Paris

2008 2h 10m FR

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 366

Drama

Synopsis

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Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Juliette Binoche
Elise
Romain Duris
Pierre
Fabrice Luchini
Roland Verneuil
Albert Dupontel
Jean
François Cluzet
Philippe Verneuil
Karin Viard
La Boulangère
Gilles Lellouche
Franky
Mélanie Laurent
Laetitia

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Cédric Klapisch
Writers: Cédric Klapisch
Languages: French
Countries: France

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Cédric Klapisch, shot by Christophe Beaucarne. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Loïc Dury. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Francine Sandberg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Juliette Binoche and Romain Duris and Fabrice Luchini carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0869994 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Cédric Klapisch directs. Christophe Beaucarne behind the camera. Loïc Dury scores. Francine Sandberg cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

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1Released 18 years ago.
2Directed by Cédric Klapisch, shot by Christophe Beaucarne. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Loïc Dury. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Francine Sandberg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Juliette Binoche and Romain Duris and Fabrice Luchini carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0869994 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 12 themes, including "dying and death", "dance", "mother", "new love".

The technical file

Cinematography: Christophe Beaucarne
Original score: Loïc Dury
Editing: Francine Sandberg
Production design: Marie Cheminal
Costume design: Anne Schotte
Makeup / hair: Betty Beauchamp
Sound: Philippe Amouroux
Stunt coordinator: Gilles Conseil
Runtime: 130 min · 2h 10m
Status: Released
Budget: $19,000,000
Box office: $23,550,000
Return: 124% of budget
Original language: FR
IMDB: Paris (2008)

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CinemaSerf2024-04-13
★ 7/10
It's "Pierre" (Romain Duris) who provides the conduit for this potpourri of scenarios. He's a dancer who is diagnosed with an heart condition. He is going to have to stop working and rely on his sister "Élise" (Juliette Binoche) whilst he awaits a transplant. His life now largely revolves around sitting watching old videos of himself, or standing on his balcony watching the world go by. She, on the other hand, is juggling plates. Divorced, three children and working as a social worker. With delicate union negotiations pending, her request to go part time to keep an eye on "Pierre" doesn't go down so well, but she moves in with him and herself begins to re-evaluate her own life. Meantime, there's a slightly pompous professor "Verneuil" (Fabrice Luchini) who gets tempted by an €100,000 payday to do a Parisian history television series but not as tempted as by one of his students with whom he is soon having an affair. His brother and his wife, a vegetable market trader and an immigrant Cameroonian feature to some extent as the internecine nature of the story unravels and we find ourselves playing a delicate game of six degrees of separation - nicely concluded by the scenes at the end. It's not so much a story, as an observation of lives loosely connected by family and locale, and with some gritty comedic elements to lighten the mood, takes quite a poignant look at the flaws and joys of family; a bit of lust and loads of human insecurities. I could have done with a little more from Duris, but Binoche carries her role well here, as does Luchini and it's quite quirkily soundtracked to make for a decent enough drama.

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