A sultry New York in the early ’70s – the setting for William Friedkin’s iconic film The French Connection starring Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider in career-defining performances. The heist movie that nailed the city’s underbelly and inspired a whole generation of crime thrillers, it still feels fresh today.
Greetings are very important in French culture, whether you’re entering a shop or meeting friends for coffee. So much so that there are many different ways to greet someone in French. Often the form depends on whether you’re greeting women/men, children, or both. It’s also important to remember that you may run into the same person several times during the day - this is where rebonjour comes in. It’s like a second hello!
When welcoming people into your home, you use bienvenue, which can be used for any number of people. It’s often followed by Madame/Masculine or Monsieur/Masculine and you can add on enchante (if you’re female) or enchantee (if you’re male).
On the phone, it’s common to say allo, which is pronounced in a rising tone as though you’re asking a question. This is usually said when you don’t know who the person calling is, or if you’re in a hurry or distracted. It’s a good way to sound more casual, and it’s often heard in French-speaking Canada, as well.
Another way to ask how someone is is comment ca va? This is a little more formal than ca va bien, but it’s still an extremely common and popular way to ask how someone is doing. It’s especially used by women amongst their close friends and family, but it can be seen in both formal and informal settings.
The final way to greet a group of people is passe/passez le bonjour de ma part (literally “say hello for my part”). This is a polite and formal way to ask someone to say hello for you, and it’s typically reserved for older family members or friends.
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the notorious French Connection drug smuggling operation that ran from Marseille, France to New York, bringing morphine extracted from poppy plants in the Near East, Middle East, and Asia to labs that turned it into heroin for export mostly to the United States. The drug ring, made famous in William Friedkin’s 1971 movie starring Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider, was eventually dismantled after several raids in the US and Europe. The iconic car chase scene, shot without permits in real traffic, lives on to this day as a stunning example of realistic documentary-style filmmaking. The film won five Oscars and is regarded as one of the greatest ever made.
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