The first Joker 2 trailer has finally appeared and unleashes Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga on the world as a clown duo. However, anyone who has at most (if at all) access to their school French is likely to get confused when it comes to the additional title, which is why we use the pronunciation of and Explain the meaning behind the title Joker 2: Folie à deux in more detail want.
Double meaning: What’s behind the Joker 2 title Folie à deux?
After the billion-dollar box office hit Joker, the sequel follows on directly from its predecessor: after his murder in front of the camera, Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), who was anything but mentally healthy, ended up in Gotham’s psychiatric hospital. Arkham Asylum is also the place where he meets a certain Harley Quinn (Lady Gaga).
Anyone who translates the additional French title of Joker 2 into German will get a pretty good explanation and idea of what the DC sequel will be about: “Madness for two” is that literal translation from “Folie a deux” and points out that both main characters struggle with their mental health. However, the term goes even deeper.
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Shared madness in Joker 2: Folie à deux
Folie à deux has namely a second, clinical meaning: In medical terminology, the French phrase is used internationally to mean a so-called induced delusional disorder to describe. This is a mental disorder in which one partner “infects” the other with their psychosis, so that the other partner takes over the delusions in whole or in part and a loss of reality occurs for both.
The technical term Folie à deux was first coined in 1877 by the French doctors Ernest-Charles Lasègue and Jules Farlet in their book of the same name *. In Germany, the disorder was still called psychosocial health before the 20th century “infectious insanity”.
So does this mean that the Joker will infect Harley Quinn with his madness in his sequel? Or can we expect a twist that the psychosis in the sequel actually comes from his new friendship? In any case, after the trailer, Screen Rant is sure that the title already reveals that the Musical scenes in Joker 2 divided delusions will be.
How do you even pronounce the Joker 2 title?
If you’re already afraid of the embarrassment at the box office, but still don’t want to deal with one “Two tickets for Joker 2” If you want to be satisfied, that’s no problem. Here’s a small one Pronunciation helpfor all those who are not quite as proficient with the French tongue.
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Joker 2: Folie à deux with Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix
In phonetic transcription, the pronunciation rules for Folie à deux in German look like this:
[fɔˈli aˈdø]
If you are even more confused, you can also try our following “German spelling” of Folie à deux:
Fohlie ah döh.
“Folie” rhymes with (Angelina) Jolie, “à” is the ahhh sound you make at the dentist and “deux” has the Ö sound that is also in “evil”. If you are still unsure, you can of course also watch a (correct) pronunciation video:
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What else could go wrong when you go to the cinema? Now all that remains to be seen is whether Arthur Fleck and Harley Quinn will also use the term or whether they will completely surrender to their shared psychosis. Joker 2: Folie à deux starts on October 3, 2024 in German cinemas. Good chance!
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