PARIS JE T’AIME
France, Lichtenstein & Switzlerand/2006/French and English dialogue with English subtitles/35mm/120 mins
Twenty-one of the world’s most distinctive and modern directors were asked to paint cinematic portraits of different locales and arrondissements of Paris; some are familiar, some off the beaten track. These little portraits, stories and jokes run together fluidly, many, of course, returning to the theme of love, involving joy, separation and unexpected encounters. There are romances, eccentricities, political fables, comedies. The result is an enchanting collage of vignettes, evoking Paris in all its mystery and beauty and featuring many famous faces: Juliette Binoche, Nick Nolte, Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gylenhaal, Marianne Faithfull, Willem Dafoe. While, of course, such diversity can often tend to be a mixed blessing, this rich selection proves charmingly inventive, often funny and always enchanting – like Paris itself.
Directed By: Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Emmanuel Benbihy, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Doyle
Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Alexander Payne, Bruno Podalydès, Walter Salles, Oliver Schmitz, Nobuhiro Suwa
Daniela Thomas, Tom Tykwer, Gus Van Sant
Producers: Claudie Ossard & Emmanuel Benbihy
Music: Pierre Adenot
