The French Connection is a 1970 drama movie based on a real story about the NYPD narcotics squad that broke up a drug trafficking operation known as "the French connection," in which multiple kilos of heroin were being smuggled into New York from Marseilles. The movie follows the detectives who first got wind of the smuggling operation, and how they went about investigating it. The film was a huge success and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won four. It's still one of the most popular police stories ever made, and many people are fascinated with the real life story behind it.
The movie also spawned two documentaries, a 30th anniversary production called "Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'" and a 2000 BBC documentary entitled "Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing the French Connection." Both of these feature interviews with many of the same people as the film, including Sonny Grosso (who plays detective Eddie Egan in the film), director William Friedkin, cinematographer Owen Roizman, actors Hackman and Scheider, and studio execs Richard Zanuck and Phil D'Antoni.
Greetings are a big part of French conversation, The french connection left over and there are many different ways to say hello in French. The most common is bonjour, which literally means "hello". This can be used to greet people in the morning or afternoon, and it's usually followed by either ca va bien ("how are you") or je vais bien, merci ("I'm doing well"). In Quebec, it's sometimes replaced with bonne journée.
It's important to remember that bonjour is only used until about 6 PM, at which time it should be replaced with bonsoir or bonne soirée (good evening or good night). It's also often shortened to bonsoir à tous or bonsoir à tout le monde when greeting a group of people.
Another way to greet someone in French is with coucou, which literally means cuckoo, and it's used to be very informal, as in a movie scene when two friends who have just slept together wake up. It's sometimes also used by or to children, and it's more like saying hey in English.
There's also allo, which is often used by young children, and can be very informal. It's almost the equivalent of our word hey, and is used in place of bonjour or coucou for younger people or when talking to children. Sometimes it's used between romantic partners as a cute greeting, and you might hear it in movies after two people who have just slept together say goodbye. It's not a good idea to use this in formal situations, however. Allo is also sometimes used as a way to express surprise or disbelief, especially on the telephone, and it's gaining popularity in pop culture thanks to a certain French reality TV star who uses it in her show.
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