PARIS West Coast Premiere Drama/Romance France, 2008 In French with English subtitles 35mm/Scope/Color/Dolby SRD/130 min Official Selection: Rendez-vous with French Cinema Today (2008), Unifrance French Film Festival in Japan (2008), Fête du cinéma français à Québec (2008) Written & directed by: Cédric Klapisch Cinematography: Christophe Beaucarne Editor: Francine Sandberg Music: Loïc Dury Produced by: Bruno Lévy Production Companies: Ce Qui Me Meut Co-production: StudioCanal, France 2 Cinéma With: Romain Duris (Pierre), Juliette Binoche (Elise), François Cluzet (Philippe Verneuil), Fabrice Luchini (Roland Verneuil), Albert Dupontel (Jean), Karin Viard (The bakery owner), Mélanie Laurent (Laetitia), Maurice Bénichou (the therapist), Julie Ferrier (Caroline), Annelise Hesme (Victoire), Gilles Lellouche (Franky), Zinedine Soualem (Mourad) www.lefilm-paris.com Romain Duris (Molière, The Beat that my Heart Skipped) has been a familiar face in almost all of Klapisch films, from Le Péril Jeune to Russian Dolls. In Paris, Duris is Pierre, a young man suffering from heart disease. As he awaits a heart transplant and reflects on his possible death, he observes the city and its people with a new outlook, learning to cherish even the smallest every day things. Also starring Juliette Binoche (Three Colors:Blue, The English Patient, Caché) as his sister Elise, Paris is a vibrant homage to the City of Light. CEDRIC KLAPISCH After studying cinema in Paris and New York University Film School, where he was awarded a Master of Fine Arts, Cédric Klapisch directed various short films before gaining recognition with his first two features, Riens du tout (1992) and Le Péril Jeune (1994). After the critically acclaimed When The Cat’s Away (1996 International Federation of Film Critics prize at the Berlinale), Klapisch adapted Un Air de famille, a play written by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri. and won a Cesar for Best Screenplay for his adaptation. He became known worldwide with the success of L’Auberge Espagnole (2002) and The Russian Dolls (2005). TUESDAY APRIL 15 screening followed by a Q&A with writer/director Cédric Klapisch, moderated by Howard A. Rodman. Howard A. Rodman is a professor of screenwriting at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts; an Artistic Director of the Sundance Screenwriting Labs; serves as a Board member for the WGAW; and chairs the WGAW’s Independent Film Writers Committee. His films Savage Grace, starring Julianne Moore, and August, starring Josh Hartnett with Rip Torn and David Bowie, both had their US premieres at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Savage Grace will be released in May from IFC. Set for a U.S. release later in the year US Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films 9570 West Pico Blvd., Suite 400 Los Angeles, CA 90035 www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com PRESS “Above all, “Paris,” in which the monuments are spread out before you like a sumptuous outdoor banquet, evokes the city as a robust social organism... The realization by Pierre (Romain Duris), a chorus boy with heart disease, that Paris and its delights will outlive him — that, as Porter wrote, the city “will still be laughing after ev’ry one of us disappears” — is the most poignant note struck in the movie.” (The New York Times) “Cedric Klapisch has proven himself a deft juggler of mutiliple storylines in such omnibus films as "L'Auberge Espagnole." He brings this skill, minus his signature camera tricks, to "Paris," a stirring riff on the "rooftops of Paris" genre, and love letter to the city that hides a story behind every shop window, market, and swank hi-rise.” (indieWIRE) “Duris rewards Klapisch's earlier career nurturing with a nuanced perf... Binoche shows off her rarely seen comic skills and, like Duris, gets a charming scene in which her dancing succinctly expresses much about her character, although Luchini's own hilarious-yet-graceful gyrations steal the show...” (Variety)