Paris s'éveille (1991)

Director:

Olivier Assayas

Writer:

Olivier Assayas

Release Date:

27 November 1991 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

City Name In Title | Place Name In Title

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Judith Godrèche	...	Louise
Jean-Pierre Léaud	...	Clément
Thomas Langmann	...	Adrien
Antoine Basler	...	Victor
Martin Lamotte	...	Zablonsky
Ounie Lecomte	...	Agathe
Michèle Foucher	...	mére de Louise
Eric Daviron	...	Dealer
Edouard Montoute	...	Dealer 2
Samba Illa Ndiaye	...	N'Gouabi
Eric De Roquefeuil	...	Assistant Audition
Laurent Jacquet	...	Flic 1
Patrick Sabourin	...	Flic 2
Sacha Boselli	...	la petite Lili
Thierry Guerrier	...	Présentateur TV
Leonardo Marcos	...	Voix chef de plateau (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Daniel Langlet
Elli Medeiros	...	Mona

Directed by
Olivier Assayas

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Olivier Assayas

Produced by
Bruno Pésery	....	producer
Angelo Rizzoli Jr.	....	associate producer

Original Music by
John Cale

Cinematography by
Denis Lenoir

Film Editing by
Luc Barnier

Casting by
Pierre Amzallag

Production Design by
François-Renaud Labarthe

Costume Design by
Françoise Clavel

Makeup Department
Patricia Marino	....	key hair stylist
Thierry Marino	....	hair stylist
Danièle Vuarin	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Baudoin Capet	....	production manager
Fabrice De Lestang	....	unit manager (as Fabrice Jahan de Lestang)
Pierre Moitron	....	unit production manager
Nathalie Nghet	....	assistant production manager
Philippe Poignand	....	unit manager
Paul Savonitto	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Étienne Albrecht	....	assistant director
Eric De Roquefeuil	....	trainee assistant director
Laurent Soulet	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jean-Baptiste Bonetto	....	construction
Bernard Bordet	....	construction
Philippe Boulenouar	....	construction
Herve Cusset	....	construction
Armand de Tayrac	....	trainee decorator
Jean-Noël Delalande	....	painter decorator
Henri Demonio	....	construction
Christine Descloitres	....	painter
Pierre-Antoine Deshayes	....	painter
Eric Doyon	....	trainee decorator
Nicolas Doyon	....	construction
Olivier Drano	....	painter
Didier Dubedout	....	painter
Nicolas Faure	....	assistant art director
Antonio Grassi	....	chief construction
Peter Hammond	....	chief painter
Christophe Herrison	....	trainee decorator
Jean-François Juvanon	....	painter
Danielle Mainard	....	construction (as Daniel Meynard)
Fabrice Maux	....	painter
Franck Miniconi	....	painter
Francis Navard	....	construction
Corinne Pouchoulin	....	painter
Jean-Pascal Rapp	....	set dresser
Yann Richard	....	second assistant decorator
Bernard Schmidt	....	construction

Sound Department
Marie Guesnier	....	sound assistant
Gérard Lamps	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jean-Claude Laureux	....	sound
Jean-Louis Lebras	....	boom operator
François Lepeuple	....	assistant foley artist
Anne-Marie Lhote	....	sound editor (as Anne-Marie L'Hote)
Laurent Lévy	....	foley artist
Fanny Menin	....	assistant sound
Joël Rangon	....	sound assistant
Brigitte Taillandier	....	assistant sound
Santiago Thévenet	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
David Bonfils	....	special effects
Raph Salis	....	special effects
Benoît Squizzato	....	special effects

Stunts
Julio Pujols	....	stunt double
Violene Senhadj	....	stunt double
Joël Venon	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Didier Arnau	....	electrician
Eric Aupetit	....	grip
Serge Degand	....	grip
Jean Fernandez	....	generator operator
Charlotte Flossant	....	trainee camera operator
Leopold Gomez	....	chief electrician
Pascal Lagriffoul	....	assistant camera
Benoît Lemercier	....	electrician
Thierry Pougeol	....	assistant camera
Thierry Pouget	....	loader
Denis Scozzesi	....	key grip
Isabelle Weingarten	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Eric Daviron	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Isabelle Langerome	....	assistant editor
Marie Lecoeur	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Hélène Cases	....	trainee production assistant
Marine Delattre	....	production secretary
Wilhelm Laligant	....	administrator
Marie-Christine Malbert	....	unit publicist
Nathalie Nghet	....	production secretary
Valérie Pêcheur	....	script supervisor
Eric Rommeluere	....	administrator
Martine Traks	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Arena Films
• Christian Bourgois Productions (co-production)
• Films A2 (co-production)
• Erre Produzioni (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• Investimage 3 (in association with)

Distributors

• Pan Européenne Distribution (1991) (France) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Arena Films

Beautiful

I've got wonderful memory of that film, Judith Godreche lost and sad, Jean Pierre Leaud in one of his best performance, sombre, neurotic in his midlife crisis, Thomas Langmann mysterious and young, the magnificent and dramatic score by John Cale, Judith Godreche ODing in a bush of roses or looking at the Parisian lights over her head at the back of a motorcycle to the sound of Pixies' Debaser. The Squatt party, a vision of Paris immigrants similar to Claire Denis essential films. It's not a perfect film but it's passionate, and as Truffaut said the best films are from being perfect, that's why they're so beautiful, achieved scenes look even better among unachieved ones. It's like a teenage film but romantic and desperate, like an adolescent would have made it. It's one of Assayas most beautiful film.