Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
film à caractère social
English translation:
social realist/realism film
French term
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Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
film à caractère social
Jul 31, 2010 08:51: Fabrizio Zambuto changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Aug 10, 2010 14:00: Jennifer Strachan changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/79421">Jennifer Strachan's</a> old entry - "film à caractère social"" to ""social (realist) film""
PRO (1): Simon Mac
Non-PRO (3): writeaway, SMcG (X), Fabrizio Zambuto
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Proposed translations
social (realist) film
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2000/aug/30/artsfeatures.edinburghfestival2000
http://www.bbc.co.uk/britishfilm/summer/social_realism.shtml
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philgoddard
: I wouldn't leave out the "realist" - "social film"doesn't mean very much.
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SMcG (X)
: SNAP! "social realism in film" or "social realist film", Ken Loach etc.
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Sarah Bessioud
: yes, keep the realist/realism
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Fabrizio Zambuto
: socio-realistic is another way to call it according to this link so not to avoid ambiguity with the soviet genre... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_realism
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Desdemone (X)
: Personally, I don't think this says anything - what is a "social" film?
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social drama film
http://www.itflux.com/.files/up the down staircase movie.htm...
Tamil director Vasantha Balan is over the moon that his social drama film Veyyil has been selected for screening at the prestigious Cannes
http://www.highbeam.com/Post (South Africa)/publications.asp...
Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
Movie with a social theme/concept
These films expressed social themes mainly dealing with working-class urban life in India; Awaara presented
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Isabelle17
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Thank you Isabelle !!
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Chris Hall
: I prefer "film" to "movie" only because I am UK English.
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right you are Chris !!
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MatthewLaSon
: That's how I read, too. Have a great weekend!
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Thanks Matthew and a great weekend to you too :)
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SMcG (X)
: Film with a social theme is too demotic, infers the subject is a talking point, to me the phrase has more of precise emphasis i.e. the power of social realism as a genre of filmmaking.
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but isn't a workshop meant to be a talking point ?
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social issues film
This is how I'd say
social = dealing with social issues
This is not a “social issues” film, nor is it a feel-good rags-to-riches culinary fantasy. Some of the characters find themselves burdened ...
www.filmjourney.org/2008/04/23/the-secret-of-the-grain/
She is the co-founder of the highly successful Social Issues Film Festival (SI DocFest), a high school film festival that requires students to produce short ...
communicationleadership.usc.edu/people/.../monica_alba.html
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User Reviews: More than just a social issues film See more (6 total) » ... More than just a social issues film, 9 April 2010 ...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0073363/
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Claire Nolan
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Thank you, Clanola! Have a great weekend.
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Imanol
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Thank you, Imanol. Bon weekend!
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Desdemone (X)
: http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/fra/a-propos/ (third line)
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Thank you, Paula! Thanks for the reference. Have a great evening.
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Bulgaria
The original in all but the language
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Bulgarian to English, Esperanto to English, and 1 more.
film with a social message
(Lots of google hits)
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