L'Auberge espagnole

Setting

Even though the story began in Paris the film took place mostly in Spain, in fact in the apartment in which Xavier had to share with people from different countries like England, Spain, Italy, Germany, etc.

Characters

The main character is an economics student French called Xavier who had to leave their country and enter to school in Barcelona as a requirement for their job.

Martine.- Xavier's girlfriend

Anne-Sophie and her husband. - A French couple who Xavier met on the flight to arrive to Barcelona.

Wendy. - Xavier´s roomate who is from London

Plot

The story begins when Xavier decide to spend a year in Spain to obtain a specialization and get a  better job, on the way he meets a young French couple (Anne-Sophie and husband) who let him stay in their apartment until he found another place. After a few days he finds a student share-house in which he has to live with students from different nationalities but with whom he becomes good friends.

The plot of the movie focuses on the problems that Xavier has to face such as: culture shock, language difficulties with his friends and in the school and obviously the nostalgic for having left his family and girlfriend in Paris.