i have chosen mon oncle, a film — from jacques tasi. oncle, a film i've _ from jacques tasi. i have chosen mon oncle, a film i've known _ from jacques tasi. i have chosen mon oncle, a film i've known for _ from jacques tasi. i have chosen mon oncle, a film i've known for many - 0ncle, a film i've known for many years. it is a film that is like a goner profession but i think it should be back in fashion. it is a beautiful, touching film which feeds my urge for a bit of nostalgia for the old france, with a lovely light, humorous tick touch. it couldn't have been made anywhere else but in france. we are in what they call a little town outside of paris. it is in this very square that he filmed part of mon 0ncle in 1957. what he does with the settings is draw a clear contrast between here, whether hero lives, and just down the road, the modern, what is coming in. terraces kind of borderline and he has constructed it like a border frontier between the old and the new, the frontier is this broken down old wall with an old gate and brick surrou

for the bbc paris correspondent hugh schofield, it's the absurdist comedy of mon oncle from film—makerjacquesati. for french writer and film critic anais poirier, it's cyrano de bergerac... which she describes as a french monument. and for film professor annette insdorf, it's hiroshima mon amour, emblematic of the french new wave with its clever portrayal of memory. and for talking movies reporter emma jones, it's that much—loved romantic comedy amelie. buzzer sounds so, let's find out what it is about french cinema that excites so many people. welcome to france, and our talking movies celebration of french film classics. i'm tom brook. cinema in france is very much part of the country's heritage. it's rather like delicious french food — something worthwhile, something to be savoured. it can be daring, bold, audacious, thoughtful and, at times, quite sexy. for many of us, french cinema made an imprint on our minds at a very early age. the oscar—winning short film the red balloon was a real favourite of mine — one of the first french movies i ever saw. it chronicles the adventures of a young b