Asterix, je t'aime moi non plus

If you live in France or if you are just interested in French movies, you know that a new Asterix has came out on theatre the past week.
It's called Asterix aux Jeux Olympiques (Asterix at the Olympic Games) and it features Gerard Depardieu for the 3rd time as Obelix, Clovis Cornillac is the new Asterix and a lot of famous people appear, such as Michael Schumacher, Benoit Poelvoorde, Alain Delon, Adriana Karembeu, Zinédine Zidane, Amélie Mauresmo, Tony Parker ect.
The movie is the most expensive one in the French movie industry, ever. And it seems that it is not as good as expected.
Kids are happy but their parents are disappointed.So I wanted to know what you guys think? Please vote.

Two Days in Paris coming out on DVD

Do you remember the excellent movie "Two Days in Paris"?
The DVD is coming out in France on January 23rd.

If you haven't watched it, here is a quick synopsis:
Marion is a French photographer who pays a two-day visit to Paris with her neurotic American boyfriend Jack. Once they arrive there, they will have to face some challenges such as meeting Marion's parents and several of her ex-boyfriends. (Wikipedia.org)

The storyline might seem familiar but this movie is anything but franco-american cliche. It is just how things happen in France and how people behave. It is actually very realistic and can be seen as an interesting movie from a sociological aspect.

Some details:
- Marion's parents in the movie are Julie Delpy's real parents and they are actors.
- Julie Delpy wrote the script, made the movie and produced it.
- She has wanted to go behind the camera for years but she couldn't find a topic that would find enough investment so she decided to tell a story she knows very well since she has been leaving in the US for years: a love story between an American guy and a French girl.

Hotel Chevalier, new movie taking place in Paris

Hotel Chevalier is a 2007 short film by director Wes Anderson. Starring Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman, the film acts as a prologue to Anderson's 2007 feature The Darjeeling Limited.

It begins as Jack (Jason Schwartzman) orders a grilled cheese sandwich from room service. He receives a call from a woman he knows, (Natalie Portman), who informs him that she has just arrived in Paris, and will meet him at his hotel room in half an hour. Jack hurriedly attempts to tidy his room, changing out of his yellow bathrobe into a suit.

The film was filmed in the Hotel Raphael, avenue Kléber in the 16th.
You can watch the short film, Hotel Chevalier on youtube, there.
An interview of Wes Anderson about Hotel chevalier movie, on youtube also.

Source: wikipedia.org.

Paris Je T'aime - The Movie

Paris je t'aime is an international movie taking place in the French capital. Paris has 20 arrondissements. The movie tells us a different story for each different arrondissement with different actors and different movie-maker, as a short movie would do.
The cast is international and huge, stars like: Ethan & Joel Cohen, Gerard Depardieu, Wes Craven as directors and Steve Buscemi, Barbet Schroeder, Juliette Binoche, Elijah Wood, Nathalie Portman and so on.
All the stories depict one emotion: love of course.
Great movie and many times saluted by the critics.
If you love Paris, you will definitely love this movie.

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