Paris, je t'aime (2006)

Directors:

Olivier Assayas
Frédéric Auburtin
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Writers:

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

City Name In Title | Male Female Relationship | Actress | Vampire | Multiple Storylines

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')
Steve Buscemi	...	The Tourist (segment "Tuileries")
Gulliver Hecq	...	Child in the Metro (segment "Tuileries")
Axel Kiener	...	Axel (segment 'Tuileries')
Frankie Pain	...	Mother in the Metro (segment "Tuileries")
Marina Moncade	...	Bourgeoise Mother (segment "Loin du 16ème")
Catalina Sandino Moreno	...	Ana (segment 'Loin du 16ème')
Aurélien Blain-King	...	Buddhist (segment "Porte de Choisy")
Xing Xing Cheng	...	Old Chinese Woman (segment "Porte de Choisy")
Hélène Patarot	...	Chinese Woman with Make-Up (segment "Porte de Choisy")
Barbet Schroeder	...	Monsieur Henny (segment 'Porte de Choisy')
Li Xin	...	Madame Li (segment 'Porte de Choisy')
Javier Cámara	...	The Doctor (segment "Bastille")
Sergio Castellitto	...	The Husband (segment "Bastille")
Emilie Ohana	...	Léah (segment "Bastille")
Miranda Richardson	...	The Wife (segment "Bastille")
Leonor Watling	...	The Mistress (segment "Bastille")
Juliette Binoche	...	Suzanne (segment "Place des Victoires")
Martin Combes	...	Justin (segment "Place des Victoires")
Willem Dafoe	...	The Cowboy (segment "Place des Victoires")
Hippolyte Girardot	...	The Father (segment "Place des Victoires")
Roxane Pelicier	...	Isis (segment "Place des Victoires")
Dylan Gomong	...	Little Jean-Claude (segment "Tour Eiffel")
Emmanuel Layotte	...	Café Waiter (segment "Tour Eiffel")
Madeleine Malroux	...	Woman #1 in Café (segment "Tour Eiffel")
Simone Malroux	...	Woman #2 in Café (segment "Tour Eiffel")
Yolande Moreau	...	Female Mime (segment "Tour Eiffel")
Isabelle Patey	...	Policewoman (segment "Tour Eiffel")
Paul Putner	...	Male Mime (segment "Tour Eiffel")
Sara Martins	...	Sara (segment 'Parc Monceau')
Nick Nolte	...	Vincent (segment 'Parc Monceau')
Ludivine Sagnier	...	Claire (segment 'Parc Monceau')
Lionel Dray	...	Ken (segment 'Quartier des Enfants Rouges')
Maggie Gyllenhaal	...	Liz (segment 'Quartier des Enfants Rouges')
Joana Preiss	...	Joana (segment 'Quartier des Enfants Rouges')
Seydou Boro	...	Hassan (segment 'Place des Fêtes')
Aïssa Maïga	...	Sophie (segment 'Place des Fêtes')
Fanny Ardant	...	Fanny Forestier (segment 'Pigalle')
Bob Hoskins	...	Bob Leander (segment 'Pigalle')
Olga Kurylenko	...	The Vampire (segment "Quartier de la Madeleine")
Elijah Wood	...	The Tourist (segment "Quartier de la Madeleine")
Emily Mortimer	...	Frances (segment 'Père-Lachaise')
Alexander Payne	...	Oscar Wilde (segment 'Père-Lachaise')
Rufus Sewell	...	William (segment 'Père-Lachaise')
Melchior Beslon	...	Thomas (segment 'Faubourg Saint-Denis')
Natalie Portman	...	Francine (segment 'Faubourg Saint-Denis')
Gérard Depardieu	...	Café Owner (segment "Quartier Latin")
Ben Gazzara	...	Ben (segment 'Quartier Latin')
Gena Rowlands	...	Gena (segment 'Quartier Latin')
Margo Martindale	...	Carol (segment "14ème Arrondissement")
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Laurent Cazanave	...	(unconfirmed)
Emmanuel Finkiel	...	(unconfirmed)
Jean-Christophe Barc	...	Le pompier (uncredited)
Adel Bencherif	...	Le mauvais garçon (uncredited)
Wes Craven	...	The Vampire's Victim (segment "Quartier de la Madeleine") (uncredited)
Dinara Drukarova	...	La jolie fille du bar 2 (uncredited)
Nino Kirtadze	...	La jolie fille du bar 1 (uncredited)
Nathalie Kousnetzoff	...	La coiffeuse du 14 ème (uncredited)
Nicolas Maury	...	Jeff (uncredited)
Vanessa Mikowsky	...	La fille du taxi (uncredited)
Christophe Perie	...	Smoking Guy (uncredited)
Chany Sabaty	...	La stripteaseuse (uncredited)
Laetitia Spigarelli	...	La costumière (uncredited)
Georges Thibaut	...	Le gérant du parking (uncredited)
Vincent Verdier	...	Le collègue urgentiste (uncredited)

Directed by
Olivier Assayas		(segment "Quartier des Enfants Rouges")
Frédéric Auburtin		(segment "Quartier Latin") (transitions)
Emmanuel Benbihy		(transitions)
Gurinder Chadha		(segment "Quais de Seine")
Sylvain Chomet		(segment "Tour Eiffel")
Ethan Coen		(segment "Tuileries")
Joel Coen		(segment "Tuileries")
Isabel Coixet		(segment "Bastille")
Wes Craven		(segment "Père-Lachaise")
Alfonso Cuarón		(segment "Parc Monceau")
Gérard Depardieu		(segment "Quartier Latin")
Christopher Doyle		(segment "Porte de Choisy")
Richard LaGravenese		(segment "Pigalle")
Vincenzo Natali		(segment "Quartier de la Madeleine")
Alexander Payne		(segment "14th arrondissement")
Bruno Podalydès		(segment "Montmartre")
Walter Salles		(segment "Loin du 16ème")
Oliver Schmitz		(segment "Place des Fêtes")
Nobuhiro Suwa		(segment "Place des Victoires")
Daniela Thomas		(segment "Loin du 16ème")
Tom Tykwer		(segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Gus Van Sant		(segment "Le Marais")

Writing credits
Tristan Carné		(idea)
Emmanuel Benbihy		(feature film concept and transitions)
Bruno Podalydès		(segment "Montmartre")
Paul Mayeda Berges		(segment "Quais de Seine") &
Gurinder Chadha		(segment "Quais de Seine")
Gus Van Sant		(segment "Le Marais")
Ethan Coen		(segment "Tuileries") &
Joel Coen		(segment "Tuileries")
Walter Salles		(segment "Loin du 16ème") &
Daniela Thomas		(segment "Loin du 16ème")
Christopher Doyle		(segment "Porte de Choisy") &
Gabrielle Keng		(segment "Porte de Choisy") &
Rain Li		(segment "Porte de Choisy") (as Kathy Li)
Isabel Coixet		(segment "Bastille")
Nobuhiro Suwa		(segment "Place des Victoires")
Sylvain Chomet		(segment "Tour Eiffel")
Alfonso Cuarón		(segment "Parc Monceau")
Olivier Assayas		(segment "Quartier des Enfants Rouges")
Oliver Schmitz		(segment "Place des Fêtes")
Richard LaGravenese		(segment "Pigalle")
Vincenzo Natali		(segment "Quartier de la Madeleine")
Wes Craven		(segment "Père-Lachaise")
Tom Tykwer		(segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Gena Rowlands		(segment "Quartier Latin")
Nadine Eïd		(segment "14th arrondissement") &
Alexander Payne		(segment "14th arrondissement")

Produced by
Matthias Batthyany	....	co-producer
Emmanuel Benbihy	....	producer
Chris Bolzli	....	executive producer
Gilles Caussade	....	executive producer
Rafi Chaudry	....	executive producer
Nicholas Druz	....	associate co-producer
Sam Englebardt	....	executive producer
Henri Jacob	....	associate producer
Ara Katz	....	executive producer
Maria Köpf	....	executive producer
Fred Malek	....	assistant producer
Frank Moss	....	executive producer
Claudie Ossard	....	producer
Stefan Piech	....	co-producer
Chad Troutwine	....	executive producer
Burkhard Von Schenk	....	co-producer
Shaw-Lang Wang	....	associate co-producer

Original Music by
Pierre Adenot
Michael Andrews		(segment "Quartier de la Madeleine")
Reinhold Heil		(segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Johnny Klimek		(segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Marie Sabbah
Tom Tykwer		(segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")

Cinematography by
Pierre Aïm		(segment "Quartier Latin")
Maxime Alexandre		(segment "Père-Lachaise")
Michel Amathieu		(segment "Place des Fêtes")
Bruno Delbonnel		(segment "Tuileries")
Eric Gautier		(segment "Loin du 16ème") (segment "Quartier des Enfants Rouges")
Frank Griebe		(segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Eric Guichard		(segment "Tour Eiffel")
Jean-Claude Larrieu		(segment "Bastille")
Denis Lenoir		(segment "14th arrondissement")
Rain Li		(segment "Porte de Choisy") (as Kathy Li)
Pascal Marti		(segment "Place des Victoires")
Tetsuo Nagata		(segment "Quartier de la Madeleine")
Matthieu Poirot-Delpech		(segment "Montmartre")
David Quesemand		(segment "Quais de Seine")
Pascal Rabaud		(segment "Le Marais")
Michael Seresin		(segment "Parc Monceau")
Gérard Sterin		(segment "Quartier de la Madeleine")

Film Editing by
Luc Barnier		(segment "Quartier des Enfants Rouges")
Mathilde Bonnefoy		(segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Stan Collet		(segment "Père-Lachaise")
Simon Jacquet		(segments "Quais de Seine", "Porte de Choisy", "Bastille", "Pigalle", "Quartier Latin", "Faubourg Saint Denis" and "14th arrondissement")
Anne Klotz		(segment "Montmartre")
Isabel Meier		(segment "Place des Fêtes")
Alex Rodríguez		(segment "Parc Monceau")
Hisako Suwa		(segment "Places des Victoires")

Casting by
Nathalie Cheron
Paula Chevallet		(segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")

Production Design by
Bettina von den Steinen

Set Decoration by
Sébastien Monteux-Halleur

Costume Design by
Olivier Bériot

Makeup Department
Jacques-Olivier Molon	....	special makeup effects artist
Stéphane Robert	....	key makeup artist (as Stéphane Lagadic)

Production Management
Céline André	....	assistant production manager
Philippe Delest	....	production manager
Patrick Gordon	....	production manager (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Guillaume Husson	....	assistant production manager (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Britta Knöller	....	unit production manager (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Margot Luneau	....	production supervisor
Larissa Trüby	....	post-production supervisor (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Elsa Amiel	....	first assistant director
Sylvain Bressolette	....	trainee assistant director
Luc Bricault	....	second assistant director
Stéphanie Champault	....	second assistant director (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Cheyenne Corre	....	second assistant director (segment "Tuileries")
Séverin de Lajarte	....	second assistant director
Dominique Delany	....	first assistant director (segments "Porte de Choisy" and "14th arrondissement")
Natalie Engelstein	....	first assistant director (segments "Quartier Latin" and "Bastille") (transitions)
Arnaud Esterez	....	first assistant director
Antoine Garceau	....	first assistant director (segment "Le Marais" and "Loin du 16ème")
Matthew Gledhill	....	first assistant director (segment "Quartier des Enfants Rouges")
Vanessa Mujica	....	third assistant director (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Philippe Pangrazzi	....	second assistant director
Christophe Perie	....	third assistant director
William Pruss	....	first assistant director (segments "Tuileries" and "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Hans Titze	....	third assistant director (segment "Tuileries")
Mathieu Vaillant	....	second assistant director
Marie Weinberger	....	second assistant director (segment "Quais de Seine")

Art Department
Franck Gies	....	carpenter
Denis Lourenco	....	painter
Maxime Rebière	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Jonathan Acbard	....	boom operator
David Amsalem	....	additional sound recordist (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Capucine Courau	....	sound editor
Edouard d'Heucqueville	....	sound mix technician
François Domerc	....	sound assistant (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Dirk Jacob	....	sound designer (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Matthias Lempert	....	sound re-recording mixer (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Jean-Paul Mugel	....	sound (segments "Tuileries", "Quais de Seine" and "Place des Fêtes")
Antoine Ouvrier	....	sound
Marc Parazon	....	boom operator (segment "15th arrondissement")
Jacques Pibarot	....	sound recordist (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Naiki Rossell	....	adr editor (segment "Parc Monceau")
Vincent Tulli	....	sound

Special Effects by
Eric Faivre	....	mechanical special effects
Daniel Lenoir	....	rain effects

Visual Effects by
Claire Cuinier	....	digital artist
Florian Decker	....	Inferno artist (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Jacques Delzescaux	....	digital artist
Antoine Douadi	....	digital artist
Alex Klippe	....	digital film recordist (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Michael Lanzensberger	....	Inferno artist (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Pascal Laurent	....	visual effects supervisor
Malika Mazauric	....	digital artist
Frederic Moreau	....	visual effects director
Thierry Noblet	....	digital artist
Mal Pujol	....	digital artist
Raf Schoenmaekers	....	digital effects artist (segment "Tour Eiffel")
Melodie Stevens	....	digital artist
Sascha Stiller	....	digital film recordist (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Simon Thomas	....	telecine assist (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Stefan Tischner	....	Inferno artist (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Dominik Trimborn	....	visual effects producer (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Pieter Van Houte	....	digital effects artist (segment "Tour Eiffel")
Klaus Wuchta	....	Inferno artist (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Stephanie Boutinaud	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)

Stunts
Jean-Jacques Desplanque	....	stunts
Oumar Diaoure	....	stunt coordinator
Alain Figlarz	....	stunt coordinator
Eric Fournol	....	stunts
David Genty	....	stunts
Dan Herzberg	....	stunts
Olivier Schneider	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Pierre Aïm	....	cinematographer: transitions
Christian Almesberger	....	first assistant camera (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Frédérique Barraja	....	still photographer
Frédéric Batier	....	first assistant steadicam (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Matthieu-David Cournot	....	apprentice assistant camera
Marie-sophie Daniel	....	video playback assistant
Pierre Fanet	....	electrician
David Foquin	....	second assistant camera (segments "7th Arrondissement" and "9th Arrondissement")
Denis Garnier	....	first assistant camera
Arnaud Gervet	....	additional video assistant
Christophe Guyon	....	focus puller
Rafael Jeneral	....	clapper loader (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Malek Krimed	....	assistant camera
Nathalie Lao	....	assistant camera
Alexandre Léglise	....	second assistant camera
Daniel Marie-Sophie	....	video playback assistant
Pierre Mazard	....	focus puller
Nicole Nullmeyer	....	second assistant camera (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Fabienne Octobre	....	assistant camera
Denis Paillieux	....	electrician
Benoît Pain	....	second assistant camera (segment "6th Arrondissement")
Christophe Paturange	....	cinematographer: transitions
Ferencz Radnai	....	electrician
Jan Rubens	....	steadicam operator
Gérard Simon	....	cinematographer: transitions
Valerio Villalba	....	focus puller

Casting Department
Meriem Amari	....	casting assistant
Bouchra Fakhri	....	casting assistant
Marion Tenet	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pierre-Yves Gayraud	....	costume designer: segments
Tassadite Hammami	....	assistant costume designer (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")

Editorial Department
Frédéric Auburtin	....	editorial supervisor
Guillaume Bauer	....	editor: pan & scan
Nicolas Borzeix	....	second assistant editor (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Michele Conroy	....	editorial consultant
Nicolas Criqui	....	digital conformation
Simon Jacquet	....	editorial supervisor (segments "Quais de Seine", "Porte de Choisy", "Bastille", "Pigalle", "Quartier Latin", "Faubourg Saint Denis" and "14th arrondissement")
Isabelle Julien	....	color timer
Frederic Jupin	....	lustre editor
Boris Mang	....	assistant post-production
Marion Monnier	....	assistant editor
Birgit Steffan	....	digital intermediate colorist (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Clement Zveguintzoff	....	digital conformation
Antje Zynga	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Edouard Dubois	....	music consultant
Leslie Feist	....	composer: main theme song "La Même Histoire"
Christophe Monthieux	....	composer: title music
Gabriel Isaac Mounsey	....	additional music programmer (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")

Other crew
Naoufel Ben Youssef	....	unit location manager
Diane Brasseur	....	script supervisor
Gilles Caussade	....	financial director
Sylvain Chatenoud	....	location manager
Christophe Chauveau	....	key location scout
Carly Feingold	....	assistant: Wes Craven
Klaus Flesch	....	production accountant (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Nicolas Foulatier	....	location manager (segment "Loin du 16ème")
Jane Hawksley	....	transitions
Aurore Jactat	....	legal
Romeo Julien	....	avid conformation
Britta Knöller	....	location manager (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Guillaume Lefrançois	....	assistant location manager
Lina Martins	....	assistant: Juliette Binoche
Gomes de Almeida Natasha	....	script supervisor
Eric Nebot	....	script coordinator
Emilie Ohana	....	coach: English/French (segment "Tuileries")
Helen Olive	....	production coordinator
Bruno Perdrigeat	....	location manager
Aurélien Renouard	....	marketing director
Bachir Sareh	....	assistant location manager
Katia Sourzac	....	assistant to producer
Andro Steinborn	....	legal and business affairs (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")
Valentine Traclet	....	script supervisor
Larissa Trüby	....	assistant: Tom Tykwer

Thanks
Lucille Aimard	....	thanks
Woody Allen	....	thanks
Layke Anderson	....	thanks
Asia Argento	....	thanks
Christoffer Boe	....	very special thanks
Eric Caravaca	....	thanks
Pierre-Jean Chabert	....	thanks
Tom Cruise	....	thanks
Penélope Cruz	....	thanks
Julie Depardieu	....	thanks
Mike Figgis	....	thanks
Gael García Bernal	....	thanks
Jean-Luc Godard	....	thanks
Alejandro González Iñárritu	....	thanks
Camille Japy	....	thanks
Jan Kounen	....	thanks
Mía Maestro	....	thanks
Julio Medem	....	thanks
Anne-Marie Miéville	....	thanks
Raphaël Nadjari	....	very special thanks
Emilie Ohana	....	thanks
Sally Potter	....	thanks
Eric Poulain	....	thanks
Tim Roth	....	thanks
Ettore Scola	....	thanks
Fiona Shaw	....	thanks
Jim Swaffield	....	thanks
Fernando Trueba	....	thanks
Agnès Varda	....	thanks
Jiang Wen	....	thanks
Jonathan Zaccaï	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Victoires International
• Pirol Stiftung (co-production)
• Canal+
• X-Filme Creative Pool (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")

Distributors

• Celsius Entertainment (2005) (USA) (all media) (sales)
• A-Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Deltamac Entertainment (2007) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Festive Films (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• First Look International (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• First Look International (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Geneon Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• La Fabrique de Films (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Madman Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (all media)
• Maple Pictures (2007) (Canada) (DVD)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB (2006) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Sandrews (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Senator Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• TF1 Vidéo (2007) (France) (DVD)
• Telexcel/ImpactoCine (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Toho-Towa (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• FX Cinéma
• Éclair Numérique

Other Companies

• Brian Benison Music  music preparation (segment "8th arrondissement")
• Cinetic Media  sales
• Laboratoires Éclair  digital intermediate
• Polydor  soundtrack
• Universal Music Group  soundtrack