Paris, Seni Seviyorum

Paris, je t'aime

Movie · 2006 · 15 people

France, Germany and Switzerland co-produced Paris, je t'aime (Paris, Seni Seviyorum in Turkish), an anthology film from 2006. The two-hour film consists of eighteen short films, each devoted to a different district of the city. It was shown in the Un certain regard section of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and was the first film in the Cities of Love series developed by Emmanuel Benbihy.

Twenty segments were first planned, one for each of Paris's twenty districts, but two were left out of the final cut as unsuitable. The Paris transition sequences between segments were written by Benbihy and directed with Frédéric Auburtin. The project took about four years and involved 22 directors, among them the Coen brothers, Alfonso Cuarón, Gus Van Sant, Isabel Coixet, Alexander Payne, Tom Tykwer, Wes Craven, Walter Salles and Olivier Assayas. Segments run about five minutes.

The cast includes Juliette Binoche, Natalie Portman, Willem Dafoe, Steve Buscemi, Fanny Ardant, Nick Nolte, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gena Rowlands and Ben Gazzara. It opened in France on June 21, 2006 and in Turkey on March 30, 2007. The concept moved to New York in 2009 with New York, I Love You.

DirectorOlivier Assayas, Isabel Coixet
Production companyCanal+

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Fanny Ardant Fanny Ardant Actor · 77 years old Steve Buscemi Steve Buscemi Film actor · 68 years old Juliette Binoche Sergio Castellitto Willem Dafoe Gérard Depardieu Ben Gazzara Maggie Gyllenhaal Bob Hoskins Catalina Sandino Moreno Emily Mortimer Nick Nolte Natalie Portman Gena Rowlands Ludivine Sagnier

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

An anthology in which twenty-two directors tour the districts of Paris through eighteen shorts of about five minutes each is bound to be uneven. Fitting styles as different as the Coen brothers, Alfonso Cuarón, Gus Van Sant, Tom Tykwer and Alexander Payne into one frame is an interesting experiment in itself. For some directors five minutes is a chance for tight, sharp storytelling; for others it never gets past a sketch. The transition sequences by Benbihy and Auburtin try to build cohesion, but the film's strength still lies in individual segments. Its slot in Cannes' Un certain regard is no surprise; over two hours dips in rhythm are inevitable, though the best segments largely make up for them.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

A film about Paris, about love and the place cities hold in people's lives; watching it is like leafing through an old book of poems. Each district brings another story, another face, and seeing seasoned performers such as Juliette Binoche, Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara and Fanny Ardant, however briefly, is a pleasure. But five-minute segments leave little room to bond with the characters, and I prefer to stay inside a story for a long while. Even so, some moments touch the heart, and the city itself becomes the film's loveliest character.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

If you're after tension, chases or big set pieces, this isn't your film. For two hours you watch five-minute stories about love and the city. Seeing Wes Craven's name gave me a flicker of hope, but the overall mood is calm and dialogue-heavy. The upside: if one story doesn't grab you, the next arrives right away. Fine for a quiet evening, not for an adrenaline fix.

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