algiers, came out the following year.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029855

Even with the adorable Hedy Lamarr in the lead female role, the American remake put me to sleep.

Oscar is a very funny Louis de Funès movie.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062083



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwsUjfwv9o4

I watched maybe one-half of Les bronzés--reviewers on IMDB generally liked it. But, maybe you have to be French to appreciate the jokes.

I then watched Le Magnifique https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070354

Pas mal. A Jean-Paul Belmondo flick, co-starring Jacqueline Bisset.

I just watched La course à l'échalote. Pierre Richard is hilarious.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kJSxgs5A2I


Jane Birkin co-starred.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_w0BgmYKJw

last part shot nearby, later on, the marocans (figurants and clients of sheep and goats) were having the day of sacrifice once there,
several props later most of the buildings are down, old watermill factory, as every industry in this area

I don't watch French films nearly as often as I used to, but feel it's worth mentioning one called L'Ennui from 1998. This has a male character in a lead role who reminds me of an awful former work colleague of mine who was a control freak and a worshipper of Margaret Thatcher, lol. The actor even physically resembled the person in question.

Interestingly an American film called American Psycho was released a year or two later which featured a character with very similar looks and attributes.

Death in the Garden/La mort en ce jardin

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049521



An interesting jungle flick.

I just watched Les pétroleuses/The Legend of Frenchie King

A cute parody of Westerns. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067637

The full movie is here, with approximate English subtitles available



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5854JiWdtBY

It includes a cat fight featuring Brigitte Bardot and Claudia Cardinale



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV5p4ERHx2E

Brigitte Bardot plays the head of an all-female outlaw gang, and Claudia Cardinale is a woman who absolutely dominates her 4 brothers.

It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoyed it.

Mars Express

Animated.

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL (sight and sound).

And, good Science Fiction.