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L'Auberge Espagnole

L'Auberge espagnole
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French theatrical release poster
Directed by Cédric Klapisch
Produced by Bruno Levy
Written by Cédric Klapisch
Starring Romain Duris
Judith Godrèche
Audrey Tautou
Cinematography Dominique Colin
Edited by Francine Sandberg
Distributed by Mars Distribution (France)
Filmax International (Spain)
Release date
17 May 2002 (2002-05-17)
Running time
122 minutes
Country France
Spain
Language French
Spanish
English
Catalan
Danish
German
Italian
Budget €5 million
Box office $31 million

L'Auberge Espagnole (/lˈbɛərʒ ˌɛspənˈjl, -pæn-/; literally: "the Spanish inn"; released in some English-speaking territories as Pot Luck or The Spanish Apartment) is a 2002 French-Spanish film directed and written by Cédric Klapisch. It is a co-production between Spain (Mate Producciones S.A., Via Digital) and France (BAC Films, Ce qui me meut, France 2 Cinéma, Studio Canal).

The movie is about an economics graduate student studying for a year in Barcelona, Spain, as part of the Erasmus programme, where he encounters and learns from a group of students who hail from all over Western Europe. It is the first part of the self-titled "Spanish Apartment Trilogy" of films centered on the character of Xavier and his progression from student to family man and friends he initially encounters in a student share-house in Spain.

The film's portrayal is in the first-person perspective of the main character, Xavier, and is hence mainly narrated in French. Some of the dialogue is in English and a significant amount is in Spanish, as well as small amounts in Catalan, Danish, German and Italian.

L'Auberge Espagnole is the first part of the Spanish Apartment trilogy, its two sequels being: Russian Dolls (2005) and Chinese Puzzle (2013).


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