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Theatrical release poster
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Directed by | see below |
Produced by |
Emmanuel Benbihy Claudie Ossard |
Written by | Emmanuel Benbihy (Transitions) see below |
Starring | see below |
Music by | Various |
Cinematography | Various |
Edited by | Various |
Production
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Canal+
Victoires International |
Distributed by | La Fabrique de Films (France) Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (Switzerland) First Look International (US) |
Release date
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Running time
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120 minutes |
Country | France Liechtenstein Switzerland Germany |
Language | French English Spanish Mandarin Arabic |
Budget | $13 million |
Box office | $17.5 million |
Paris, je t'aime (French pronunciation: [paʁi ʒə tɛm]; Paris, I love you) is a 2006 anthology film starring an ensemble cast of actors of various nationalities. The two-hour film consists of eighteen short films set in different arrondissements. The 22 directors include Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Joel and Ethan Coen, Gérard Depardieu, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Nobuhiro Suwa, Alexander Payne, Tom Tykwer, Walter Salles, Yolande Moreau and Gus Van Sant.
Initially, 20 short films representing the 20 arrondissements of Paris were planned, but two of them (the 15th arrondissement, directed by Christoffer Boe, and the 11th arrondissement, by Raphaël Nadjari) were not included in the final film because they could not be properly integrated into it. Each arrondissement is followed by a few images of Paris; these transition sequences were written by Emmanuel Benbihy and directed by Benbihy with Frédéric Auburtin. Including Benbihy, there were 22 directors involved in the finished film.