L'auberge espagnole (2002)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Cédric Klapisch

Writer:

Cédric Klapisch (writer)

Release Date:

19 June 2002 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

Tagline:

They came from Paris, Rome, London and Berlin to... l'Auberge Espagnole ...where a year can change a lifetime.

Plot:

A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.

Plot Keywords:

Student | Apartment | Language | English | French

Awards:

8 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Romain Duris	...	Xavier
Judith Godrèche	...	Anne-Sophie
Audrey Tautou	...	Martine
Cécile De France	...	Isabelle
Kelly Reilly	...	Wendy (as Keilly Reilly)
Cristina Brondo	...	Soledad
Federico D'Anna	...	Alessandro (as Fédérico D'anna)
Barnaby Metschurat	...	Tobias
Christian Pagh	...	Lars
Kevin Bishop	...	William
Xavier De Guillebon	...	Jean-Michel
Wladimir Yordanoff	...	Jean-Charles Perrin
Irene Montalà	...	Neus (as Irène Montala)
Javier Coromina	...	Juan
Iddo Goldberg	...	Alistair
Martine Demaret	...	Xavier's Mother
Olivier Raynal	...	Bruce
Paulina Gálvez	...	Flamenco Teacher (as Paulina Galvez)
Jacno	...	Xavier's Father
Sylvie Lachat	...	University Secretary
Magali Roze	...	Stewardess
Shilpa Baliga	...	Nurse Miralpeix
Nadala Batiste	...	Neighbor Miralpeix
Pere Sagristà	...	Catalan Teacher (as Père Sagrista)
Pere Abello	...	Landlord (as Père Abello)
Babou Cham	...	Catalan Student 1
Daniel Grao	...	Catalan Student 2
Iván Morales	...	Catalan Student 3 (as Ivan Morales)
Jacques Royer	...	Erasmus
Mira Wanting	...	Mira (as Mira Herfort Wanting)
Arsène Royer	...	Lars' Son
Sophie Delin	...	Apartment Neighbor
Zinedine Soualem	...	Barman
Pablo Klapisch	...	Xavier as a Child
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cédric Klapisch	...	Le professeur stressé (uncredited)
Lise Lamétrie	...	La femme au ministère (uncredited)
Sophie Le Tellier	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Cédric Klapisch

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Cédric Klapisch		writer

Produced by
Bruno Levy	....	producer
Jacques Royer	....	line producer

Cinematography by
Dominique Colin

Film Editing by
Francine Sandberg

Casting by
Pep Armengol
Lucy Boulting
Emmanuelle Gaborit

Production Design by
François Emmanuelli

Costume Design by
Anne Schotte

Makeup Department
Manuela Taco	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Victoria Borrás	....	production manager: Spain
Jacques Royer	....	production manager
Antoine Théron	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lola Doillon	....	first assistant director
Ophélie Gelber	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Marie Cheminal	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Dominique Dalmasso	....	sound mixer
Cyril Moisson	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Christophe Belena	....	scan and conforming technician: Duboicolor
Seb Caudron	....	visual effects director
Rip Hampton O'Neil	....	technical director: DuboiColor
Tina Lin	....	scan and conforming technician: Duboicolor
Nicolas Daniel	....	video operator: Duboicolor (uncredited)
François Dupuy	....	digital transfers (uncredited)
Sylvian Fabre	....	Flame artist (uncredited)
Abdel Ali Kassou	....	processing: DuboiColor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jérôme Plon	....	still photographer
Frédéric North	....	pilot: camera helicopter (uncredited)

Casting Department
Pep Armengol	....	casting: Spain
Jeanne Millet	....	extras casting
Annette Borgmann	....	casting: Germany (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Jean-René Nébot	....	digital color timer
Jenny Frenck	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Other crew
Sandra Bensadón	....	press attache
Agathe Sallabery	....	script supervisor
Géraldine Toitot	....	administrator
Arno Salters	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Bac Films
• Ce Qui Me Meut Motion Pictures
• France 2 Cinéma
• Mate Films
• Mate Producciones S.A.
• Studio Canal
• Vía Digital

Distributors

• Mars Distribution (2002) (France) (theatrical)
• BIM Distribuzione (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2002) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• TOBIS Film (2003) (Austria) (theatrical)
• TOBIS Film (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (Far East)
• Alfa Films (Argentina)
• Christal Films (Canada)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2003) (Asia) (subtitled)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2003) (Australia) (subtitled)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2003) (New Zealand) (subtitled)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2003) (Scandinavia) (subtitled)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2003) (South America) (subtitled)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2003) (USA) (subtitled)
• Impuls Home Entertainment (2004) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• New Age Entertainment (Portugal)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (200?) (Netherlands) (video)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Universum Film (UFA) (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Pot Luck (Canada: English title) (UK)
Euro Pudding (International: English title)
L'auberge espagnole (USA)
The Spanish Apartment (USA)
Una casa de locos (Spain)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexual content.

Runtime:

122 min | Finland:117 min | Turkey:111 min (TV version)

Country:

France | Spain

Language:

French | Spanish | English | Catalan | Danish | German | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Iceland:10 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

Bac Films

Trivia:

"L'auberge espagnole" (the Spanish hotel) is the house in Barcelona where the Erasmus students live their adventures in the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Xavier is at the airport getting ready to leave for Barcelona, he goes to talk to Martine and then returns to his mother and picks up his small backpack. He then goes back to Martine, without his backpack, returns to his mother and picks up his backpack again.

Quotes:

Xavier: He was just like the jerks I always try to avoid. Why was he so desperate to talk to me?

Movie Connections:

Featured in European confusiòn: Making-of 'L'auberge espagnole' (2002) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Reino de Silia

A Delightful and Funny Tale of Friendship and Love in a Unified Europe

In France, Xavier (Romain Duris) is a young economist of twenty and something years, trying to get a job in a governmental department through a friend of his father. He is advised to have a specialization in Spanish economy and language to get a good position. He decides to apply in an European exchange program called "Erasmus" and move to Barcelona to improve his knowledges in Spanish culture and language. She leaves his girlfriend Martine (Audry Tautou), promising to keep a close contact with her, and once in Barcelona, he is temporarily lodged by a French doctor Jean-Michel (Xavier de Guillebon) and his young and lonely wife Anne-Sophie (Judith Godrèche) he had met in the airport. Later, he moves to an apartment with international students: the English Wendy (Kelly Reilly), the Spanish Soledad (Cristina Brondo), the Italian Alessandro (Fédérico D'anna), the Danish Lars (Christian Pagh) and the German Tobias (Barnaby Metschurat). Then the Belgium Isabelle (Cécile de France) and Wendy's brother William (Kevin Bishop) join the group, and Xavier learns Spanish language, and finds friendship and love in his experience living abroad. "L' Auberge Espagnole" is one of those movies the viewer becomes sad when it ends. The story is a delightful and funny tale of friendship and love, in a globalized world and an unified Europe. This very charming movie made me feel good and happy, although I have never experienced to live in a republic of students. The newcomer William provokes the funniest situations along the story, with his big mouth and short brain. Further, it great to see a fresh approach of students living together different from those dumb American fraternities and their stereotypes, common in American movies. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Albergue Espanhol" (Spanish Auberge")