When it was released in France, Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom, a sleeper hit in English-speaking nations around the globe, was given a title meaning "Ballroom Dancing". People assumed that the film was a documentary and, needless to say, it promptly pirouetted into oblivion.

[The title of the wacky 1987 comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles (starring Steve Martin and John Candy) in Spanish-speaking countries? "Better Alone Than Badly Accompanied".]

[Strictly Ballroom which is reported to be one of the Pope's favorite movies.]