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Name of movie

I'm trying to remember the name of a movie. If I remember the correctly, it was an international film, although it could have been an English one. But basically it follows a plot where a man met the love of his life but for some reason went their separate ways, I remember one got in a taxi. The man goes home vue Later, the man tries to find the woman again. He finds her in a town and I remember the scene where he walks round the town, asking about her, and people join his walk around the town. Eventually him and a group of people arrive at a restaurant where she is working as a waitress and he proposes there in front of everyone. Can anyone think what movie this is? This plots probably quite common so it might be a difficult question. I think it was in French but like I sAid I can't remember. 94.10.246.236 (talk) 00:00, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Yes, the movie is It Could Happen to You (1994), with Nicholas Cage and Bridget Fonda. --Winter^eu (talk) 00:20, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

The OP did not say "lottery". Therefore the film in question cannot be It Could Happen to You. —Nelson Ricardo (talk) 03:58, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

And he doesn't find her working as a waitress, she's a waitress at the beginning. —Tamfang (talk) 22:24, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Much of the OPs description (especially the latter part) fits the Jamie and Aurélia segments of the film Love Actually. Of course, there are several other stories being told in this film and the "love of his life" wording is used a couple times in the Daniel, Sam, Joanna and Carol storyline. If this isn't it hopefully another editor will find the right film. MarnetteD|Talk 04:24, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

This also fits with the original poster's confusion about language, as the movie is British and mostly takes place in London, but Jamie and Aurélia meet in France (where they have no common language) and the restaurant scene is in Portugal. While apart they have each been learning the other's language ("just in cases", as she explains): he proposes in bad Portuguese (subtitled as bad English), looking up at her from the ground floor, and she accepts, looking down over a railing from an upper floor, in bad English: "Thank you, that will be nice. Yes, is being my answer." That all sound familiar? --50.100.189.160 (talk) 07:41, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

You are correct except for one thing. The restaurant scene takes place in Marseilles. After Jamie walks out on his relations in London - "I hate Uncle Jamie" :-) the next time we see him he is walking out of the Marseilles airport. Aurélia has been cleaning Jamie's home outside of town and nothing in the film indicates that she moved back to Portugal. Nor do we see Jamie flying from France to Portugal. The fact that there is an enclave of Portuguese people in Marseilles is perfectly in keeping with life in the real world. No worries about your description though - this is a common mistake about this section of the film. I have even won a couple dinner bets from friends about this over the years. Yum Yum. MarnetteD|Talk 14:47, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the correction and for not betting with me. --50.100.189.160 (talk) 19:26, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Joke in a movie (watermelon stereotype)

There was a movie, two years ago or so. In that movie an investigating white guy (police officer or private detective) throws stuff on a black guy, he wants informations from. When he's throwing watermelons, the black says "wow wow, watermelon? that's racist". Does anyone know the title? --92.214.138.172 (talk) 02:40, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Possibly The Heat (film), see the quotes on this page. Nanonic (talk) 06:49, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Yes, it is. --92.214.138.172 (talk) 13:14, 18 July 2014 (UTC)