Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Slumdog Millionaire


We popped over to Montpellier to watch Slumdog Millionaire at the Diagonal this afternoon. The Diagonal because they showed the film in English, so it avoids leaving the cinema with a headache. Even though it was shown in English it was subtitled in French which was a double bonus because occasionally they spoke Urdu and it was possible to follow it in French.


At one point a character said, 'don't switch over we'll be back right away.' The French translation for switch over was 'zapper' as in don't change channels with a zapper. Interesting but hardly likely to appeal to the body that tries to protect the French language from 'corruption.'


Overall, an excellent film.

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