Paris Manhattan - French Film Festival  CTC

Rating CTC

Release DateSaturday, 24 March 2012

Length 1hrs 30min

Main Cast Alice Taglioni, Patrick Bruel, Marie-Christine Adam, Louis-Do de Lencquesain, Woody Allen

Movie DirectorSophie Lellouche

DistributorFrench Film Festival

The eternal wisdom of Woody Allen informs Paris-Manhattan, writer/director Sophie Lellouche’s breezy romantic comedy about a young woman whose choices in life and love are shaped by the philosophies of her favourite filmmaker.

Dreamy pharmacist Alice (The Valet’s Alice Taglioni) is totally obsessed with the works of Mr. Allen. She surrounds herself with images of him, continually quotes lines from his films and even prescribes her customers DVDs of his movies to help alleviate their ailments; it’s little wonder she’s still single in her thirties! Alice’s increasingly concerned family hopes to cure her fixation by setting her up with a handsome French gentleman (Patrick Bruel), but even he quickly realises that he’s no match for the man of her dreams...

Playfully poking fun at France’s ongoing love affair with the acclaimed New York auteur, Paris-Manhattan features a slew of the great one-liners, and is a fun and brazenly nostalgic comedy for anyone ever bitten by the Woody bug, or the City of Lights.