#french-cinema

#french-cinema

In her breakout film, modern great Marion Cotillard supplies annoying-girlfriend comic relief for Samy Naceri's gallivanting Marseille taxi driver. The spunkiness and sultriness she gives out in every scene is small beer for her but you've got to start somewhere. There are worse places than in this French box office ram-raider, which spawned a franchise. Beguiling Innocence. Photograph: Collection Christophel/Alamy

The French translation of 'Groundhog Day' as 'un jour sans fin' encapsulates the film's essence, illustrating how some cultural concepts become untranslatable. It reflects countless repetitiveness.

Lost in Frenchlation is a cinema club in Paris that screens French films with English subtitles, enhancing appreciation for French cinema among language learners.