Category: French Language
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A Private Life, Jodie Foster in Paris
A Private Life stars Jodie Foster in a French film about an expat American psychiatrist working in Paris. It’s mostly in French except for a return to English when the occasion demands a curse word.
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Cat’s Eyes, French action series starring 3 women
Cat’s Eyes stars three kick-ass sisters in an action/adventure/crime/sisterhood drama that is fun to watch even though it’s 100% unrealistic. It’s based on manga by the same name and has been approved for a second season. This review is only about season one.
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Champagne Problems, a holiday romcom new in 2025
Champagne Problems is one in a new crop of holiday romcoms for 2025. There are already plenty of holiday romcoms floating around, but this one is set in France with some beautiful shots of Paris and the French countryside to give it a boost over some of the others.
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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, a French comedy
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (Jane Austen a gâché ma vie) comes from writer and director Laura Piani. It’s a romantic comedy, mostly in French with some English, about a bookshop worker who wins a spot at a writing retreat called the Jane Austen Residency.
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Other People’s Children, French drama with Virginie Efira
Other People’s Children (Les enfants des autres) comes from France. It stars Virginie Efira as a woman who wants to have a child but her biological clock is running out of time. She forms a deep bond with her boyfriend’s child.
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When Fall is Coming, surprising French family drama
When Fall is Coming (Quand vient l’automne) tells a touching story about a French family and a relationship between a grandmother and her grandson. Clever turns and twists makes this unusual story a winner.
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Revoir Paris review, in which Virginie Efira defines memory recovery
Revoir Paris from writer and director Alice Winocour, is about a woman who is traumatized in a mass shooting in a Paris bistro. She survives, one of the few who did, but blanked out the memory of what happened. She wants to remember and to know about the people she saw there.
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One Fine Morning review: Léa Seydoux in a lovely role
One Fine Morning (Un beau matin) stars Léa Seydoux in a gentle and sweet character study. This French film was written and directed by Mia Hansen-Løve. The work I’ve seen from this director in the past was introspective and seemingly uneventful. This is similar. It’s a personality study that moves through a few months in…
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Full Time review: a single mom’s frantic schedule
Full Time (À plein temps) shows in frantic, fast-moving detail what life is like in the week of a life. Julie (Laure Calamy) is a single mom. She’s having a bad week because her ex has not sent the alimony money and the bank is calling her about her mortgage. He’s unreachable, her son’s birthday…