#jean Dujardin

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Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role:

I'm the one people came to see. They never needed to hear me.

Jean Dujardin as Georges Valentin in The Artist (2011, dir. Michel Hazanavicius)

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I watched the new French Zorro TV series

The one starring Jean Dujardin.

It has its flaws. I could write a whole essay about it. Sometimes the ideas are so crazy over the top that I thought it’s a bit too silly. Sometimes the plot elements don’t have a good build up or are a bit rushed.

But… I liked it. I really liked it.

I didn’t expect I would have so, so much fun watching it. The creators of the series are Zorro’s fans and it shows; there are more or less subtle references to the other versions I didn’t expect to see. But most importantly: I finally got Diego de la Vega who ACTUALLY has a serious dual identity crisis and real flaws - while still being a competent vigilante. 

Interestingly, the creators seem to assume the viewers already know who Zorro is and don’t really bother to explain it. It’s kind of like a „20 years later” fan fiction of the semi-Disney series with an addition of quite crazy French humor, so I wonder how the show is perceived by those who are not familiar with the character.

Too bad it’s only a miniseries.

[gayzing-away]

Jean Dujardin in Alphonse (1x03)

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I am trying to learn french on my own. Do you know any good tv shows or movies in French? (with subtitles or without) I like comedies :)

So, uh. I went maybe a little bit overboard. I just spent an hour on these recs. But the good news is the french films I watched are almost exclusively comedies, so you’ll only get that. (I’ll add here that if you want to chat with someone either in French or about any of these recs (or both) my DMs are wide open)

Films (exclusively French classics):

Louis de Funès : La Soupe aux Choux (personal favorite, I’ve watched it so many times), L’Aile ou la Cuisse, Rabbi Jacob, Le Grand Restaurant… (they’re all very good, I recommend you see the others, they’re mostly classics)

Les Nuls/Alain Chabat : La Cité de la Peur, Asterix et Obélix Mission Cleopatre (2002)… (these two are the most iconic)

Jean Dujardin : The Artist, OSS 117 (Le Caire, Nid d’espion (1) Rio ne répond plus (2). Apparently the 3rd one is a little less good)

Other : La Chèvre, Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire, le Père Noël est une ordure, le Dîner de Cons (and truly so many others)

Series:

Kaamelott (never saw it but I know it’s good)

Webseries, if you’re into this:

La Flander’s Company : follows the employees of a company leasing supervillains. 5 seasons, the first one doesn’t seem to add much but it’s important world building. And fun. About 10h total? Automatic subtitles and translation seem to be accurate

Noob : follows the Noob guild in the MMORPG Horizon. It’s exactly what you think it is, it’s gorgeous. 11 seasons, 22h. The progression in production is phenomenal

Le visiteur du futur : self explanatory. A good summary would be: « Regarde ces vidéos ! Sinon, voilà ce qui va se passer ! » 4 seasons, 1 film. I have not seen the film but I heard it’s good. Also much shorter than the others. And it has subtitles!

Questions cône : 2 seasons (should be under 10 hours), +1 that comes out haphazardly. I suggest you only watch the first 2 seasons. Not because the 3rd isn’t good but because it’s a completely new narrative arc and it’s far from being done.

I’ll explain this one a little because I just binged it (again) and I think it can be easy to abandon it because of a certain character (I love him but he begins with 0 redeeming quality) and the humor that can get at times super fucking weird and/or immature (but this what happens when you make videos in the 2010’s).

Anyway, now that I’ve talked about the cons, this series begins as filmmaking tutorials, basically. The story gets weaved into it, in part as an example for the concepts we learn. Let’s keep it spoiler free and just say that the concepts explored are super interesting, and the worldbuilding is imo done extremely well, as it works as a subversion of the "tutorial" genre (and generally of the 2010’s french youtube).

I think you should at least reach ep 13 before deciding whether to drop the series.

Tldr: I love it and I need people to talk about it with because I am going mad, but no pressure. If it’s not for you it’s not for you and it’s fully understandable.

Also, there are some videos in this playlist that do not strictly belong to the series (and even some that have 0 link, except the apparitions of some of the characters). You don’t have to watch them to fully appreciate whatever is going on, but it’s additional character interaction in a framework different from the series.

[fabseg-creator]

Chloé Bourgeois VS Brice De Nice 🇫🇷

I've made this sketch today.

I've imagined this scene because Chloé and Brice has similarities.

They both wear yellow outfits.

They are both pretentious, boastful and arrogant. They claim to be popular. And they only think about themselves.

They are both rude, verbally harmful towards the other people. Roasting them by mocking their people's defaults.

The différence is that Chloé is openly mean while Brice is passive agressive.

In this scene, Brice roasts Chloé about what she is. "J't'ai cassé !" 🇫🇷

The french line "J't'ai cassé !" means: "I'm kidding you !/I crushed you !"

Cerise, on background, is amused. She discretly laughs about Chloé being roasted.

[sesiondemadrugada]

On the Wandering Paths (Denis Imbert, 2023).

[loneguitars]

……. 🧡

[taopopop]

francophones de tt pays je vous présente mon tout premier quizz brice de nice !!! ça me ferait trop trop plaisir que vous le fassiez et que vous le partagiez autour de vous pour que la brissade soit maximale <3

https://uquiz.com/quiz/8ZG9sp/qui-es-tu-brice-de-nice-%C3%89dition

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Jean Dujardin by Benoît Peverelli, 2012

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"Out of context, a finger in the bum... people might get the wrong idea."

So I finally watched OSS 117.

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The Artist

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Lucky Luke contre Lucky Luke.

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Jean Dujardin as Zorro.

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