he doesn't even risk telling roxane of his feelings. and roxane has a penchant for christian. and cyrano enters a pact, if you like, saying, you know, "i'm too ugly "to be loved and too "ugly to love. "but i will give you my wit, my verve. "and i will write those love letters to roxane." of course, roxane falls in love with christian. she doesn't know she's falling in love with the witty cousin cyrano. it is a french monument like no other. it's a universal film about love, about adversity, about self—loathing, but also about bravery. about inner and outer beauty... ..which are universal values, universalthemes. now, let's move on to a rather different french film classic, and one that became a worldwide hit when it was released in 2001. amelie, starring audrey tautou, presents paris as audiences often want to see it — as a romantic, idyllic city of love. it's a favourite film of my talking movies colleague emma jones, and she visited the paris neighbourhood where the movie was set. amelie, played by audrey tautou, is a young woman. she works as a waitress in montmartre. she l