Après ces tâches, j’espère découvrir la suite du film dont tout le monde parle.

Après means after.

So Après ces tâches means After these tasks or Once these tasks are done.

A few useful points:

• après is a preposition
• it is followed here by a noun phrase: ces tâches
• ces means these
• tâches means tasks

So the structure is simply:

Après + noun phrase = After + noun phrase

Examples:

• Après le dîner = After dinner
• Après le travail = After work
• Après ces tâches = After these tasks

This is a very common confusion for English speakers because ces and ses sound the same in many accents.

They mean different things:

• ces = these
• ses = his / her / its

So:

• ces tâches = these tasks
• ses tâches = his/her tasks

In your sentence, ces tâches is correct because the idea is after these tasks, not after his/her tasks.

J’espère découvrir means I hope to discover.

French often uses this pattern:

espérer + infinitive

So:

• J’espère découvrir... = I hope to discover...
• J’espère voir... = I hope to see...
• J’espère finir... = I hope to finish...

If you want to say I hope that..., then you can use que:

• J’espère que je vais découvrir...
• J’espère qu’il viendra.

Both patterns exist, but in your sentence the shorter structure is used:

• j’espère découvrir = I hope to discover

French avoids two vowel sounds crashing into each other in many common situations.

Since je ends in a vowel sound and espère begins with a vowel sound, je becomes j’:

• je espère → j’espère
• je aime → j’aime
• je habite → j’habite

This is called elision.

So j’espère is simply the normal contracted form of je espère.

Découvrir often does mean to discover, but like the English word, it can be broader depending on context.

In this sentence, it could suggest:

• to find out
• to see for the first time
• to uncover
• to learn what happens in

With la suite du film, it likely means something like:

• to discover what happens next
• to see the continuation of the film
• to find out the rest of the story

So discover is a good translation, but the natural English meaning may be closer to find out or see depending on context.

It can mean either one depending on context, and that is exactly why learners often ask about it.

1. the rest / continuation of the film

If someone has started a film and wants to know what happens next, la suite du film can mean:

• the rest of the film
• what comes next in the film

2. the sequel

It can also mean:

• the sequel to the film

How do you know which one is meant? You use context.

In this sentence, découvrir la suite du film dont tout le monde parle could naturally mean:

• discover the rest of the film everyone is talking about or
• discover the sequel to the film everyone is talking about

If no extra context is given, the phrase is a bit open.

Du is a contraction of de + le.

So:

• de + le film → du film

French does this automatically:

• de + le = du
• de + les = des

Examples:

• la fin du livre = the end of the book
• la porte du salon = the door of the living room
• la suite du film = the continuation / sequel of the film

You cannot say de le film in normal French, and de film would mean something different.

Dont is a relative pronoun, and it often replaces de + something.

In this sentence:

le film dont tout le monde parle

literally connects to:

tout le monde parle du film

So dont stands for de + le film.

A very useful way to think about it is:

• parler de quelque chose = to talk about something
• le film dont tout le monde parle = the film that everyone is talking about

So dont often translates as:

• whose
• of which
• about which
• or just that, in more natural English

Here, the most natural English is:

• the film everyone is talking about

Because parler in this meaning is normally followed by de:

• parler de quelque chose = to talk about something
• tout le monde parle du film = everyone is talking about the film

When you turn that into a relative clause, French uses dont to replace the de + noun part:

• le film dont tout le monde parle

This is one of the most important uses of dont:

• when the verb or expression uses de

Other examples:

• le livre dont j’ai besoin = the book that I need
  • because avoir besoin de
• la personne dont je parle = the person I’m talking about
  • because parler de

Tout le monde means everyone or literally all the world / everybody.

Even though it refers to many people, it is grammatically treated as singular in French.

So you say:

• tout le monde parle = everyone is talking
• not tout le monde parlent

This is similar to English everyone, which also usually takes a singular verb:

• Everyone talks
• Everyone is here

So:

• tout le monde = singular grammar
• parle = singular form of parler

Because it describes which film we are talking about.

French, like English, often puts descriptive relative clauses right after the noun they modify.

So:

• le film = the film
• dont tout le monde parle = that everyone is talking about

Together:

• le film dont tout le monde parle = the film everyone is talking about

This clause helps identify the film.

Compare:

• le livre que je lis = the book that I’m reading
• la ville où j’habite = the city where I live
• le film dont tout le monde parle = the film everyone is talking about

Yes, that can be a very natural English translation depending on the context.

Literally, Après ces tâches is After these tasks.

But natural English often prefers:

• Once I’m done with these tasks
• After I finish these tasks
• When I’m done with these tasks

So even though the French uses a noun phrase, the most natural English translation may use a full clause.

That is very common in translation:

• French stays compact with Après + noun
• English often expands it into after I finish...

It is mostly neutral and perfectly natural.

Why?

• Après ces tâches is standard
• j’espère découvrir is normal everyday French
• la suite du film is natural
• dont tout le monde parle is also standard and common

It does not sound especially slangy or especially formal.

You could say it in:

• conversation
• writing
• a message
• everyday speech

So it is a good example of clear, standard French.

A broad pronunciation guide might be:

a-pray say tash, zhes-pair day-koo-vreer la sweet dew film don too luh mond parl

A few helpful pronunciation points:

• Après → the s is silent
• ces sounds like say
• tâches sounds roughly like tash
• j’espère begins with the zh sound, like the s in measure
• découvrir ends with a French r, not an English r
• suite sounds like sweet
• du has the French u sound, which does not exist exactly in English
• dont has a nasal vowel; the n is not fully pronounced like English n
• tout le monde has a linking effect in fluent speech, and tout is pronounced too
• parle ends with a silent e

If you want to sound more natural, one key thing is rhythm: French flows in groups, for example:

Après ces tâches / j’espère découvrir / la suite du film / dont tout le monde parle

Yes. A learner might find these versions easier:

• Après ces tâches, j’espère voir la suite du film dont tout le monde parle.

  • Here voir may feel simpler than découvrir

• Quand j’aurai fini ces tâches, j’espère découvrir la suite du film dont tout le monde parle.

  • This makes the time relationship clearer: When I’ve finished these tasks...

• Après avoir fait ces tâches, j’espère regarder la suite du film dont tout le monde parle.

  • This sounds a little more explicit: After having done these tasks...

Each version changes the nuance slightly, but the original sentence is already very natural.