Paris Je'Taime

SPOILER alert:

A recent thread has inspired me to ask, if you have watched this movie, which of the 18 short films is your favorite?

Mine is a tie between the mime couple and the Eiffel and the French boy and Muslim girl.

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The blind boy and the American girl (10th arr.)

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Just saw this movie last week... Quite an interesting flick! Hard to pick a favorite, but I think mine was the last one with the woman narrating in such an American accent... I was watching thinking -- hey, is that what we really sound like butchering the language?? Got a great kick out of it.

The one with the stabbing was also very powerful.

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I can%26#39;t pick just one..(!)

My favourites are (in no particular order):

The blind guy with the American girlfriend

The mimes (seriously, how cute was the kid?!)

French boy with the crush on the Muslim girl

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Normalguy, I completely forgot about that woman. Poor thing. It was awkward but I really liked that one too.

My choice for most bizarre is the one with the salon supplier. What the ?

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Myrtle, I am with you with the salon supply salesman. The mimes%26#39; son reminded me of the little boy in Jerry McGuire.

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My favorite was the American woman. Too typical!

Also loved the mimes.

So sad, the young woman who put her baby in institutional day care to work as nanny/housekeeper, then offhandly advised she would have to work late.

This movies must have taken many years. Some years ago, we were in Paris and headed to Le Square Trousseau for lunch, but it was closed for a %26quot;film shoot%26quot;. Imagine my surprise when I recognized the lady in the red raincoat!

I really enjoyed the segment with Gena Rowlands (who wrote) and Ben Gazzara and Gerard Depardieu (who directed).

But, how funny was the Montmartre gent who couldn%26#39;t figure out why he couldn%26#39;t find a girlfriend? %26quot;What%26#39;s wrong with me?%26quot;

And, then Nick Nolte...

I am so glad we were able to see this on the %26quot;big screen%26quot;.

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DH got me the special collector%26#39;s edition DVD for Vday. It features a short behind-the-scenes look at the making of each of the short films. Some tidbits:

Alexander Payne (who directed Sideways) both directed and starred in two different films. He directed the one with the American lady with the bad accent and played Oscar Wilde in the Pere Lachaise? film.

There was originally supposed to be 20 short films for each of the arrondissements. Not sure what happened to the other two.

The director of the French boy/Muslim girl love story was pissed off at the actress who played the %26quot;Thai%26quot; hottie because she wasn%26#39;t pleased with how she was throwing up the middle finger.

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The chap in the metro was the funniest. The stabbing was disturbing and I don%26#39;t think I could watch that part again (sort of sentimentality mixed with random violence). Perhaps the cleverest were the couple in the cafe (Ban Gazarra and his ex) and the nanny who put her infant in a mass day care, rode the RER and several metro lines in the early morning hours to get to the 16th arrond. to look after a well-to-do mother%26#39;s infant. I thought the young chap and the Muslim girl was about as trite as trite could be. And I agree with the poster above who enjoyed the Denver postal worker in the 14th speaking in high-school French (like me). Overall, I would certainly recommend this movie to anyone going to Paris (or who has been).

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I loved the last film with the lonely American tourist. Her French accent would we be very much like mine. I imagine my experience would be very much like hers. .. on a budget, sitting alone in the park in her sweats and white running shoes, but still falling in love with Paris.

Nice ending.

Also liked the French boy and Muslim girl.

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My favorite was the last, but I thought the most touching one was with the little boy, his mother and the cowboy.