Top French-Language Romantic Movies
1) Cyrano de Bergerac A beautiful, touching, and humorous love story. Cyrano loves Roxanne, but fears rejection due to his overly-large nose. Roxanne loves Christian, and he in turn loves her, but does not have the ability to express his love. Cyrano helps Christian by expressing his love to Roxanne via Christian. This is the original film, made in 1950 in black and white. It has been remade a few times, including in the US as Roxanne, with Steve Martin. 2) Le Retour de Martin Guerre - The Return of Martin Guerre Gerard Depardieu plays a soldier who returns to his wife after many years, and has changed so much (in more than just personality) that his wife and neighbors are not sure it's the same person. A beautiful love story as well as an interesting look at medieval France. Remade in the US as Sommersby, with Jodie Foster and Richard Gere.