French for Beginners

French for Beginners (Französisch für Anfänger, 2006) is a German–French romantic comedy directed by Christian Ditter that you can watch online on iFILM. Henrik, a college student with roughly three words of French to his name, signs up for a student exchange program — not for the academic credit, but because the girl he has fallen for lives in Paris.

Valérie has no idea she is someone's grand plan. Once in Paris, Henrik lands in a chaotic host family, stumbles into situations he can't navigate linguistically, and keeps running into rivals at every turn. François Goeske and Paula Schramm lead the cast. The laughs come from the gap between how clearly Henrik sees what he wants and how spectacularly he keeps fumbling it.

Stream French for Beginners online on iFILM — a lightweight European comedy that knows exactly what it is and delivers it cleanly.