Les parisiens

Les Parisiens (first part of the Le Genre humain trilogy) is a film directed by Claude Lelouch, released 15 September 2004.

Les parisiens
Directed byClaude Lelouch
Written byClaude Lelouch
Pierre Uytterhoeven
Produced byClaude Lelouch
Jean-Paul De Vidas
StarringMathilde Seigner
Maïwenn
Arielle Dombasle
Agnès Soral
Alessandra Martines
CinematographyGérard de Battista
Edited byStéphane Mazalaigue
Music byFrancis Lai
Distributed byLes Films 13
Release date
  • 15 September 2004 (2004-09-15) (France)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesFrench
Italian
Budget$6.8 million[1]
Box office$2.1 million[2]

Synopsis

A string of characters, often marginal, form part of what one might call the "love Richter Scale" and intersect, forming Prévert inventory. Among them, two singers, Shaa and Massimo fall in love, and share their story.

Starring

About

  • Claude Lelouch financed the production of this film himself, through his company, Les Films 13, to the tune of €10M. He acknowledged that it was a major risk, and may have led to his personal ruin.
  • On its release date, the film only sold 4,162 tickets, representing a major disappointment. Upset by this, Claude Lelouch offered free tickets to people around Paris on 17 September 2004 up to 19:00. However, by the end of the week, les Parisiens still only had 130,649 viewers.
  • The film is dedicated to Ticky Holgado, who died in January 2004.

See also

  • Le Courage d'aimer (recutting of Parisiens and scenes from the second part of the unfinished Le Genre Humain trilogy)

References

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