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Paris 36 (2009)

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Movie Info


Genre

Drama

Release Date

April 03, 2009 (Limited)

MPAA Rating

PG-13

Duration

120 min.

Studio

Sony Pictures Classics

Official Site

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REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

Cast and Crew


Director

Christophe Barratier

Producer

Nicolas Mauvernay, Jacques Perrin

Screenwriter

Christophe Barratier

Starring

  • Gerard Jugnot
  • Clovis Cornillac
  • Kad Merad
  • Nora Arnezeder
  • Pierre Richard
  • Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

Movie Story


The setting is Spring 1936 ; a working-class district in the north of Paris. This neighborhood probably had a name once but now everyone simply calls it The Faubourg. In early May, three residents of the Faubourg - Pigoil, Milou, and Jacky - still sulk over the closing of the Chansonia four months ago. Supported by the locals who live to the rhythm of Monsieur TSF's radio, the three friends decide to take hold of their destiny by producing the "hit" musical the Chansonia has always needed. With the help of the town, and the arrival of a mysterious and beautiful young actress named Duce, Pigoil, Milou, and Jacky bring the magic of the stage back to the Chansonia.

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Nora Arnezeder stars as Douce in Sony Pictures Classics' Paris 36 (2009)
Pierre Richard stars as Monsieur TSF in Sony Pictures Classics' Paris 36 (2009)

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MOVIE REVIEWS BY CRITICS

“..A bracingly old-fashioned, lushly visualized showbiz meller set against pre-World War II Gallic political unrest..”
by Eddie Cockrell [Variety]
“..a handsomely mounted but achingly undistinguished film..”
by Keith Phipps [Onion AV Club]
“..a superficial, cliched jumble that illustrates what might happen if you threw Moulin Rouge and Amelie into the same high-speed blender..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]