# Crazy French People

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-french-people/378928>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 3, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-french-people/378928 "2006-11-03T03:08:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pgarlan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@pgarlan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pgarlan1)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-french-people/378928/1 "2006-11-03T03:08:13Z")

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I saw this documentary about a group of french guys that would do random stunts across the city with anything they could find. It was a sort of urban gymnastics. Can’t remember the name it goes by. Any Help?

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-french-people/378928/2 "2006-11-03T03:10:13Z")

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[Parkour](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour) I presume?

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**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-french-people/378928/3 "2006-11-03T03:10:32Z")

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[Parkour.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour) And it’s certainly pretty impressive looking.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-french-people/378928/4 "2006-11-03T03:39:20Z")

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District B13, the movie with David Belle, is now out on DVD in the U.S. There are spectacular parkour scenes in it - all real, no CGI. It’s also one of the tiny number of action films these days worth watching. Definitely recommended.