Paris, je t’aime (2006)
“Paris, I love you”
Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Paris, je t’aime is a anthology film starring an ensemble cast of actors of various nationalities. The two-hour film consists of eighteen short films set in different arrondissements. The 22 directors include Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Joel and Ethan Coen, Gérard Depardieu, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Nobuhiro Suwa, Alexander Payne, Tom Tykwer, Walter Salles, Yolande Moreau, and Gus Van Sant.
Initially, 20 short films representing the 20 arrondissements of Paris were planned, but two of them (the 15th arrondissement, directed by Christoffer Boe, and the 11th arrondissement, by Raphaël Nadjari) were not included in the final film because they could not be properly integrated into it.[citation needed] Each arrondissement is followed by a few images of Paris; these transition sequences were written by Emmanuel Benbihy and directed by Benbihy with Frédéric Auburtin. Including Benbihy, there were 22 directors involved in the finished film.
Through the neighborhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented and awakened.
Directors: Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Joel and Ethan Coen, Gérard Depardieu, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Nobuhiro Suwa, Alexander Payne, Tom Tykwer, Walter Salles, Yolande Moreau, Gus Van Sant, Oliver Schmitz, Daniela Thomas
Writers: Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuarón, Bruno Podalydès, Christopher Doyle, Daniela Thomas, Emmanuel Benbihy, Ethan Coen, Frédéric Auburtin, Gabrielle Keng, Gena Rowlands, Gurinder Chadha, Gus Van Sant, Isabel Coixet, Jane Hawksley, Jean-Pierre Ronssin, Joel Coen, Nadine Eïd, Nobuhiro Suwa, Oliver Schmitz, Olivier Assayas, Paul Mayeda Berges, Rain Li, Richard LaGravenese, Sylvain Chomet, Tom Tykwer, Tristan Carné, Vincent Poymiro, Vincenzo Natali, Walter Salles, Wes Craven
Stars: Juliette Binoche, Leonor Watling, Ludivine Sagnier, Natalie Portman, Marianne Faithfull, Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe
Cast:
| Fanny Ardant | … | Fanny (segment “Pigalle”) |
| Julie Bataille | … | Julie (segment “Tuileries”) |
| Leïla Bekhti | … | Zarka (segment “Quais de Seine”) |
| Melchior Derouet | … | Thomas (segment “Faubourg Saint-Denis”) (as Melchior Beslon) |
| Juliette Binoche | … | Suzanne (segment “Place des Victoires”) |
| Seydou Boro | … | Hassan (segment “Place des Fetes”) |
| Steve Buscemi | … | Le touriste (segment “Tuileries”) |
| Sergio Castellitto | … | Le mari (segment “Bastille”) |
| Willem Dafoe | … | Le cowboy (segment “Place des Victoires”) |
| Gérard Depardieu | … | Le patron (segment “Quartier Latin”) |
| Cyril Descours | … | François (segment “Quais de Seine”) |
| Lionel Dray | … | Ken (segment “Quartier des Enfants Rouges”) |
| Marianne Faithfull | … | Marianne (segment “Le Marais”) |
| Ben Gazzara | … | Ben (segment “Quartier Latin”) |
| Hippolyte Girardot | … | Le père (segment “Place des Victoires”) |
| Maggie Gyllenhaal | … | Liz (segment “Quartier des Enfants Rouges”) |
| Bob Hoskins | … | Bob (segment “Pigalle”) |
| Axel Kiener | … | Axel (segment “Tuileries”) |
| Olga Kurylenko | … | La Vampire (segment “Quartier de la Madeleine”) |
| Li Xin | … | Madame Li (segment “Porte de Choisy”) |
| Elias McConnell | … | Elie (segment “Le Marais”) |
| Aïssa Maïga | … | Sophie (segment “Place des Fetes”) |
| Margo Martindale | … | Carol (segment “14e Arrondissement”) |
| Yolande Moreau | … | La femme mime (segment “Tour Eiffel”) |
| Emily Mortimer | … | Frances (segment “Pere-Lachaise”) |
| Florence Muller | … | La jeune femme (segment “Montmartre”) |
| Nick Nolte | … | Vincent (segment “Parc Monceau”) |
| Bruno Podalydès | … | L’automobiliste (segment “Montmartre”) (as Bruno Podalydes) |
| Natalie Portman | … | Francine (segment “Faubourg Saint-Denis”) |
| Paul Putner | … | Le mime (segment “Tour Eiffel”) |
| Miranda Richardson | … | La femme au trench rouge (segment “Bastille”) |
| Gena Rowlands | … | Gena (segment “Quartier Latin”) |
| Catalina Sandino Moreno | … | Ana (segment “Loin du 16e”) |
| Ludivine Sagnier | … | Claire (segment “Parc Monceau”) |
| Barbet Schroeder | … | Monsieur Henny (segment “Porte de Choisy”) |
| Rufus Sewell | … | William (segment “Pere-Lachaise”) |
| Gaspard Ulliel | … | Gaspard (segment “Le Marais”) |
| Leonor Watling | … | La maîtresse (segment “Bastille”) |
| Elijah Wood | … | Le garçon (segment “Quartier de la Madeleine”) |
| Hervé Pierre | … | Le médecin (segment “Montmartre”) |
| Julien Béramis | … | Arnaud (segment “Quais de Seine”) (as Julien Beramis) |
| Thomas Dumerchez | … | Manu (segment “Quais de Seine”) |
| Daniely Francisque | … | La fille black #1 (segment “Quais de Seine”) |
| Audrey Fricot | … | La fille black #2 (segment “Quais de Seine”) |
| Salah Teskouk | … | Le grand-père de Zarka (segment “Quais de Seine”) |
| Christian Bramsen | … | L’ imprimeur (segment “Le Marais”) |
| Gulliver Hecq | … | L’enfant dans le métro (segment “Tuileries”) |
| Frankie Pain | … | La mère dans le métro (segment “Tuileries”) (as Franckie Pain) |
| Marina Moncade | … | La mère bourgeoise (segment “Loin du 16e”) |
| Xing Xing Cheng | … | La femme chinoise âgée (segment “Porte de Choisy”) |
| Hélène Patarot | … | La femme chinoise masquée (segment “Porte de Choisy”) |
| Aurélien Blain-King | … | Le moine bouddhiste (segment “Porte de Choisy”) |
| Javier Cámara | … | Le cancérologue (segment “Bastille”) (as Javier Camara) |
| Emilie Ohana | … | La jeune fille en rouge (segment “Bastille”) |
| Roxane Pelicier | … | Isis (segment “Place des Victoires”) |
| Martin Combes | … | Justin (segment “Place des Victoires”) |
| Dylan Gomond | … | Le petit Jean-Claude (segment “Tour Eiffel”) |
| Isabelle Patey | … | La contractuelle (segment “Tour Eiffel”) |
| Manu Layotte | … | Le garçon de café (segment “Tour Eiffel”) (as Emmanuel Layotte) |
| Mady Malroux | … | La femme café #1 (segment “Tour Eiffel”) (as Madeleine Malroux) |
| Monette Malroux | … | La femme café #2 (segment “Tour Eiffel”) (as Simone Malroux) |
| Alexandre Bourguignon | … | Le clochard (segment “Tour Eiffel”) |
| Sara Martins | … | Sara (segment “Parc Monceau”) |
| Joana Preiss | … | Maryse (segment “Quartier des Enfants Rouges”) |
| Laetitia Spigarelli | … | La costumière (segment “Quartier des Enfants Rouges”) (as Laëtitia Spigarelli) |
| Nicolas Maury | … | Jeff (segment “Quartier des Enfants Rouges”) |
| Vincent Verdier | … | Le collègue urgentiste (segment “Place des Fetes”) |
| Georges Thibaut | … | Le gérant du parking (segment “Place des Fetes”) |
| Adel Bencherif | … | Le voleur de guitare (segment “Place des Fetes”) |
| Walid Afkir | … | Le mauvais garçon (segment “Place des Fetes”) |
| Jean-Christophe Barc | … | Le pompier (segment “Place des Fetes”) |
| Chany Sabaty | … | La strip-teaseuse (segment “Pigalle”) (as Chani Sabaty) |
| François Valade | … | Le chanteur Pigalle (segment “Pigalle”) |
| Daniel Yvinec | … | Le contrebassiste Pigalle (segment “Pigalle”) |
| Wes Craven | … | La victime de la vampire (segment “Quartier de la Madeleine”) |
| Alexander Payne | … | Oscar Wilde (segment “Pere-Lachaise”) |
| Nathalie Kousnetzoff | … | La coiffeuse du 14e (segment “14e Arrondissement”) |
| Nino Kirtadze | … | La jolie fille du bar #1 |
| Dinara Drukarova | … | La jolie fille du bar #2 (as Dinara Droukarova) |
| Vanessa Mikowsky | … | La fille du taxi (as Vanessa Mikowski) |
| Emmanuel Finkiel | … | Voix-off (segment “Bastille”) (voice) |
| Karleen Weber | … | Voix-off professeur (segment “14e Arrondissement”) (voice) |
| Zoe Aggeliki | … | L’étudiante (segment “14e Arrondissement”) (uncredited) |
| Laurencina Lam | … | Young Chinese Woman (segment “Porte de Choisy”) (uncredited) |
| Christophe Perie | … | Smoking Guy (uncredited) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia