The French are deeply passionate about cinema, so it stands to reason that someone deeply passionate about the French would feel the same. The great French filmmakers (Renoir, Truffaut, Godard) excel at creating a mood, exploring ideas, and portraying recognizably real sexuality and relationships. Their movies offer a poetics of real life that is still rare to nonexistent in Hollywood. Surprise.com has put together a list of films that we think are essential components of any Francophile’s video...more