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    Question What does "Beta Prod C’est à Voir present " mean?Please help me.

    I came acroos this expression when I was watching a documentary.The expression appears as part of the caption at the beginning of the film.The context may be seen with the following expressions which are part of the caption.
    Michel Noll Presents
    Revolution
    Beta Prod C’est à Voir present
    Seven Months Of Chaos
    Two Presidents for a Single Chair in Madagascar
    A film by Gaël Mocaër
    So what does "Beta Prod C’est à Voir present "mean here ? Could anyone please translate it into English for me ? Any help is much appreciated.
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    Default Re: What does "Beta Prod C’est à Voir present " mean?Please help me.

    Quote Originally Posted by on the way View Post
    I came acroos this expression when I was watching a documentary.The expression appears as part of the caption at the beginning of the film.The context may be seen with the following expressions which are part of the caption.
    Michel Noll Presents
    Revolution
    Beta Prod C’est à Voir present
    Seven Months Of Chaos
    Two Presidents for a Single Chair in Madagascar
    A film by Gaël Mocaër
    So what does "Beta Prod C’est à Voir present "mean here ? Could anyone please translate it into English for me ? Any help is much appreciated.

    Beta Prod (short for production) sorry in French but you can try google translate or any other one
    Beta production - Wikipédia

    C'est (it's) a (to) Voir (see) but that's just a word by word translation click on the link below for meaning and use.
    http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=762945

    Not a teacher or much of a French speaker actually. But I'm pretty sure the above is correct.

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    Default Re: What does "Beta Prod C’est à Voir present " mean?Please help me.

    I'd guess that C'est à Voir was just the name of the production company; it 'means' 'that is to be seen', but is used commonly to mean 'we shall see'/'that's in the lap of the gods'/'the jury's still out'/'time will tell'/....

    So, when used as the name of a production company (the idea's growing on me ) it's a pun, implying 'We produce films that you have to see'.

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    PS So you could analyse the subject line like this:

    Beta Prod[uction] - title

    C'est à Voir - production company

    Present - verb (not the homonymous adjective)
    Last edited by BobK; 31-Jul-2011 at 11:49. Reason: Added PS
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    Default Re: What does "Beta Prod C’est à Voir present " mean?Please help me.

    Quote Originally Posted by BobK View Post
    I'd guess that C'est à Voir was just the name of the production company; it 'means' 'that is to be seen', but is used commonly to mean 'we shall see'/'that's in the lap of the gods'/'the jury's still out'/'time will tell'/....

    So, when used as the name of a production company (the idea's growing on me ) it's a pun, implying 'We produce films that you have to see'.

    b
    PS Yup: C'est à Voir Production [fr]

    b

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