# Accents in non-English language movies

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**Created:** [February 25, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accents-in-non-english-language-movies/291947 "2005-02-25T23:12:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accents-in-non-english-language-movies/291947/1 "2005-02-25T23:12:25Z")

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This may be stupid question, but I can’t think of any examples, and I’ve seen quite a few foreign films : when a “foreign” character appears in a movie that isn’t in English, how are their accents portrayed? For example, if you had the character of an Englishman in a French movie, would he speak French with an English accent? Does anyone have any examples?