Paris, je t'aime (2006)

Directors:

Olivier Assayas
Frédéric Auburtin

Writers:

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

Release Date:

21 June 2006 (France)

Genre:

Romance

Tagline:

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:

Love | Tourist | Actress | Argument | Subway

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

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")

Also Known As:

Paris, I Love You (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title)
Paris, je t'aime (UK) (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and brief drug use.

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

France | Liechtenstein | Switzerland

Language:

English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Mandarin

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Victoires International

Trivia:

The original intention of the film was to represent each of the 20 arrondissements of Paris but this idea was abandoned together with filmed segments by directors Christoffer Boe and Raphaël Nadjari.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the segment "14ème Arrondissement", Carol visits the grave of Jean-Paul Sartre. She mispronounces the woman's name, however, as "Simon Bolivar", the South American liberator, instead of saying "Simone de Beauvoir," the French author. The English subtitles repeat the mistake.

Quotes:

Francine: Thomas Listen. Listen. There are times when life calls out for a change. A transition. Like the seasons. Our spring was wonderful, but summer is over now and we missed out on autumn. And now all of a sudden, it's cold, so cold that everything is freezing over. Our love fell asleep, and the snow took it by surprise. But if you fall asleep in the snow, you don't feel death coming. Take care

Movie Connections:

References Werckmeister harmóniák (2000)

Soundtrack:

Paris

Light-footed mix of styles with some great moments, and some even greater names.

The whole does not even come close to the sum of the parts. No problem. This film features a line-up of some of the most diversely creative directors of our time and some really famous names in the cast. The segments are devised around the same theme, "Love in Paris", but the resemblance ends there. Actually, considering that the approach to the theme from all these different directors takes so many forms, it is amazing that we can even feel we are still watching the same film. No great effort has been made to turn it into a comprehensive whole. This buffet has so many great ingredients, I am glad nobody tried to put them all in a single dish.