<ul> <li style=margin-left: 36pt;> First study of French cinema in the British context.</li> <li style=margin-left: 36pt;> Rethinking of French cinema which considers the ways in which it is transformed as it moves outside France.</li> <li style=margin-left: 36pt;> History of the place for 'Continental' and 'specialist' cinema in Britain.</li> <li style=margin-left: 36pt;> Draws extensively on archival sources to produce a unique history.</li></ul>