MacGuffin - translation to french
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MacGuffin - translation to french

PLOT DEVICE
Macguffin; Mcguffin; Mac guffin; Plot coupon; Mcgruffin; MacGuffins; McGuffen; Macguffins; Mcguffins
  • The "Maltese Falcon" statuette from the film of the same name

MacGuffin         
n. MacGuffin, device that gives impetus to a plot in a movie or a play or book but later turns, out to be insignificant (this term was invented by Alfred Hitchcock)

Definition

mcguffin
Movie term, invented by Hitchcock, to refer to any interchangeable object - diamonds, secret plans, computer disk, rare animal etc. - that is the focus of the action in the plot, but which has no significance to the plot itself.
In The Pink Panther, the diamond is the McGuffin. It could have been anything.

Wikipedia

MacGuffin

In fiction, a MacGuffin (sometimes McGuffin) is an object, device, or event that is necessary to the plot and the motivation of the characters, but insignificant, unimportant, or irrelevant in itself. The term was originated by Angus MacPhail for film, adopted by Alfred Hitchcock, and later extended to a similar device in other fiction.

The MacGuffin technique is common in films, especially thrillers. Usually, the MacGuffin is revealed in the first act, and thereafter declines in importance. It can reappear at the climax of the story but may actually be forgotten by the end of the story. Multiple MacGuffins are sometimes derisively identified as plot coupons.