French Film
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| Directed by | Jackie Oudney |
| Produced by | Rachel Connors Arvind Ethan David Judy Counihan Jonny Persey Aschlin Ditta Michael Riley (film producer) |
| Written by | Aschlin Ditta |
| Starring | Anne-Marie Duff Hugh Bonneville Victoria Hamilton Douglas Henshall Eric Cantona |
| Distributed by | Slingshot Productions |
| Release date(s) | December 5, 2008 (Northern Lights Film Festival) March 15, 2009 (United Kingdom) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
French Film is a 2008 British comedy film directed by Jackie Oudney and starring Anne-Marie Duff, Hugh Bonneville, Victoria Hamilton, Douglas Henshall and Eric Cantona.[1] The film was shot in Spring 2007 at various locations around London including Waterloo station and the BFI Southbank.[2]
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[edit] Plot
Two relationships in North London simultaneously draw to a close. Jed, a journalist has fallen in love with his best friend's former girlfriend - but he lacks the courage to approach her and tell her of his true feelings. He turns for advice to Thierry Grimaldi a French film director who tries to school him in the French philosophy of love.
[edit] Reception
Reviews to the film were mixed, but many were negative. The Daily Mail described the film as "plodding and predictable - frightfully English, and not in a good way".[3] The Daily Telegraph compared the dramatic function Cantona plays in the film as a man who reveals "some hidden truths - insights and wisdom denied to most men" to a similar role in the Ken Loach film Looking for Eric released at the same time.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986230/
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A24166983
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1181917/French-Film-Romantic-Eric-Cantona-target.html
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/5207285/Eric-Cantona-in-Looking-For-Eric-and-French-Film.html
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