Paris, je t'aime (2006)

Directors:

Olivier Assayas
Frédéric Auburtin

Writers:

Tristan Carné (idea)
Emmanuel Benbihy (feature film concept and transitions)

Release Date:

21 junio 2006 (France)

Genre:

Romance

Frase comercial:

Stories of Love. From the City of Love.

Plot:

Through the neighborhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented and awakened.

Plot Keywords:

Chinese | Vampire | Tourist | Directed By Several Directors | Actress

Awards:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A wonderful, beautiful homage, but maybe too many parts in the whole for a single sitting

Cast

Florence Muller	...	Young Woman (segment "Montmartre")
Hervé Pierre	...	Doctor (segment "Montmartre")
Bruno Podalydès	...	Driver (segment 'Montmartre')
Leïla Bekhti	...	Zarka (segment 'Quais de Seine')
Julien Beramis	...	Arnaud (segment "Quais de Seine")
Cyril Descours	...	François (segment 'Quais de Seine')
Thomas Dumerchez	...	Manu (segment "Quais de Seine")
Daniely Francisque	...	Black Girl #1 (segment "Quais de Seine")
Audrey Fricot	...	Black Girl #2 (segment "Quais de Seine")
Salah Teskouk	...	Zarka's Grandfather (segment "Quais de Seine")
Christian Bramsen	...	Printer (segment "Le Marais")
Marianne Faithfull	...	Marianne (segment 'Le Marais')
Elias McConnell	...	Elie (segment 'Le Marais')
Gaspard Ulliel	...	Gaspard (segment 'Le Marais')
Julie Bataille	...	Julie (segment 'Tuileries')

También conocida como:

Paris, I Love You (Hong Kong: English title)
París, te amo (Colombia) (Mexico) [es]
Paris, je t'aime (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and brief drug use.

Duración:

120 min | Canada:116 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

País:

France | Liechtenstein | Switzerland

Idioma:

English | French | Español | Arabic | Mandarin

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Hong Kong:IIA | UK:15 | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:12 | Germany:6 | USA:R | Singapore:NC-16 | Ireland:15A | South Korea:15 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Sweden:11 | Argentina:13 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Grave of Oscar Wilde, Père Lachaise - 65 Boulevard de Ménilmontant, Paris 20, Paris, France

Company:

Victoires International

Trivialidades:

Julio Medem was attached to the project for a long time. He was supposed to direct one of the segments, but he finally fell off because of schedule conflicts with the filming of Caótica Ana (2007).

Quotes:

The Husband: In pretending to be a man in love, he became a man in love.

Movie Connections:

References Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)

Soundtrack:

We're All in the Dance

A wonderful, beautiful homage, but maybe too many parts in the whole for a single sitting

A smorgasbord of talent. Twenty glimpses of Paris - its different suburbs. High quality shorts masterfully united.

A veiled woman intrigues us to the beauty beneath her hijab. Gus Van Sant delights with a flirtation between two young boys (and with a surprise revelation). Steve Buscemi's mind-boggling tourist guide accompanies him through a surreal Coen Brothers encounter in the Metro. Maggie Gyllenhaal gets stoned off her face preparing for an acting role. Bob Hoskins hangs out in sleazy Pigalle. Elijah Wood discovers his inner vampire. Oscar Wilde's burial place inspires one humourless would-be bridegroom and saves his relationship. Tom Tykwer takes us running through the streets of Saint-Denis with a blind man in love. Gérard Depardieu is a bartender and a host of other stars and directors charm us with strange and original tales of love in the city of love itself.

These vignettes are a whirlwind tour of the heart of each arrondissement, but they focus on Frenchness, or Parisienness rather than over-exploiting famous landmarks . . . which makes it all the more fun recognising the locales. The quality is superb - each short film is almost a masterclass - but the overall effect can be weariness. Such a torrent of shorts leaves no room to develop an overall momentum, however skilfully knitted together. Each touches our emotions in different ways. Yet it is like nibbling for nearly two hours in the kitchens of the best chefs. At the end we are exhausted and hungry.

The concept of Paris Je t'Aime is a beautiful one. This film is a permanent and worthy homage to the great city. But as cinema it seems sadly unsatisfying.