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Director:
Merzak Allouache
Writer:
Merzak Allouache (writer)
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Release Date:
3 February 1988 (France) more
Genre:
Drama | Crime | Romance
Plot:
A very unusual love story indeed the one that unites for a while Marie, a young French woman born in Algier... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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Allouache on the wrong track more

Cast

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Catherine Wilkening ... Marie
Karim Allaoui ... Ali
Juliet Berto ... Mona
Daniel Cohn-Bendit ... Benoît
Michel Such ... Policier
Xavier Maly ... Albert
Mostefa Djadjam ... Policier
Isabelle Weingarten ... Policier
Zaira Benbabis ... Khera aka "Zorro de la Goutte d'Or"
Sophie Vignaux ... Justine
Jim Adhi Limas ... Vuong
Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville ... Joëlle, la bookeuse
Jean Périmony ... Ghnassi
Etienne Draber ... Chef de Service
Muriel Combeau ... Lisette
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Marie d'Alger Ali de Clichy (France)
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Runtime:
85 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Fujicolor)
Certification:
Iceland:12
Filming Locations:
Barbès, Paris, France more

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Allouache on the wrong track, 29 December 2004
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Author: guy-bellinger (guy.bellinger@wanadoo.fr) from Montigny-lès-Metz, France

For those who, like me, love Merzak Allouache's knack both for comedy and social comment ( just think these wonderful titles : "Omar Gatlato", "Salut Cousin" or Bab El Oued City" ), "Un Amour à Paris" comes as a major disappointment. Indeed, instead of highlighting serious subjects in a biting tone, the writer-director decides this time around to try his hand at poetic lunacy, a subgenre "Benny and Joon" illustrates much better. And he dramatically fails. We do not feel any interest in such characters as a French Jewish girl dreaming of being a top model( what a dream !) falling in love with an Algerian born in France hoping to become an ... astronaut ( high hopes indeed ! ). We might have if Allouache had opted for the fast pace of Hollywood's slapstick comedies. But narrated in a half-realistic, half poetic way who on earth can buy into this silly tale?

To be fair, I didn't sleep all the time. I enjoyed seeing Daniel Cohn-Bendit, the hero of may '68, narrate "his" student revolution.In the story he is supposed to be a sociology professor but the character is so close to "Dany le Rouge" that he plays virtually himself. On the other hand , Karim Allaoui is fine as Ali,the dreamer.

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