Comments on: French Movie Titles

By: Nenagh

Nenagh — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:35:53 +0000

Brilliant!!

I came across this gem:

The Horse Whisperer = L’Homme qui murmurait a l’oreille des chevaux

By: John

John — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:30:58 +0000

The best place to go to get the French titles of UK, US files etc is:

http://www.allocine.fr

Type in the English name and voila ! the French one should appear in the preview…

By: Christine Crenshaw

Christine Crenshaw — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:14:52 +0000

My daughter, now living in France, was laughing one night about the translation of movie titles and how inaccurate they could seem to American sensibilities. I would love to see un update for more recent movies.

By: Jonny

Jonny — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:33:30 +0000

Jaws = Les Dents du Mer

By: Quirk of hate

Quirk of hate — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:45:17 +0000

[...] For a long time I resisted watching Jason Reitman’s ‘Juno’. On paper it was the kind of film I avoided like a virus, yet reviewers kept telling me to see it. Even my most trusted blog buddy William Rycroft gave it the thumbs up, albeit with the disclaimer “many will find the film to be relentlessly quirky” andÂ that “elements of the film have a whiff of Wes Anderson” – two qualitiesÂ I can’t say made me exactly impatient to see ‘Juno’, and both ofÂ whichÂ proved correct. Nonetheless I found myself, against my better judgement, selecting JunoÂ from my local DVD vending machine (do theseÂ only exist in France?), havingÂ scrolled aimlessly through many titles, most of which translated, sometimes amusingly, into French: Le Secret deÂ Brokeback Mountain, for example, but more on that here. [...]

By: Miki

Miki — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:52:09 +0000

Huh? Where does that part about The Matrix come from? I have NEVER heard that one before. The only alternate French title that we have is ‘La Matrice’. I’d like to know the source as I am French and had never heard such a ridiculous title until now.

By: Matthew.

Matthew. — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:50:31 +0000

heyhey, I would like to know that the title is of the movie “Taken” released january 2009 us in french, would it just be prendre?

By: liz

liz — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:57:49 +0000

i would like t knowthe title of the following in english please detour du ballon malediction du lapin garou and bebe mille balles

By: s

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:38:47 +0000

I would like to know the title of â€œles oies sauvagesâ€ in english please

WILD GEESE

By: krishen v.

krishen v. — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:23:19 +0000

i want to know the original title for the film (elles craquent tous sauf une) thanks