Paris, je t'aime

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Paris, je t'aime
Directed by	Various
Produced by	Emmanuel Benbihy Claudie Ossard
Written by	Various
Starring	Various
Music by	Various
Distributed by	La Fabrique de Films (France) First Look Pictures (USA)
Release date(s)	June 21, 2006 (France)
Running time	120 mins.
Language	French / English / Chinese / Spanish
Budget	$16,000,000
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Paris, je t'aime (Paris, I love you) is a 2006 film starring Fanny Ardant, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe, Gérard Depardieu, Marianne Faithfull, Ben Gazzara, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bob Hoskins, Olga Kurylenko, Aïssa Maïga, Emily Mortimer, Nick Nolte, Natalie Portman, Miranda Richardson, Gena Rowlands, Ludivine Sagnier, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Rufus Sewell, Leonor Watling, Elijah Wood and others. The two-hour film consists of eighteen five-minute arrondissements (all twenty were planned, but two fell through). Each arrondissement is written and directed by a different person.

The directors/writers are Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Emanuelle Benbihy, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Joel and Ethan 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 and Gus Van Sant.

The film had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18 opening the Un Certain Regard selection. It had its North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on September 10. First Look Pictures has acquired the North American rights, and the film is set to open in the US on May 4, 2007 (limited release).

Tagline: One City. 10 Million Hearts. One Love Story. One Film.

[edit] The Arrondissements

Initially twenty topics representing the twenty arrondissements of Paris were planned but two of them (directed by Christoffer Boe [15th arrondissement] and Raphaël Nadjari [11th arrondissement]) were not included in the film because they could not be properly integrated into the movie.

The eighteen arrondissements are:

• Montmartre (XVIIIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Bruno Podalydès
• Quais de Seine (Ve arrondissement) - written by Paul Mayeda Berges and Gurinder Chadha, directed by Gurinder Chadha
• Le Marais (IVe arrondissement) - written and directed by Gus Van Sant
• Tuileries (Ier arrondissement) - written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
• Loin du 16e (XVIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas
• Porte de Choisy (XIIIe arrondissement) - written by Gabrielle Keng, Kathy Li and Christopher Doyle, directed by Christopher Doyle
• Bastille (XIIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Isabel Coixet
• Place des Victoires (IIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Nobuhiro Suwa
• Tour Eiffel (VIIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Sylvain Chomet
• Parc Monceau (XVIIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón
• Quartier des Enfants Rouges (IIIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Olivier Assayas
• Place des fêtes (XIXe arrondissement) - written and directed by Oliver Schmitz
• Pigalle (IXe arrondissement) - written and directed by Richard LaGravenese
• Quartier de la Madeleine (VIIIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Vincenzo Natali
• Père-Lachaise (XXe arrondissement) - written and directed by Wes Craven
• Faubourg Saint-Denis (Xe arrondissement) - written and directed by Tom Tykwer
• Quartier Latin (VIe arrondissement) - written by Gena Rowlands, directed by Gérard Depardieu and Frédéric Auburtin
• 14e arrondissement (XIVe arrondissement) - written and directed by Alexander Payne

Transitions written by Emmanuel Benbihy and directed by Benbihy and Frédéric Auburtin.

[edit] External links

• Un Certain Regard selection at festivalcannes.fr
• Paris, je t'aime at the Internet Movie Database
• Paris, je t'aime huge gallery at Gery.pl - Film
• Paris, je t'aime at Gery.pl - Film (pl)
• Paris je t'aime review at Being There