This is nit-picking, I know, but the French word "livide" does not translate as "livid" but as "pallid" which is much more in keeping with the plot of the film. I've seen postings about the bad English subtitles but I haven't had any problems with them. Did people get the French DVD or a pirated copy of the film?
shareThe translation is just fine. There is more than one meaning for livid.
liv·id/ˈlivid/
Adjective:
1. Furiously angry.
2. (of a color or the skin) Having a dark inflamed tinge: "his face went livid, then purple".
Synonyms:
pallid
Definition of LIVID
1: discolored by bruising : black-and-blue
2: ashen, pallid
livid
[liv-id]
adjective
1. having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.
2. dull blue; dark, grayish-blue.
3. enraged; furiously angry
It's important not to misinform our readers; below are the universal definitions of both words (which you could Google to confirm)...
livid
ˈlɪvɪd/Submit
adjective
1.
furiously angry.
"he was livid that Garry had escaped"
synonyms: furious, angry, infuriated, irate, fuming, raging, seething, incensed, enraged, angered, beside oneself, wrathful, ireful, maddened, cross, annoyed, irritated, exasperated, indignant; More
2.
dark bluish grey in colour.
"livid bruises"
synonyms: purplish, bluish, dark, discoloured, black and blue, purple, greyish-blue; More
pallid
ˈpalɪd/Submit
adjective
1.
(of a person's face) pale, typically because of poor health.
"his face, with its wrinkled, pallid complexion"
synonyms: pale, white, pasty, pasty-faced, wan, colourless, anaemic, bloodless, washed out, peaky, peakish, peaked, whey-faced, ashen, ashen-faced, ashy, chalky, chalk-white, grey, whitish, white-faced, waxen, waxy, blanched, drained, pinched; More
antonyms: flushed, rosy
2.
lacking vigour or intensity; insipid.
"a pallid ray of winter sun"
synonyms: insipid, uninspired, colourless, uninteresting, feeble, dull, boring, tedious, tired, unexciting, unimaginative, lifeless, spiritless, sterile, anaemic, bloodless, bland, vapid, wishy-washy More
When it was going to be an English-language film the title was originally "Livid" so that's probably the correct translation.
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