Wednesday, October 13, 2010

French: The language of love

Sooooooooo Vernon has an adorable movie theatre which has some surprisingly up to date films like the Drew Barrymore Justin Long film, "Going the Distance" - a title that has a kind of hopeful American optimism to it.

I took a picture of the French poster for the film whose title has been changed a bit to adjust for French cultural relevance and which is supposed to be comparable to the original title in english.


"Trop Loin Pour Toi" translates to "Too Far for You"

SPOILER ALERT: Which I guess is how the film turned out! Yikes! Are the french just THAT realistic or pessimistic or do they just love spoilers? Also, take note someone crossed out the 2nd "plus" in the tag line "plus c'est loin, plus c'est bon" in order to add in "moins" - the farther it is, the worse it is - roughly translated.

Monsieur Poulain! Don't move! There's a baguette sized chip on your shoulder! But whatevs. I didn't wanna see that stinky film anyway. American naivete at its best? Cultural differences you win again.