movie still from les choristes…
These past couple of months I’ve been in retreat again, while working toward another deadline for the production of the book – this basically means no weekends or nights out but lots of wonderful “nights in”. So, it’s now become part of the routine that every few days or so french boy finds us a french movie to watch at home. Since I know lots of you like the same things as me, I thought you’d appreciate knowing my 3 favourites from the collection thus far. They really are ‘sweet treasures’, in every way. And I won’t tell you what they are about because I didn’t know until I watched them – instead, just an image from each film. That, plus while writing this post I asked french boy to email me the french names of the movies, and with that he included his very brief description of each in English to jog my memory – they made me laugh, so I’ve included them here for you too. Enjoy…
sweet treasure #7:
Les enfants du marais. (the swamp story)
sweet treasure #8:
Les choristes (the choir story)
sweet treasure #9:
Une hirondelle a fait le printemps (the girl from Paris gone farmer)
xx
PS Michel Serrault & Gérard Jugnot have since become two of my favourite french actors.
I LOVE Les Choristes! You’ve inspired me to watch it again 🙂
And thanks for the tips, I’ll check the others too.
October 7th, 2010 | #
Les Choristes and Une hirondelle a fait le printemps are beautiful films.
May i suggest Barbarian Invasions and Summer Hours, and Best of Youth trilogy, an Italian classic.
Thank you for sharing so much on your blog. It continues to inspire us to do things slowly and renovate and repair what we have. Thank you
October 7th, 2010 | #
I love the look of ‘the swamp story’! hehe That photo you’ve posted is so vivid and beautiful it makes me want to jump right into the scene. Hmmm, now to track down a copy.
October 7th, 2010 | #
I loved Les Choristes when I watched it a while ago, but had forgotten about it – thanks for the reminder!
October 7th, 2010 | #
i’ve watched 2 out of 3!
good taste!
October 7th, 2010 | #
they all look great – thanks for the suggestions!
October 7th, 2010 | #
I loved Les Choristes, I just watched it few weeks ago and of course at end I cried.
Greetings from Finland:)
October 7th, 2010 | #
Thank you thank you for the movie tips!
October 12th, 2010 | #
I have Les Choristes in my wish list!
October 12th, 2010 | #
thanks for the tips! i’ve added them to my rental list.
October 13th, 2010 | #
Nice choice!
October 14th, 2010 | #
So glad I’ve found others that enjoy French cinema as much as I do. Une Hirondelle is probably my all time favorite film. I watch it at least twice per month. Is that weird??
XOXO from Ann Arbor, MI USA
December 28th, 2010 | #