French Comedy
I could reel off a list of my favourite films and we'd all feel good knowing that some other person sitting behind a computer has similar good taste or I can try to suggest you look at something you've never heard of before.

The French sense of humour is superb. It's sarcastic, tragic and beautifully comic. If there's anyone out there who's seen Amelie and thought, "Ah, that's brilliant" then allow me to inform you that the French made more than one film.

Le Placard ("The Closet" en anglais)

Go and see this sodding film. It is amazingly funny, clever and so light-hearted and whimsical. It's about a dull accountant who pretends to be gay to avoid unemployment. The star, Daniel Auteuil, and Gerard Depardieu are superb.

Taxi

So good they had to make a shite remake with Queen Latifa. This is an out-and-out action film. It's also a buddy movie and again, a very clever comedy.

La Tourneuse de Pages (The Page Turner)

OK this isn't a comedy but rather a slow build-up suspense - it's brilliant. Throughout the whole film you have no idea what the main character is thinking or what she's going to do. The subtle climax is well worth the wait.

I'm going to watch Le Diner de Cons next, haven't seen it but looks like another good one.
( djtrialprice, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 19:41, 1 reply)

Like you can speak French!
You might like La Haine (Hate) which is about race relations and violent sub-culture in France. And it's in black and white, so it must be arty.

May I also add Lola Rennt in the original German - very funny.

And on the subject of pretendingto be gay, Der bewegte mann (A man moved) which I saw when it first came out (as it were) and was pretty funny.

And Forrest Gump, which I originally saw in German, is slightly less annoying than in English.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 18 Jul 2008, 17:26, closed)