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French American
Wikipedia often considers movies to from more than one country. The article mentions controversy about whether it's French or American. Can't it just be both? JDDJS (talk) 03:36, 20 October 2014 (UTC)


 * It can, but via consensus. There's a hidden comment in the lead (which you must have seen when removing it) that invites users to discuss this issue here first. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 09:08, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I did comment here first, but then, after looking at the previous discussion, I saw that the idea of it being both French and American was never really discussed. It being both French and American makes more sense than it being just one or the other. JDDJS (talk) 17:42, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
 * The nationality was discussed and the consensus was that it is a French film. Incidentally, does anyone know why there is no link to the archives of this talk page? Mezigue (talk) 14:38, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I read the archive. There is no clear consensus from there. Several editors have bought up the idea it being French-American. It was filmed in America, besides the two leads, almost all of the all actors were American, it was distributed by American company and the producers marketed it as an American film. While I agree that if it could only be from one country, it would be French and not American, that is not the case. Many films are considered to be from multiple countries. This is one of them. JDDJS (talk) 18:19, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
 * The Weinstein Company was merely its U.S. distributor, a common practice for foreign films. It was distributed in France by the French arm of Warner Bros., which distributes numerous independent French films; AFAIK Warner Bros. did not distribute the film outside France. It also received a French visa d'exploitation (French Wikipedia) number but not an MPAA number, which I understand is typical for French films released in the U.S. (It did receive an MPAA rating, but not an MPAA number like most U.S.-released films. I believe the last Best Picture winner before it without an MPAA number was Midnight Cowboy, probably because it was originally rated X. The only other winner since 1931 without an MPPDA/MPAA number, Tom Jones, was distributed in the U.S. by non-MPAA Lopert Pictures.) Its production & distribution arrangements were largely in line with a French film, even though in the U.S. its dialogue (both easily-changeable intertitles and the few spoken lines at the end) was entirely in English. I still believe it is properly a French film, not a co-production. --RBBrittain (talk) 22:07, 30 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Not sure why the talk page hasn't been archived. JDDJS - suggest you also consult with the Film Project for more opinions on this before you change it. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 14:45, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
 * It has been archived to Talk:The Artist (film)/Archive 1; you can see it in the edit history, but no link appears to have been generated. Mezigue (talk) 15:39, 26 October 2014 (UTC)


 * The official AMPAS database considers the film to be solely French, apparently based on its director, producer, primary production companies (IIRC one of its lesser companies was actually Belgian), and stars. That alone is notable as AMPAS considers every other Best Picture winner to be partially of either United States or United Kingdom origin. --RBBrittain (talk) 16:49, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello, the film is French because it is produced by French companies. It would have been French even if it had had American actors only, had English dialogues from the beginning to the end, or/and had an American director. We have to be careful with sources (even main magazines and websites) which are not always vigilant on this point, and just pick up the information from other websites and sometimes... Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Herve.toullec (talk • contribs) 18:35, 22 August 2017 (UTC)