Paris, je t'aime
- Director: Various
- Writer: Various
- Producer: Matthias Batthyany; Emmanuel Benbihy
CGiii Comment
18 directors, 18 stories...
Montmatre...Bruno Podalydès
Total nonsense.
Quais de Seine...Gurinder Chadha
As subtle as a brick in the face.
Le Marais...Gus van Sant
Is this supposed to be funny? It's not.
Tuileries...Joel & Ethan Coen
Insulting crap.
Loin du 16e...Walter Salles & Daniela Thomas
A good idea - worthy of more time.
Porte de Choisy...Christopher Doyle
Pretentious junk.
A truly painful start...to be continued...sometime in the distant future...
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Paris, je t'aime is about the plurality of cinema in one mythic location: Paris, the City of Love. Twenty filmmakers have five minutes each; the audience must weave a single narrative out of twenty moments. The 20 moments are fused by transitional interstitial sequences and also via the introduction and epilogue. Each transition begins with the last shot of the previous film and ends with the first shot of the following film, extending the enchantment and the emotion of the previous segment, preparing the audience for a surprise, and providing a cohesive atmosphere. There's a reappearing mysterious character who is a witness to the Parisian life. A common theme of Paris and love fuses all.
Cast & Characters
Florence Muller as Young Woman;
Herve Pierre as Doctor;
Bruno Podalydes as Driver;
Leila Bekhti as Zarka;
Julien Beramis as Arnaud;
Cyril Descours as Francois;
Thomas Dumerchez as Manu;
Daniely Francisque as Black Girl #1;
Audrey Fricot as Black Girl #2;
Salah Teskouk as Zarka's Grandfather;
Christian Bramsen as Printer;
Marianne Faithfull as Marianne;
Elias McConnell as Elie;
Gaspard Ulliel as Gaspard;
Julie Bataille as Julie