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Paris Je T''aime (DVD)
Film and TV Genre: Drama Video Format: NTSC DVD Region: 1 (will only play on Region 1 and Multi-Region DVD players) Please ensure your DVD player/Blu-ray player/Game Console is region compatible with this product. We cannot accept returns if your hardware is not compatible with the product Description: Twenty acclaimed filmmakers from around the world look at love in the City of Lights in this omnibus feature. Paris, Je T''Aime features 18 short stories, each set in a different part of Paris and each featuring a different cast and director (two segments were produced by two filmmakers in collaboration). In ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Faubourg Saint-Denis,' +CHAR(34)+ ' Tom Tykwer directs Natalie Portman as an American actress who is the object of affection for a blind student (Melchior Belson). Christopher Doyle''s ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Porte de Choisy' +CHAR(34)+ ' follows a salesman (Barbet Schroeder) as he tries to pitch beauty aids in Chinatown. Nick Nolte and Ludivine Sagnier are father and daughter in ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Parc Monceau' +CHAR(34)+ ' from Alfonso Cuar?n. Animator Sylvain Chomet turns his eye to a pair of living, breathing mimes in ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Tour Eiffel.' +CHAR(34)+ ' An interracial romance in France is offered by Gurinder Chadha in ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Quais de Seine.' +CHAR(34)+ ' In ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Le Marais' +CHAR(34)+ ' from Gus Van Sant, a man (Gaspard Ulliel) finds himself falling for a handsome gent (Elias McConnell) who works in a print shop. Isabel Coixet tells the tale of a man (Sergio Castellitto) who is making his final choice between his wife (Miranda Richardson) and his lover (Leonor Watling) in ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Bastille.' +CHAR(34)+ ' Juliette Binoche plays a grieving mother in Nobuhiro Suwa''s ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Place des Victoires,' +CHAR(34)+ ' in which she''s greeted by a spectral cowboy (Willem Dafoe). Richard LaGravanese''s ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Pigalle' +CHAR(34)+ ' finds a long-married man (Bob Hoskins) turning to a pr..stitute for advice on pleasing his wife (Fanny Ardant). G?rard Depardieu and Fr?d?ric Auburtin direct Gena Rowlands and Ben Gazzara as longtime marrieds meeting for one final pre-divorce encounter in ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Quartier Latin.' +CHAR(34)+ ' Steve Buscemi learns a lesson about local etiquette in the Paris Metro in ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Tuileries' +CHAR(34)+ ' from Joel and Ethan Coen. In ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Loin du 16?me' +CHAR(34)+ ' by Walter Salles, a housekeeper (Catalina Sandino Moreno) longs for her own child as she tends to the infant of her wealthy employer. Elijah Wood stars in ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Quartier de la Madeleine,' +CHAR(34)+ ' a vampire tale from Vincenzo Natali. Wes Craven presents another fantasy in ' +CHAR(34)+ 'P?re-Lachaise,' +CHAR(34)+ ' in which an engaged young man (Rufus Sewell) receives romantic advice from the spirit of Oscar Wilde (Alex Payne). A postal worker from Colorado (Margo Martindale) shares her thoughts on her visit to Paris in mangled French in Alexander Payne''s witty ' +CHAR(34)+ '14th Arrondissement.' +CHAR(34)+ ' Other segments include ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Place des F?tes' +CHAR(34)+ ' from Oliver Schmitz, Bruno Podalyd?s'' ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Montmartre,' +CHAR(34)+ ' and ' +CHAR(34)+ 'Quartier des Enfants Rouges' +CHAR(34)+ ' by Olivier Assayas, which stars Maggie Gyllenhaal. Paris, Je T''Aime received its world premiere at the {2006 Cannes Film Festival. Mark Deming. Details: |
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