Movie
Paris Je T'aime
Overview
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to choose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.
Details
- Release date
- 2006-06-21
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Filmazure, Pirol Stiftung, Victoires International
- Country
- France, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Germany, United States of America
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Steve Buscemi as Touriste (Tuileries)
- Natalie Portman as Francine (Faubourg Saint-Denis)
- Willem Dafoe as Le cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
- Axel Kiener as Axel (Tuileries)
- Julie Bataille as Julie (Tuileries)
- Bruno Podalydès as L'automobiliste (Montmartre)
- Florence Muller as Jeune Femme (Montmartre)
- Fanny Ardant as Fanny Forestier (Pigalle)
- Leïla Bekhti as Zarka (segment "Quais de Seine")
- Juliette Binoche as Suzanne (Place des Victoires)
- Seydou Boro as Hassan (segment "Place des Fetes")
Crew
- Sylvain Chomet - Director
- Tom Tykwer - Director
- Gurinder Chadha - Director
- Richard LaGravenese - Director
- Isabel Coixet - Director
- Nobuhiro Suwa - Director
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