PARIS
opens October 21
At A Glance: A dancer's enforced seclusion due to impending surgery leads him to discover the beauty of the city of Paris as well as the love of his family.
"From the catacombs to the city's heights, Paris turns an unblinking gaze on the beauty of melancholy and the daring leap toward joy." - Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times
"Every character has life and depth. It's unusual for an episodic film to involve us so well in individual lives; as the narrative circles through their stories, we're genuinely curious about what will happen next." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Cédric Klapish, the beloved director of L'Auberge Espagnole, gathers together some of the biggest actors in French cinema for a valentine to the city of lights. The all-star cast includes Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Melanie Laurent, Fabrice Luchini, Francois Cluzet and Karin Viard. While waiting for a heart transplant that could save his life, Pierre (Duris) grows close again with his sister (Binoche) and her lively children. This rediscovery of his family and observation of the teeming streets outside his window give Pierre a new, hopeful sense of how he might spend the time still left to him. A cinematic love letter to the city that seems to hide a story behind every shop window, small alley, street market or grand apartment building, the film explores the life and love possible only in Paris.
Writer/Director: Cédric Klapisch
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Albert Dupontel, François Cluzet,
Rated R for language and some sexual references/2008/2:10/comedy, drama, romance/In French with English subtitles