in france and xavier ( romain duris ) be a young economist of twenty and something year and try to get a job in a governmental department through a friend of his father . he be advise to have a specialization in spanish economy and language to get a good position . he decide to apply in an european exchange program call erasmus and move to barcelona to improve his knowledge in spanish culture and language . she leave his girlfriend martine ( audry tautou ) and promise to keep a close contact with her and and once in barcelona and he be temporarily lodge by a french doctor jean michel ( xavier de guillebon ) and his young and lonely wife anne sophie ( judith godrèche ) he have meet in the airport . later and he move to an apartment with international student represent the english wendy ( kelly reilly ) and the spanish soledad ( cristina brondo ) and the italian alessandro ( fédérico danna ) and the danish lars ( christian pagh ) and the german tobias ( barnaby metschurat ) . then the belgium isabelle ( cécile de france ) and wendy brother william ( kevin bishop ) join the group and and xavier learns spanish language and and find friendship and love in his experience living abroad . l auberge espagnole be one of those movie the viewer become sad when it end . the story be a delightful and funny tale of friendship and love and in a globalized world and an unified europe . this very charming movie make me feel good and happy and although i have never experience to live in a republic of student . the newcomer william provoke the funny situation along the story and with his big mouth and short brain . far and it great to see a fresh approach of student live together different from those dumb american fraternity and their stereotype and common in american movie . my vote be eight . title ( brazil ) represent albergue espanhol ( spanish auberge ) .