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| morphy Bilingual Triglot Groupie France modernerasmus.com Joined 6202 days ago 68 posts - 71 votes  Speaks: French*, Arabic (Written)*, English Studies: Spanish, German | Message 17 of 29 30 December 2008 at 7:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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I apologize for digging up this old post, but I just saw a movie that I'm quite enthusiastic about : Largo Winch. The movie is about a hidden adoptive son of a powerful billionaire who becomes the sole owner of a financial Empire after the father's death, with many wanting to eliminate him from the picture. It's based on a famous French comic book.
The story takes place in different parts of the world ( Yugoslavia, Hong Kong, Brazil ) and quite a few languages are spoken throughout the movie, mainly English, French and Serbo-Croatian. The actors are great. The main actor, Tomer Sisley, is a polyglot in true life, as he speaks four languages fluently. Finally and most importantly it's a great action movie, a kind that French Cinema isn’t renown for! Here’s the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LnapafrUJk Watch out for the release dates in your respective countries… 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| gogglehead Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 5887 days ago 248 posts - 320 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Italian | Message 18 of 29 31 December 2008 at 3:03am | IP Logged | ||
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[QUOTE=Kubelek] L'Auberge Espagnol - about Erasmus exchange students, a bunch of them are polyglots
What language is this movie actually in? Edited by gogglehead on 31 December 2008 at 3:04am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Alvinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 6046 days ago 828 posts - 832 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 19 of 29 31 December 2008 at 7:00am | IP Logged | ||
As far as I know they speak French throughout the movie.....and some dialogues in Spanish, because the film was shot almost entirely in Barcelona. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kflavin Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5755 days ago 24 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French | Message 20 of 29 31 December 2008 at 11:37am | IP Logged | ||
The narrator does the voice over in French, he speaks with the main love interest and his best friend in French, The roommates generally speak English to each other, and Spanish to the secondary characters. The way it works out is that, the comedy is done in English, the life lessons are learned in French, and the political issues are discussed in Spanish. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sajro Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5808 days ago 129 posts - 131 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 21 of 29 12 January 2009 at 8:14pm | IP Logged | ||
Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider series has a polyglot main character. From the Wikipedia article on the character:
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| joaopferrao Pentaglot Newbie Portugal Joined 5616 days ago 25 posts - 27 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Icelandic | Message 22 of 29 14 January 2009 at 10:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann. In it, the characters speak German (of course), french (lots of it), a bit of English and a bit of Italian.
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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6084 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 23 of 29 19 January 2009 at 1:42am | IP Logged | ||
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A character named Esterhase in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carre is described as speaking no language perfectly but being able to speak them all. Hungarian-born, he is a rather shifty figure in British intelligence. He has aspirations to be an English gentleman but he constantly makes minor mistakes with idioms in English, something he presumably does with every one of his languages except Hungarian.
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| joaopferrao Pentaglot Newbie Portugal Joined 5616 days ago 25 posts - 27 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Icelandic | Message 24 of 29 19 January 2009 at 7:14am | IP Logged | ||
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, by Jules Verne. The main character speaks tons of languages.
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