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French Cinema: Snapshot
• Birthplace of cinema• Robust, protectionist film industry• Third-biggest market in the world
(2011: 216 million tickets sold) • More films produced than anywhere
in Europe (2011: 272 films made)
Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia /Astérix & Obélix: Au service de Sa Majesté (2012)
Directed by Laurent Tirard
Wim Wenders (2010)
1. “Europe today is perceived by its citizens mainly as a political-technical-bureaucratic structure, a more or less indistinct economic-conglomerate”
2. “like no other medium film generates identification and establishes emotional and cognitive connection”
3. “it reflects the very picture of our society, with its values, habits, hopes and fears”