faire son cinéma – Mot du jour at FrenchHour
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to go over the top – French expression Part of Mots Du Jour | Le Festival de Cannes faire son cinéma – to do one’s movies. In everyday French, faire son cinéma means to be dramatic, to be over the top about something, to draw the attention onto oneself, to be a ham, to ham it up. There is another word that means the same thing. It’s cabotiner. I love cabotiner. It feels like it’s coming from old times, and as a result, it’s not very used any more. However, faire son cinéma is. * « Je vais pas lui demander car elle va encore faire son cinéma, comme d’hab. »* “I’m not going to ask her as she’s going to go over the top, as usual.” French verbs – Tenses and modes présent : je fais mon cinéma, nous faisons notre cinéma futur : je en ferai mon cinéma, nous ferons notre cinéma présent du subjonctif : que je fasse mon cinéma , que nous fassions notre cinéma  Next – Vous aimerez aussi Expressions with FAIRE Cannes Festival Fun Facts – Today’s French List of Reflexive Verbs – Today’s French French Movie Stars BECOME A MEMBER – FREE TRIAL . Today’s French . Mot du Jour . Tutorials . Memberships . Donate . Back to Course – Le Festival de Cannes .
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