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myellen
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Posted: Aug 06, 2007 - 09:39 AM
Post subject: Where to buy French movies?

Hi,

Could you please share the place to buy French movies, with French audio and correct French subtitle?

I don't mind whatever it's CD or DVD as long as the French language that's been using is the correct one ( subtitle and audio is matched). Preferable if the price is not too high (common fake price).

Thanks

chingiskhan

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Posted: Aug 06, 2007 - 09:47 AM

I think you are asking too much - fake but subtitles must match. I don't think there's any place specifically selling fake French movies, so you will only find the popular movies that happen to be French, such as Amelie, Manon des Sources, Jean de Florette and so on. However, if they are not very new films usually the subtitles will be accurate. It's usually the very new films where the bootleggers have no choice but to create the subtitles themselves and in that case, it's going to be very poor.

There is a DVD store on Nan Yang Road behind the Portman about 50 metres from the intersection with Tong Ren Lu. It has the best quality I have found in Shanghai but they charge double the normal cost so it will be 10 rmb each. I am pretty sure they will have some of the movies I mentioned above.

freeman2007

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Posted: Aug 06, 2007 - 10:11 AM

i think i saw a dvd shop with a guy speaking decent english near changde lu and wuding lu or kangding lu so like 5 to 10mns walk from jing an temple a corner street shop that was 1 year ago and i think a friend of mine bought a couple you can also return the movie if you do not like it or if it is not what you want my friend did return the james bond that was in russian yes they had french movies in french i was living on kanding and my friend on yanping so it was very close to us

good luck

myellen
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Posted: Aug 06, 2007 - 11:04 AM

Many thanks for the info.

Just wondering if you can give more French movie title that is nice beside those three so I might as well looking for them in the same time.

freeman2007

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Posted: Aug 06, 2007 - 11:11 AM

we got the transpoteur 1 and 2 i think in this shop but as i said it was last year and those are pretty good now i think they also have older ones like 20years old or 10 years old but they should have some recent as well go see if still there

elenaelena

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Posted: Aug 06, 2007 - 11:34 AM

there is one on Jiaozhou lu close to beijing xi lu. sometimes can find few.

myellen
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Posted: Aug 06, 2007 - 12:48 PM

Is there anyone here who joint alliance de France? I happened to hit on their website, it seems they have quite a collection of French's DVD that one might borrow. Just wondering if anyone here ever been there and might be able to tell if the DVD collection is nice one.