title: IOError: [Errno 22] invalid mode ('r') or filename
body: <pre><code>def read_texts():
    quotes = open("‪C:\\movie_quotes.txt")
    content_of_file = quotes.read()
    print(content_of_file)
    quotes.close()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>before running it this appears:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/V1Vw2.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">appearing</a></strong></p>
  
  <p><strong>I keep on running this code and this error appears:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python27\check_profanity.py", line 7, in &lt;module&gt;
  read_texts()
  File "C:\Python27\check_profanity.py", line 2, in read_texts
  quotes = open("â€ªC:\\movie_quotes.txt")
  IOError: [Errno 22] invalid mode ('r') or filename: '\xe2\x80\xaaC:\\movie_quotes.txt'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i use python 2.7.14
  please i need answers!!! </p>