Paris details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Xavier Robic, Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Francois Cluzet, Albert Dupontel, Francois Cluzet, Karin Viard, Gilles Lellouche, Melanie Laurent, Zinedine Soualem, Julie Ferrier, Olivia Bonamy |
| Directors: | Cédric Klapisch, Cédric Klapisch, Cedric Klapisch, Cedric Klapis |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, World Cinema - French |
| Studio: | ELEVATION |
| Name | Discs | |
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Paris |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 5 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 02 Feb 2009 |
| Main languages: | French |
| Subtitles: | English |
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What does it mean to be happy?
By antoine (28 reviews) from Oxford , 09 Feb 2009[Highly rated reviewer]
A love letter to Paris, celebrating its fruit markets and warehouses as much as the cafes and sqares and the river Seine. It's centred on former dancer Pierre (Romain Duris) who has just heard that he has a fatal heart disease. In the weeks that he waits for a possible transplant he watches life from the balcony of his apartment, convinced that everyone he sees is happy and carefree - while the film shows a different reality of everyday pressures, problems and loneliness.
It's an ensemble piece moving between a number of characters and relationships: Pierre's sister Elise (Juliet Binoche)with 3 kids, wondering whether she is too old for love; history professor Roland (Fabrice Luchini) who is having a mid-life crisis (and a mad affair with one of students); his brother, an architect who fears that he is merely normal; the divorced staff holder with a crush on Elise.
There are small linking stories, like the bigoted bakery owner, and some plots which are just undeveloped - the illegal immigrant from Cameroun who is obsessed with a french model. But the main stories hang together well and there are some fine performances from the three leads. Romain Duris is always a class act and Juliet Binoche is excellent throughout. However it's Fabrice Luchini who has the funniest scenes, from his flirtatious texting to the wild dance routine with his student lover.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(43)Loving Paris
By a customer , 03 Nov 2012This is an amazing film! Such beautiful, heart-warming stories, told while paying tribute to one of the world's most beautiful cities and everything that makes it special. From the boulangeries, to the markets, to the people...it is a must see for everyone who likes Paris.
I was initially slightly worried this was going to be a depressing film, given the illness of the main character, but it isn't, much on the contrary. It is a beautiful set of stories following engaging characters.
I HIGHLY recommend this.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A real gem..!
By a customer from OXON , 15 Mar 2012Following the lives of several people, but focussing on one character, this film explores relationships to the backdrop of Paris. Although the topics are depressing, the film leaves you hopeful. It has the feel of a French 'indie' film and is well worth the look.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Maybe a little too French
By CommsWatch (10 reviews) from London , 12 Dec 2011I could watch any film starring the beautiful and talented French actress Juliette Binoche and have seen most of her England-language work, but naturally most of her 40 or so movies are in her first language, including this one from 2008.
'Paris' is not just a French film, it is a quintessentially Gallic flic. Writer and director Cedric Klapisch makes the eponymous capital city almost an actor in itself with plentiful shots of familar and unfamiliar locations and typical French spots like the cafe, the boulangerie, and the food market. Also tres Francais is the plentiful dialogue, the existential angst, the beautiful women, the mandatory intellectual, and the odd couplings (although the actual sex is never seen), while Klapisch gives us unconnected characters (Paris is the only thread) and unresolved lives (more like real life than reel life).
Binoche plays a social worker who clearly takes her professional work seriously because she is herself a single mother of three children and needs to take time off work to care for her brother (Romain Duris) who has a heart condition that may be fatal. It's all very watchable with social concerns leavened with some humour, but in the end I found it rather indulgent and too loosely worked. Some more narrative structure and drive would have lifted the film from a curiosity to a curio.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The beauty of living with the backdrop of Paris
By a customer , 11 Sep 2011A film which reminds us of the foundations of living and what we take for granted everyday in our lives, soothing, haunting sometimes even but keeping it real. Beautifully made, funny at times and being remined of Paris in the background makes it a delight to watch- Was this review helpful to you?
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Film called Paris
By a customer , 22 Aug 2011To be honest I did not enjoy this film as much as I had hoped. I thought there would be more characters and better views of the City. I usually enjoy French movies more than I did this one.- Was this review helpful to you?
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