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How Hollywood-style rom-coms seduced France

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageRom-com with a twist?Curzon

The recently released Les Combattants (or Love at First Fight for the Anglophones) has received several awards in France at both Cannes and the more populist César festivals. The film is just the latest addition to a fast-expanding body of films to come under the loose heading of Hollywood-style French romantic...

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