Film Language Tag: multilinguality

More than one language spoken/titled in film. Naficy, Hamid. An Accented Cinema: Exilic and Diasporic Filmmaking. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2001. Appendix A, Table A.1, Components of the Accented Style. With acknowledgements to Bowdoin College and University of Rochester students Griffon Bau

Films (30)

"Good Morning", Singin' in the Rain

Don (Gene Kelly), Kathy (Debbie Reynolds), and Cosmo (Donald O'Connor) come up with a plan to save "The Dueling Cavalier."

Another Partisan in the Po, Paisan

The OSS and Italian Partisans deal with another partison in the Po.

Carmela and Joe, Paisan

Carmela (Carmela Sazio) and Joe (Robert Van Loon) hold a conversation despite the language barrier.

Claudia, 8½

Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) sees Claudia (Claudia Cardinale) at the screen tests and informs her that she is his leading actress, but then decides to stop filming all together.

Closing Sequence, The Namesake

Nick/Gogol (Kal Penn) attends a going-away party for his mother, Ashima (Tabu), who is departing for India. He visits his childhood bedroom and discovers the Nikolai Gogol book that his father, Ashoke (Irrfan Khan) has gifted him, and speaks with his mother about his wife, Moushumi's (Zuleikha Robinson) affair.

Closing Sequence, Past Lives

Nora (Greta Lee) walks Hae Sung (Teo Yoo) to his Uber to the airport. The pair say goodbye.

Closing Sequence, 8½

After calling off the film, Guido's (Marcello Mastroianni) production team drags him to a press conference.

Closing Sequence, Paisan

A German officer (Roberto Van Loel) explains his cause to the captured OSS.

Dime-Store Romance, Hiroshima Mon Amour

He (Eiji Okada) and her (Emmanuelle Riva) walk to the Hiroshima train station.

Francesca, Paisan

Fred (Gar Moore) recalls a girl (Maria Michi) he met when he first arrived in Rome.

Guido's Harem, 8½

Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) dreams of all the women in his life forming a harem that treats him like a king.

Layers Between, Past Lives

Nora (Greta Lee), Hae Sung (Teo Yoo), and Arthur (John Magaro) go to a bar and talk.

May Queen Competition, Midsommar

Dani (Florence Pugh) wins the May Queen competition.

Michael in Italy, The Godfather

After killing Sollozzo, Michael (Al Pacino) flees to Sicily.

Michael Meets Sollozzo, The Godfather

Michael (Al Pacino) agrees to a meeting at a restaurant with Sollozzo (Al Lettieri) and McCluskey (Sterling Hayden).

Nobody Knows, Paisan

Joe (Dots Johnson) drunkenly sings and acts for Pasquale (Alfonsino Bovino)

Opening Sequence, PlayTime

A group of American tourists arrive at the Paris airport.

Opening Sequence, Easy Rider

Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) buy cocaine in Mexico and smuggle it into the US.

Opening Sequence, Stranger Than Paradise

Eva (Eszter Balint) gets off her plane, and Willie (John Lurie) answers a phone call.

Opening Sequence, Anatomy of a Fall

Zoé (Camille Rutherford) interviews Sandra (Sandra Hüller).

Press Interviews, The Battle of Algiers

FLN leader Larbi Ben M'hidi (Si Mohamed Baghdadi) and French Lieutenant-Colonel Phillippe Mathieu (Jean Martin) are interviewed by the press.

Ride of the Valkyries, 8½

Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) meets with a critic (Jean Rougeul) to discuss his film. Later, he meets his mistress Carla (Sandra Milo) at a train station.