The Frog Prince is a 1984 romantic comedy film

Romantic comedy film

Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"...

 written and directed by Brian Gilbert. The film was a British and French co-production and was released in the US under the title French Lessons. The story revolves around a young British girl who travels to Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 to go to college, and is determined to find the man of her dreams. It stars Jane Snowden

Jane Snowden

Jane Snowden is a British actress, born in York on 31 January 1965. She is most famous for her role as Emily Whitbread in the second and third series of the LWT drama Wish Me Luck...

as Jenny.

Plot

The film tells the story of Jenny, a British teenager, who has left home for the first time and is going to college in Paris in the early 1960s. Soon she is smitten by a local Parisian. Although he is a romantic guy, Jenny wants him to prove his love by reciting a few lines to her from Romeo and Juliet, something he finds a tad idiotic. Jenny is crushed when he outright refuses, but later prevails. From then on she runs into situation after situation in dealing with her crazy friends, a few other young men who find her attractive and, lastly, her French host family headed over by a strict Madame Paroche who is none too pleased to see Jenny having any sort of social life whatsoever.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack includes 9 original instrumental compositions by Enya, 4 jazz standards performed by Jazz Club, and one song performed by Edith Piaf. Two songs composed and performed by Enya are included on the soundtrack, but not featured in the film.