Drama

Paris

Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment.

Release Date : 2008-02-20

Language :French

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Ce Qui Me Meut Motion PicturesFrance 2 CinémaTPS StarStudioCanal ImageUni Etoile 4Canal+StudioCanal

Production Country : France

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Elise

Original Name : Juliette Binoche

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pierre

Original Name : Romain Duris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Roland Verneuil

Original Name : Fabrice Luchini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jean

Original Name : Albert Dupontel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Philippe Verneuil

Original Name : François Cluzet

Gender : Male

Character Name : La Boulangère

Original Name : Karin Viard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Franky

Original Name : Gilles Lellouche

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laetitia

Original Name : Mélanie Laurent

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mourad

Original Name : Zinedine Soualem

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caroline

Original Name : Julie Ferrier

Gender : Female

Character Name : Diane

Original Name : Olivia Bonamy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Le Psy

Original Name : Maurice Bénichou

Gender : Male

Character Name : Victoire

Original Name : Annelise Hesme

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marjolaine

Original Name : Audrey Marnay

Gender : Female

Character Name : Présentateur télé

Original Name : Xavier Robic

Gender : Male

Character Name : Farida

Original Name : Farida Khelfa

Gender : Female

Character Name : Suzy

Original Name : Suzanne Von Aichinger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Disco

Original Name : Marco Prince

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mélanie Verneuil

Original Name : Judith El Zein

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jeune femme aux fleurs

Original Name : Audrey Lamy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Khadija

Original Name : Sabrina Ouazani

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ami de Diane

Original Name : Jérémy Bardeau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lila (la fille d'Elise)

Original Name : Marie Drion

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rémy

Original Name : Joffrey Platel

Gender : Male

Character Name : « Grand Nanar »

Original Name : Emmanuel Quatra

Gender : Male

Character Name : Benoît

Original Name : Kingsley Kum Abang

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs Renée

Original Name : Renée Le Calm

Gender : Female

Character Name : Le cardiologue

Original Name : Hubert Saint-Macary

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le chauffeur de taxi

Original Name : Joseph Malerba

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le professeur Vignard

Original Name : Jean-Pierre Moulin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Un SDF

Original Name : Frédéric Cuif

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2024-04-13

It's "Pierre" (Romain Duris) who provides the conduit for this potpourri of scenarios. He's a dancer who is diagnosed with an heart condition. He is going to have to stop working and rely on his sister "Élise" (Juliette Binoche) whilst he awaits a transplant. His life now largely revolves around sitting watching old videos of himself, or standing on his balcony watching the world go by. She, on the other hand, is juggling plates. Divorced, three children and working as a social worker. With delicate union negotiations pending, her request to go part time to keep an eye on "Pierre" doesn't go down so well, but she moves in with him and herself begins to re-evaluate her own life. Meantime, there's a slightly pompous professor "Verneuil" (Fabrice Luchini) who gets tempted by an €100,000 payday to do a Parisian history television series but not as tempted as by one of his students with whom he is soon having an affair. His brother and his wife, a vegetable market trader and an immigrant Cameroonian feature to some extent as the internecine nature of the story unravels and we find ourselves playing a delicate game of six degrees of separation - nicely concluded by the scenes at the end. It's not so much a story, as an observation of lives loosely connected by family and locale, and with some gritty comedic elements to lighten the mood, takes quite a poignant look at the flaws and joys of family; a bit of lust and loads of human insecurities. I could have done with a little more from Duris, but Binoche carries her role well here, as does Luchini and it's quite quirkily soundtracked to make for a decent enough drama.