french cinema final

Bonjour, Stony Brook, this is Trinidad News reporting live for the Top 5 French Cinema Films of 2024. We're going to be starting off with The Dinner of Fools, or Le Diner de Comptes, directed by Francis Verber, and originally filmed and published in France, with the genre being comedy with one of the main characters being François Fijon, played as Jacques Villers, and Pierre Beauchamp, played by Thierry Lechemin. The whole concept of the film is that rich men around the country yearly find idiots, or stupid people, or whatever you may call it, and they compete at a very fancy, bougie dinner promising things like wealth, fame, luxuries, and all sorts of things like that. In Fijon's case, he was promised that he would publicize his artwork, his artwork which he was very, very, very, very into, and that obviously making Eiffel Towers out of matches seems crazy, but when a crazy person is told his dreams will come true, they'll do anything. And the genre follows, the whole story follows Fijon and Pierre with their adventure together, going through the ups and downs of what seems to be a weird friendship. The base of the whole movie, throughout it, we are told that Pierre is abusing and using Fijon for comedy, but spoiler alert, we eventually see their friendship flourish in actually how they one another understand each other, and because it's quite a cute film, they use things and special effects like medium shots, and close-up angles, and whatnot, and the music and the comedy itself portrays how much, how the friends look after each other once the film continues, and it really is some sort of a great comedy film to start off with, and definitely my number one ranking film for the season, for comedy, for getting into French films, and it is a classic, it is a classic that many people and friends grew up with, and definitely, definitely, definitely no doubt about it, I give this a 9.8 out of 10, the only reason I'm not giving it a 10 out of 10 is that I wish they had put another movie to explain what happens afterwards in the end, again I'll let you guys take your time to watch that movie, you can watch this movie anywhere on Netflix, you can watch this on pirated websites, things like that, but it really is interesting to see the techniques, like music, comedy, and even just the story writing itself, to see how they put it all together, and it's interesting to see what the directors have done throughout the film. And now we go on to the second-ranked film of the season, The Chorus, also known as Les Cholistes, directed by Christopher Barriette, again another movie that originated from France, another movie that I personally find quite heartbreaking at the same time, loving, endearing, and just quite a rollercoaster of emotions, the main characters are Clément Meutier, played by Gérald Jouremont, Pierre Morin, who is an adult, played by Jacqueline Perrine, and then Pierre Morin, another child, played by Jean-Baptiste Meunier, and throughout the film it's basically a delinquent school for kids who get sent away, or students who are delinquent, or, you know, the whole spiel about adolescent kids who cannot have a home, and they find a home in these schools, and the whole point of it being that they use strict enforcement, reaction, action, reaction, action, as the principal said, and throughout the film you truly do love these films, you see their hardships and their sad stories and why they're there even in the first place, some of them have no home to go to, and it kind of captures really your ethos, your emotions throughout it, and I really do enjoy the music they use throughout the film, you can tell how the choir itself, that they find more than their lives were ever meant to be, they were always told they were useless, they had nothing and nowhere to go, but the music found them and saved them in many ways, and it's very interesting, the whole plot of it being that delinquent kids finally purpose in their lives when they had no purpose to begin with, and finding one person, the choirist, who saw something in them that no one else saw before, and it's interesting to see how it plays out, I don't want this to spoil anything for you, I definitely recommend everyone watching this film, watching it sitting down, watching it with your family, watching it with your friends, or even by yourself is what I did, sit down and kind of just have a nice little soft cry as you enjoy it, it's definitely something to look out for, I do think that people should be on their toes and watch exactly how the different characters and teachers do, and see how they change throughout it, I won't give any spoilers, because giving spoilers will ruin it, and firstly I'll give this show another 9.4 out of 10, again 9.4 out of 10, many people can disagree or agree with me, but I just don't see any major problems with it, besides perhaps how fast it goes, because it is a slow film at first, but ramps up near the end, and you truly do begin to love the children, the adults, the teachers, and you feel for their problems, and with one of the most bittersweet, and probably more sweet, endings you'll ever find in French cinema to this day. For our third entry of the film genres, we have Persepolis, directed by Marjean Sapir and Vincent Parnod, with another origin being in France, this one comes home to me very personally because my father is, and has experienced things like this in Iran, since he is an Iranian citizen, I find the portrayal of it absolutely breathtaking, hearing the stories from my father, hearing the stories from my cousins, uncles, what not, all those who went from Iran, and it basically takes place back in Iran before the Iranian revolution, and the horrors and problems that women, men alike, and everyone in that country had to deal with due to the crazy and corrupt revolution that took place, the genre being animation, biography, drama, the main characters being Marjean, Marjean Sattafi, portrayed by Shiran Masrani, and Shiran's voice also being portrayed by Gabriel Lepos, and throughout the film we see Marjean and her struggles being an Iranian citizen as the war took place, the revolution took place, the civil war took place, and it really does use a unique animation style, purely black and white, to show the past, and the colors of the present, spoilers ahead, she does eventually get out and find herself, throughout all the hardships she does, and it is kind of a hard watch, in my opinion, it's a very hard watch to see because it is truly life-changing things that many millions of Iranians have felt and gone through, and for myself it was very hard to watch, seeing it, and a picture of my dad, and just experiencing the pain first-hand in such a child's book, one might say, and on top of it, we get to see how the directors use color in a black and white film to portray so much emotion, care, and thoughtfulness throughout it, and it's interesting to see it, my personal rating honestly would be a nice 8.5, I do enjoy more actual films, I would like to see this film coming out with actual real-life actors and whatnot, and until then, it will be the same 8.5, 8.7, the themes are honestly just spectacular, you really do feel immersed in the culture, you do really feel immersed in the story, you do feel really immersed in the fact and the horrors that they had to go through, I do recommend finding it and watching it, or even reading the book beforehand, I've seen many people honestly just change their mindsets and be more thankful for the lives around them, purely based on this book and or movie. Let's continue on with number 4, Good Cop, Bad Cop, or also known as Born Cop, Bad Cop, directed by Eric Hanel, the country of this one for once being the origin of Canada, as we all know, Canada is a French, or was a French-dominated, colonized country, and a bunch of Canadians are also heavily influenced by French and or France ideologies and concepts, this is just a great action-comedy-crime filler, you can literally watch this sit down at any time, grab a group of friends and laugh, Born Cop, Bad Cop 1 wasn't interesting, but personally I think Born Cop, Bad Cop 2 was even more hilarious, throughout the movie we get to see how their friendship really skyrocketed, with the two main characters being David Bouchard, played by Patrick Harad, and Martin Moore, played by Colm Foer, and how they have really the exact definition of a good and bad cop, and that you really do see that they're not too different after all, even though they came from different origins, one coming from a high government position and one being a local cop, you kind of see their friendship merge and how much they truly loved each other in the end of the second movie, and you really get a feel of what I like to say, true friends, even though they come from completely opposite polar ends and mindsets of the entire police spectrum, and I would like to add how they use a lot of action and close up shots, with the music itself getting more intense as you see the horrific things they had to go through in order to protect America and Canada, I do recommend this movie, giving it a good 8.7 out of 10, only thing is at times I would say they kind of divert from the plot, and they focus too heavy on the comedy, and it just kind of spirals off, spirals off, spirals off, it's one of those moments where you kind of laugh at a joke and you hope it's not a laugh, and that happens way too many times, maybe I'm just too mature, maybe I'm not getting it, maybe I'm stupid, but I don't know, I'm the critique here at Terran News, and I get to say what I want to say, so that is an 8.7 out of 10, I still do recommend sitting down and watching it, no doubt about it, you won't regret it, a lot more things you could do about this, but I have no real complaints, it's a great watch, and a good time to sit down with your family and friends. And now the last movie, a classic called Red Balloon, or La Ballouge Balloune Rouge, directed by Albert Lamoureuse, in the country again, origin in France, this one is a film classic, every film class, every film teacher, every film nerd, prodigy, whatever you want to call it knows what this movie is, it is a classic classic classic, the beginners of beginners and how can I not add this onto my list, everyone knows the depth of, how do you call it, the amount of effort and detail they put into the movie, and the entire movie, the main character being Pascal, played by Pascal Lamoureuse, and the theme of the movies honestly are up to one's own personalization, you really do get to see how important this one tiny balloon is, I have a whole world full of grey and dark and white, and it's kind of scary in a sense, you see the world being grey, quiet, but the only thing giving noise and light is the balloon, you get to see how the child follows it and kind of lives his life through the balloon, and you see how the child grows as a person, seeing the horrors of the life around him, giving an eerie yet whimsical point of view of a child in such horrible times in France. Truthfully, the directors did, it's honestly a work of art that will be shown forever in every film, every history, classic, film and art and what not, and for that I can't give it more than a 10 out of 10, it's a perfect film that every person should watch who wants to get into film, and the only reason it's so low on the list is that it's more of an educational and beginning, starting process for films instead of entertainment, but the story goes on as a child following his red balloon, and it goes all over France, and we kind of just get to have a first-hand experience of what children think in such hard times, and I really wouldn't change much, it's up to you, the person, if you want to watch this, it isn't the most thrilling, sad, emotional concept or film you'll see in your life, but it is something that will educate you to see the minds of great filmmakers and directors and how they truly think. Not much to spoil about it, I recommend just watching it if you want to take notes to add on to your films and to see how truly a genius film taker does things with such minimalistic concepts of literally two colors, barely any sound, and just his pure genius that he's gone through to make such a creative and world-renowned film, and it's honestly insane to see this, and thank you so much for listening to RAND NEWS, these are my top 5, I'll go down again, The Dinner of Fools or La Diner de Comptes, The Choirs or Les Choiristes, Persepolis, Bonne Cap, Bad Cap or Good Cap, and finally The Red Balloon, thank you so much for listening to RAND NEWS, next week we'll go over the top 5 reasons why you should learn French, thank you so much and have a nice day.