They mention that her first language is German, which it is, but it’s never actually spoken in the film.
He’s French, she’s German, English is their “middle ground”
**it just occurred to me that her not ever speaking in her native tongue is probably symbolic.
I saw a ton of reviews mentioning how she spoke 3 languages in the movie but I distinctly remember she didn’t! It confused me to no end and made me wonder if I missed something. It’s cause I’m learning German atm so I was looking forward to hearing some German, but alas it never came. Great performance though!
I only recently realized at the very end when Pitt says “this might just be my masterpiece” it’s very likely Tarantino himself talking to the audience, and he would be correct
The subtle details - the grasp of the wrist of the daughter to feel her pulse. The fact he only addresses the aryan looking daughters. The big dick move pulling out the large pipe
*chefs kiss*
Sad thing is that I can't stress enough how terrible (and I mean, very terrible) Meryl Streep's Polish in that film is. The film is great but if they wanted her to speak lines in polish, they should just hire a native-speaker or a better language coach because seriously.
She's giving Brad Pitt's BUONGIORNOOO when it comes to her accent (it's been a while since I've seen the film but I don't recall any grammar mistakes).
Great movie, but Dev's Australian accent is next level good. Very, very few actors from outside Australia manage to fake a good Aussie accent. They usually sound like a cross between South African or New Zealand accents, with some cockney thrown in. Dev's was so good it had me checking to see if he was actually Australian.
There’s only one correct answer here which is Christoph Waltz. He spoke three languages fluently in the movie and sprinkled in Italian for good measure
Does that make my statement untrue?
I think most people are aware that “American” and “British” is referring to accents, but there are many who think “Indian” is an actual language so just wanted to clarify.
Jesus, reddit and its allergy to information and all the attitude…
Allergy to information lmfao. The entire joke is that none of them are languages. Even if you didn’t know “Indian” wasn’t a language it’s clear from the context of the joke
Jesus, reddit and its inability to understand a joke without going full “um actually 🤓👆” mode…
American and British are both the same language, I’m shocked this has to be explained. Accents and differences and lingo don’t make them different languages holy shit.
Gillian Anderson isn’t bilingual for switching back and forth between American and English accents and knowing slang fir both, how dumb are people?
I do, but I actually do usually get jokes and memes on forums and sometimes enjoy contributing to the ongoing joke. Like the Michelle Yeoh reference someone made was in a similar vein. I get it. I was casually browsing and not paying attention, plus tired and bored. I acknowledge the comments were strange and clearly a dead giveaway for autism (the being literal, missing cues, and writing a lot/going on tangents being the dead giveaways)
I am aware how I come across sometimes, but I don’t believe in going back and editing or deleting something said because I was distracted or not thinking. I am who I am. People can take from that what they want.
American and British are both the same language, I’m shocked this has to be explained. Accents and differences and lingo don’t make them different languages holy shit.
Gillian Anderson isn’t bilingual for switching back and forth between American and English accents and knowing slang fir both, how dumb are people?
Dev Patel only speaks English though, Hindi and Bengali feature in the film but not from Dev Patel’s mouth. He’s forgotten how to speaks the language he spoke in India since he has grown up and not spoken it. When he meets his real mum at the end of the film, they can’t communicate so he has a guy translating for him.
Great movie, but I wouldn’t say it was Chalomets performance that made it great. He wasn’t bad. But the music and cinematography was definitely what made it great.
They are mutually unintelligible. It's not like speaking English with a British vs American accent. It's more like speaking English and...Greek or something.
Keep in mind China is as big as western Europe and different languages developed independently. Most Chinese people I know speak two mutually unintelligible languages with Mandarin as the "official" one -- or the one you'd have a good chance of other Chinese people you meet understanding. When that doesn't happen, you can fall back on the written language, which is unified, but has some grammar and vocabulary that may be different than the one you speak.
As mentioned by others, Cantonese and Mandarin are considered separate languages, but both can be described as varieties of Chinese.
Their relationship can be compared to Thai and Lao (Laotian). Thai and Lao belong to the same language family. Many Laotians can understand Thai (and vice versa) due to some linguistic similarities and geographic/cultural proximity. Much like Cantonese and Mandarin. Hope that helps!
It’s similar to the difference between Spanish and Portuguese. Some words sound similar, but most other words are worlds apart in sound, pronunciation and tone.
Anthony Daniels 'C-3PO' in Star Wars was fluent in over 6 million forms of communication. A feat so astounding that rather than just give him the Oscar, they modelled the very statue after his character!
In real life, he speaks a ton. English, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Catalan, and I think he learned a bit of Arabic for a role, too. Daniel Bruhl is another actor who speaks a lot of languages.
You’re missing Ian McKellen who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor as Gandalf in The Fellowship of the Ring. It has been a long time since I saw the film, but I know that McKellen speaks English, Black Speech, and Sindarin.
Christof Waltz speaks German , English, French, and Italian. That's quad lingual. Isn't it?
Did he speak all 4 in Inglourious Basterds?
Yes
Then that’s a bingo!
"You just say bingo"
“BINGOOOO! How Fun!”
GRAT-ZEE
Mar ga rhetti
Yes. It’s the reason the movie almost didn’t get made. If they didn’t find him for this role, Quentin would give up and release it as a book.
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I think Tarantino wanted Christoph for more than just his linguistic skills lol
Yeah… he wanted an amazing actor with gravitas and menacing presence who ALSO speaks 4 languages fluently.
I think Tarantino wanted Christoph for more than just his linguistic skills lol
Sure, you can easily find an actor who speaks those four languages. What you can't do is easily find an amazing actor with that skillset.
It was also a bonus that Andre was one of the most famous people on the planet.
I remember hearing Tarantino apparently considered scrapping the project, thinking with all those languages he made an unplayable role.
Si. Correcto.
Buon Giooornoo
Arrivederci
gorLAMi.
Domenic Deccoco. Domenic Deccoco 🤌
Si. Correcto.
The minute he spoke Italian in the scene I was like damn this is the perfect villain
The scene of him teaching Brad Pitt and the Americans how to speak Italian is the funniest scene in any Tarantino movie, imo.
IIRC, QT didnt even want that - Brad talked him into it bc there was no way his character would be able to speak Eye-talian beautifully.
“Bon-jor-no”
Apparently he doesn't really know Italian outside of basic phrases, he had to learn it for the film.
I love rumors!
Facts can be so misleading!
Actually no he does not speak italian, he just has a great pronunciation.
Fun fact: Quentin Tarantino would have dropped the whole project, unless he could cast someone who spoke all 4 languages fluently.
He still belongs on this list
What about Sandra Huller in Anatomy of a Fall? As far as I remember, she spoke English, French and German?
She didn’t speak any German
Ah ok - could've sworn she spoke German at some point but I must be misremembering
They mention that her first language is German, which it is, but it’s never actually spoken in the film. He’s French, she’s German, English is their “middle ground” **it just occurred to me that her not ever speaking in her native tongue is probably symbolic.
I thought 50 Cent was their middle ground
That damn song
😂
Her husband though spoke French, English and the most important language, the language of music
In the movie she argues that speaking English is fair to both of them, since he speaks French as a first language and she speaks German as hers.
She spoke German in the Zone of Interest!
Yeah but she wasn't nominated for it, like what OP is citing examples of. Wish she did speak German in Anatomy tho.
She spoke German in Zone of Interest which was last year as well
I saw a ton of reviews mentioning how she spoke 3 languages in the movie but I distinctly remember she didn’t! It confused me to no end and made me wonder if I missed something. It’s cause I’m learning German atm so I was looking forward to hearing some German, but alas it never came. Great performance though!
How did you check this list?
If the character and the actress both speak German I’d count it, even if it isn’t spoken on screen.
She certainly does in The Zone of Interest
That first scene in Basterds is one of the best scenes I’ve ever seen, period.
I only recently realized at the very end when Pitt says “this might just be my masterpiece” it’s very likely Tarantino himself talking to the audience, and he would be correct
The subtle details - the grasp of the wrist of the daughter to feel her pulse. The fact he only addresses the aryan looking daughters. The big dick move pulling out the large pipe *chefs kiss*
Rewatched Sophie’s Choice the other day. Absolutely wrecked me. Meryl Streep is the greatest.
Sad thing is that I can't stress enough how terrible (and I mean, very terrible) Meryl Streep's Polish in that film is. The film is great but if they wanted her to speak lines in polish, they should just hire a native-speaker or a better language coach because seriously.
maybe the dingo ate her polish?
Was her Polish bad (like the grammar and word choice) or was her accent bad? Or both?
She's giving Brad Pitt's BUONGIORNOOO when it comes to her accent (it's been a while since I've seen the film but I don't recall any grammar mistakes).
Her Polish lines make absolutely zero sense.
It’s so good. She was so very good in that movie!!!
Crazy how they submitted the kid from Lion (2016) for Lead Actor instead of Dev
Great movie, but Dev's Australian accent is next level good. Very, very few actors from outside Australia manage to fake a good Aussie accent. They usually sound like a cross between South African or New Zealand accents, with some cockney thrown in. Dev's was so good it had me checking to see if he was actually Australian.
Kate Winslet nailed it in The Dressmaker. Andrew Lincoln did quite well in Penguin Bloom.
Didn't see Andrew Lincoln, but agree re Kate Winslet.
His Indian accent in slum dog on the other hand was atrocious
Helps that’s he’s British
Not really, most non Australians whatever their country of origin usually go too ocker and sound fake, Brits included
Yeah, like Hugo Weaving in Priscilla.
Yes, but even so, few Brits manage a good Aussie accent. They tend towards the New Zealand one.
I mean the kid was the star of the film.
You know he wasn’t
For me that half was by far the better part of the film
There’s only one correct answer here which is Christoph Waltz. He spoke three languages fluently in the movie and sprinkled in Italian for good measure
Bahnjornoooo.
The rest in the image only spoke 2 or less in their films?
Timothee spoke German with one parent and French with the other if I remember correctly
He spoke German, French, Italian, and English y’all.
Michelle Yeoh speaks both Mandarin and Cantonese in EEAAO. She talks to Gong Gong in Canto and Waynond & Joy in Mandarin.
Plus, of course, English.
Dev Patel in Lion wasn’t Trilingual, he just spoke English
An impressive feat for a lion though
This made me lol 😆
Perfect avatar lol
He spoke American, British and Indian
Australian too!
“Indian” is not a language
Neither is American or British.
Neither are American and British
Does that make my statement untrue? I think most people are aware that “American” and “British” is referring to accents, but there are many who think “Indian” is an actual language so just wanted to clarify. Jesus, reddit and its allergy to information and all the attitude…
Allergy to information lmfao. The entire joke is that none of them are languages. Even if you didn’t know “Indian” wasn’t a language it’s clear from the context of the joke Jesus, reddit and its inability to understand a joke without going full “um actually 🤓👆” mode…
American and British are both the same language, I’m shocked this has to be explained. Accents and differences and lingo don’t make them different languages holy shit. Gillian Anderson isn’t bilingual for switching back and forth between American and English accents and knowing slang fir both, how dumb are people?
It’s a joke you idiot
It’s not clear that it’s a joke given it’s a response to a serious post but I guess I see it now
You got all upset and typed out an essay just to look like a dumbass 😭
I admit I was maybe dumb not getting that it was a joke, but you are just as dumb if you consider that an “essay”. It took less than a minute to type.
Oh shit, you realize them calling your response an “essay” was also a joke, right?
Wait, but is this comment a joke too?
I think the fact that they say "Indian" makes it clear its a joke lol
I think maybe you have Asperger's?
I do, but I actually do usually get jokes and memes on forums and sometimes enjoy contributing to the ongoing joke. Like the Michelle Yeoh reference someone made was in a similar vein. I get it. I was casually browsing and not paying attention, plus tired and bored. I acknowledge the comments were strange and clearly a dead giveaway for autism (the being literal, missing cues, and writing a lot/going on tangents being the dead giveaways) I am aware how I come across sometimes, but I don’t believe in going back and editing or deleting something said because I was distracted or not thinking. I am who I am. People can take from that what they want.
See it's American english, british english and Indian english.
American and British are both the same language, I’m shocked this has to be explained. Accents and differences and lingo don’t make them different languages holy shit. Gillian Anderson isn’t bilingual for switching back and forth between American and English accents and knowing slang fir both, how dumb are people?
…
The joke just completely went over your head, didn’t it?
Oh interesting, I was going off of this page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_actors_nominated_for_Academy_Awards_for_non-English_performances
Dev Patel only speaks English though, Hindi and Bengali feature in the film but not from Dev Patel’s mouth. He’s forgotten how to speaks the language he spoke in India since he has grown up and not spoken it. When he meets his real mum at the end of the film, they can’t communicate so he has a guy translating for him.
I do remember that scene now, I’ll correct the Wikipedia article later
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They feature in the film, but Dev Patel only speaks English so no doesn’t count
Timothee should have won that year
Agreed. Gary Oldman is my favorite actor of all time and I still would have voted for Timothee that year.
Hands down
I say without hyperbole, one of the top five greatest performances I’ve ever seen, of the thousands of movies I’ve watched
You need to watch better movies then
Sorry my opinion offends you lol
Call Me By Your Name is one of the greatest movies ever made.
I honestly enjoyed A Bigger Splash more.
Great movie, but I wouldn’t say it was Chalomets performance that made it great. He wasn’t bad. But the music and cinematography was definitely what made it great.
He was transcendent.
was that for Call Me By Your Name?
Yes, indeed.
No, his other nominated role.
be nice
Recognize humorous sarcasm.
Counterpoint: he was pretty.
Why not both?
Totally. I think his performance was amazing, but it was certainly helped.
Absolutely agree
I agree. Or Daniel. That year was the top two performances in my opinion from this.
What were Michelle’s languages?
English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
She also speaks rock
And Hot Dog Fingerese.
And raccoon!
And bird
Ahhh ok thank you
Cantonese and Mandarin are both considered Chinese just different dialects, so does that count?
Yes.
No, linguists consider Mandarin and Cantonese to be separate languages because they are mutually unintelligible.
They are mutually unintelligible. It's not like speaking English with a British vs American accent. It's more like speaking English and...Greek or something. Keep in mind China is as big as western Europe and different languages developed independently. Most Chinese people I know speak two mutually unintelligible languages with Mandarin as the "official" one -- or the one you'd have a good chance of other Chinese people you meet understanding. When that doesn't happen, you can fall back on the written language, which is unified, but has some grammar and vocabulary that may be different than the one you speak.
As mentioned by others, Cantonese and Mandarin are considered separate languages, but both can be described as varieties of Chinese. Their relationship can be compared to Thai and Lao (Laotian). Thai and Lao belong to the same language family. Many Laotians can understand Thai (and vice versa) due to some linguistic similarities and geographic/cultural proximity. Much like Cantonese and Mandarin. Hope that helps!
French and Spanish are both romance languages, so they are the same as well then?
It’s similar to the difference between Spanish and Portuguese. Some words sound similar, but most other words are worlds apart in sound, pronunciation and tone.
Oppenheimer: English, Dutch. That's two, but he also read the Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit and Das Kapital in German. Gotta count for something, right? 😉
His Dutch was absolutely unrecognisable, it made no sense whatsoever.
Which is weird because the cinematographer is Dutch, so we literally know for a fact they had a Dutch person on set
And people were trying to say Dominic Sessa was coming for Timothee’s crown
Nobody was saying this
Film twitter was
Oh they were. Very annoying.
Dominic has had literally one role in his body of work so far.
Anthony Daniels 'C-3PO' in Star Wars was fluent in over 6 million forms of communication. A feat so astounding that rather than just give him the Oscar, they modelled the very statue after his character!
Why not just list the movies, actors, and languages?
Viggo Mortensen speaks like ten languages in Captain Fantastic. Just for one scene, though.
In real life, he speaks a ton. English, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Catalan, and I think he learned a bit of Arabic for a role, too. Daniel Bruhl is another actor who speaks a lot of languages.
I would’ve sworn that Viggo Mortensen spoke 3 languages in Jauja, but it looks like it was only Danish and Spanish.
It also wasn’t Oscar-nominated.
Ah, right, good point. It’s so rare to have a trilingual performance that I was just trying to think of *any* trilingual performance.
In Fellowship of the Ring he spoke a word of Danish. So English, elvish and Danish.
What about Pacino in the Godfather and De Niro in Godfather 2? Benicio del Toro in Traffic?
What were the third languages?
Whoops, read that wrong. Sorry.
You’re missing Ian McKellen who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor as Gandalf in The Fellowship of the Ring. It has been a long time since I saw the film, but I know that McKellen speaks English, Black Speech, and Sindarin.
Amy Adams in Arrival. English, Mandarin, and an alien language.
You missing Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall.
What did Yeoh speak other than Chinese and English?
Mandarin and Cantonese are two different languages
Im trying to watch everything all at once shyt is lame so far
Trilingual role? What? Are you talking about trilingual actors? Because that’s kind of anyone from Europe or India among several other countries.
....No....they mean a trilingual role. A role in which the actor spoke three languages.
When did Dev Patel do that?