I'm intrigued by why the producers chose to base Brenda Blethyn's character in Guernsey in the Channel Islands? Does anyone know of a link or were they just searching for somewhere as far removed from London yet still British.
Shaun (in Guernsey)
Does everyone in Guernsey speak French? Brenda Blethyn's character does, may be that's one explanation. I also assume there isn't as much cultural diversity on Guernsey as it is in London and this would illustrate the "limited" view of the character. Just my two guesses!
The movie is in English, French and some Arabic and was shown with German subtitle. This makes it harder to understand, but I liked it a lot and it is one of my favourites in the competition.
Because of the tree name ELM (orme in French), symbol of tolerance.
Guernsey has the last one in europe (suppose to)
and Elizabeth Speaks French because it's a French movie!
Are you saying Guersney has the last living elm tree in Europe?(!) What is your source?
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It feels like a cheap way of bridging the story and allowing the two protagonists to get on. the coincidences is very unlikly and makes the story that bit more unbelieveable (along with the way she reacts on meeting him, and how the police seem unable to help anyone) sadly because the house the boy and girl live down is blackstock road, a place i know well along with the fact being a londoner from that area it feels a bit weak.
the local stataion is finsbury park, which the piccadilly line runs on and was the line one of the trains that did expoled.
african!?
where do they speak that then?
are you writing in european?
Elisabeth is old enough to have learned French in school, and kept it up in Guernsey - but I wasn't sure whether she was native Guernsey or had moved from England (presumably before her husband was killed).
sharethe rasta (ousmane) speaks african ...
It's a British, French and Algerian co-production, so it would be in order to qualify for the tax credits and gain its certification as an EU co-production.
shareAs another has posted it's because of elm trees, which are an important link between Elisabeth and Ousmane. Elms are significant to the themes in the film too.
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