French films with English subtitles to watch in July 2025
The cinema club Lost in Frenchlation holds regular screenings of French films with English subtitles, with the aim of allowing French language beginners to appreciate the richness and diversity of French cinema.
Here's what is coming up in July in Paris.
Les Desmoiselles de Rochefort (The Young Girls of Rochefort) – Tuesday, July 1st
What?
Real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac star in Jacques Demy's utterly charming 1967 musical follow-up to the equally delightful
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
. They play twins who realise their dream of working on the stage when they are discovered by a couple associated with a carnival – and find love in the process.
Gene Kelly is among a high-class supporting cast.
Dorléac died in a road traffic accident just a few months after the film was released.
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Where and when?
Epée de Bois, 100 Rue Mouffetard, Paris 5. The screening starts at 8.30pm
Tickets?
Tickets – costing between €5 and €9.90 – can be ordered
here
.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo)
–
Thursday, July 3rd
What?
This luscious adaptation was the big hit of French cinema last year.
Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, the film follows the story of Edmond Dantès, a 19-year-old first mate of the merchant ship Pharaon, who is is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned at an island fortress off the coast of Marseille for a crime he did not commit.
After 14 years he escapes, taking on the identity of the 'Count of Monte Cristo' and attempting to take revenge on those who betrayed him.
Where and when?
L'Arlequin, 76 Rue de Rennes, 75006 Paris. The screening starts at 8pm
Tickets?
Tickets – costing between €7.50 and €9 – can be ordered
here
.
L'amour Ouf (Beating Hearts) – Sunday, July 6th
What?
Years after a blossoming romance between a rebellious teenage bad boy and a fearless and sharp schoolmate was ripped apart by rampant gang violence, fate finds a way to bring them back together again. But the former's dark past threatens to destroy their burgeoning love for a second time.
Set in the formerly industrial area of north-east France, this film is part of what has been dubbed 'ch'tillywood' - a film revival in the Ch'ti area of Pas-de-Calais.
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Where and when?
Luminor, 20 Rue du Temple, 75004 Paris. The screening starts at 7pm
Tickets?
Tickets – costing between €7.50 and €11.50 – can be ordered
here
.
Intouchables (Untouchable) — Tuesday, July 8th
What?
Omar Sy's breakout role – he became the first black recipient of a César for Best Actor for his performance – was this perennially popular feelgood drama about a grumpy tetraplegic aristocrat who rediscovers life when he hires a young black man from the Parisian banlieues to be his carer.
Where and when?
L'Epée de Bois, 76 Rue de Rennes, 75006 Paris. The screening starts at 8.30pm
Tickets?
Tickets – costing between €5 and €9.90 – can be ordered
here
.
En Fanfare (The Marching Band) – Thursday, July 10th
What?
There's more than a whiff of
Brassed Off
or
Billy Elliott
in the sentiment of Emmanuel Courcol's heartwarmer of a drama.
Benjamin Lavernhe stars as an acclaimed conductor who discovers he has a long-lost brother soon after he is diagnosed with leukaemia. It turns out his sibling plays trombone in a brass band that just happens to need a … conductor. Another one partially set in Ch'ti country, it also explores the devastation caused by de-industrialisation and the local bands that keep alive the spirit of the factories and the coal mines.
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Where and when?
L'Arlequin, 76 Rue de Rennes, Paris 6. The screening starts at 8pm
Tickets?
Tickets – costing between €7.50 and €9 – can be ordered
here
.
Vingt Dieux (Holy Cow) – Sunday, July 13th
What?
First-time feature director Louise Courvoisier scoured agricultural shows in her native Jura for first-time actors for this drama about wild-at-heart rural teenager (a brilliant Clément Faveau), whose life of drinking and dancing takes a radically different path when he suddenly has to provide for his seven-year-old sister.
Cheese, it turns out, may be the answer to his sudden problems. This drama secured a UK and US cinema release (with subtitles, obviously), but if you missed it then take the opportunity to check it out here - not only is the film brilliant but director Courvoisier seems to be one-to-watch.
Where and when?
Luminor, 20 Rue du Temple, 75004 Paris. The screening starts at 7pm
Tickets?
Tickets – costing between €7.50 and €11.50 – can be ordered
here
.
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (Monsieur Hulot's Holiday) – Tuesday, July 15th
What?
The 1953 film that introduced the world to comic actor Jacques Tati's much-loved character Monsieur Hulot, a whirl of clumsy, lurching good intentions – whose gently benign efforts to navigate everyday life are routinely thwarted by the universe and everything. If you're reminded of Mr Bean at this point, you'd be right: Rowan Atkinson has said that Hulot inspired Bean.
Where and when?
Epée de Bois, 100 Rue Mouffetard, Paris 5. The screening starts at 8.30pm
Tickets?
Tickets – costing between €5.50 and €9 – can be ordered
here
.
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First-time feature director Louise Courvoisier scoured agricultural shows in her native Jura for first-time actors for this drama about wild-at-heart rural teenager (a brilliant Clément Faveau), whose life of drinking and dancing takes a radically different path when he suddenly has to provide for his seven-year-old sister. Cheese, it turns out, may be the answer to his sudden problems. This drama secured a UK and US cinema release (with subtitles, obviously), but if you missed it then take the opportunity to check it out here - not only is the film brilliant but director Courvoisier seems to be one-to-watch. Where and when? Luminor, 20 Rue du Temple, 75004 Paris. The screening starts at 7pm Tickets? Tickets – costing between €7.50 and €11.50 – can be ordered here . Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (Monsieur Hulot's Holiday) – Tuesday, July 15th What? 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