Paris-Manhattan (2012)

Alice, a Woody Allen-obsessed pharmacist and hopeless romantic, meets a charming man named Victor but has trouble committing to him.

Director:

Sophie Lellouche

Writer:

Sophie Lellouche (scenario and dialogue)

Stars:

Alice Taglioni, Patrick Bruel, Marine Delterme

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alice Taglioni	...	Alice
Patrick Bruel	...	Victor
Marine Delterme	...	Hélène
Michel Aumont	...	Isaac - Le Père
Marie-Christine Adam	...	Nicole - La Mère
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing	...	Pierre
Margaux Chatelier	...	Laura
Yannick Soulier	...	Vincent
Arsène Mosca	...	Arthur
Gladys Cohen	...	Madame Gozlan
Julie Martel	...	La cliente dépressive
Roman Guisset	...	Le cambrioleur
Juliette Kruh	...	L'assistante d'Alice
Paul-Edouard Gondard	...	Achille
Jacques Ciron	...	Le bâtonnier

Storyline

In Paris, the pharmacist Alice has been an obsessed Woody Allen fan since she was fifteen and has seen all his movies and talks to him alone in her room. When she meets Pierre in a night-club, she finds that he loves jazz and she believes he is her prince charming. But when Pierre sees Alice's sister Hélène, they immediately fall in love with each other and marry each other. Years later, Alice is a spinster that administrates the pharmacy that belonged to her father and believes that movies can heal many diseases. However her father insistently tries to find a husband for her. When the alarm technician Victor meets Alice, she does not see any future relationship with him. But one day, Victor brings Alice to meet Woody Allen in Paris and the director gives an advice to Alice.

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Plot Keywords:

woody allen | paris france | alarm system | love | pharmacist | 

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Taglines:

Two cities. One hopeless romantic.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was Woody Allen's first acting role since Scoop (2006) six years earlier.

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Quotes

Victor: [subtitled version] Your dreams are banal. Reality offers better than that.

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Crazy Credits

At the start of the final credits, there is a brief clip of Alice and Victor on the scooter riding through a park.

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Connections

References The Women on the 6th Floor (2010)

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Soundtracks

Come Down
Written by Declan Flynn

User Reviews

would't be wooderful

I used to be French and I used to love Woody Allen - "used" because of a combination of geographical mutation and a vanishing memory... I remember seeing this movie in Sydney a few years ago, so taped it when it was on TV a few days ago. This time I watched it on my own, perhaps because I felt it might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I had a wonderful time revisiting... I did not worry about expectations and really it's one's best way to approach it, not to pull it on a slab and dissect it. (the same goes for so many other movies; it supposes to be fun, and it is. I liked the originality to involve W Allen the way it is done and make a romantic and funny story out of it. I was interested to read one of the comment mentioning that years ago Woody Allen, in "Play it Again Sam", Does a similar thing when he converse with a certain "Humphrey Bogart". I would be surprised if it was just a coincidence. Although I can't say it has any other bearing on this film.

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

18 July 2012 (France)

Also Known As:

Paris-Manhattan

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,031,682

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vendôme Production, France 2 Cinéma, SND Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1