Love at first sight: from the anthology film "Paris, je t'aime" (2006)

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

Very Van Sant!

[youtube=1100,560]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofdq8RP6d2U[/youtube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofdq8RP6d2U

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Paris, je t'aime (2006)

Gaspard Ulliel, Elias McConnell
and Marianne Faithfull
in
Paris, je t'aime, the Marais scene, 4th Arrondissement
the 3rd segment by the director
Gus Van Sant.


Rukki580
Published on Feb 12, 2012

A young male customer finds himself attracted to a young printshop worker
and tries to explain that he believes the man to be his soulmate,
not realizing that he speaks little French.

The film premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, 18 May 2006, it had its
Canadian premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2006
and its US premiere in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 9 April 2007;
the film opened in the United States on 4 May 2007.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_je_t%27aime

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

--and very Tom Tykwer:

[youtube=1100,560]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPd4SOfHb-A[/youtube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPd4SOfHb-A
and see also

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Paris, je t'aime (2006)

Natalie Portman and Melchior Beslon (Melchior Derouet)
in
Paris, je t'aime, the Faubourg Saint-Denis scene, 10th Arrondissement
the 16th segment by the director
Tom Tykwer.


Farinaz Ghasemi
Published on Jun 3, 2011

After mistakenly believing that his girlfriend, a struggling actress, has broken up with him,
a young blind man reflects on the growth and seeming decline of their relationship.
(FYI, the actor Melchior Beslon is actually blind.)

(also FYI, the soundtrack music in the film is by Tom Tykwer.)

https://fwsfall2009.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/faubourg-saint-denis-xe-arrondissement-of-paris-je-t%E2%80%99aime/

The film premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, 18 May 2006, it had its
Canadian premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2006
and its US premiere in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 9 April 2007;
the film opened in the United States on 4 May 2007.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_je_t%27aime

Behind the scenes: Paris, je t'aime/Faubourg Saint-Denis with Natalie Portman, Melchior Beslon and Tom Tykwer

[youtube=1100,560]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFpGDh_gTaY[/youtube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFpGDh_gTaY

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

[youtube=1100,560]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwiCQUcr930[/youtube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwiCQUcr930

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Paris, je t'aime (2006)

Seydou Boro [as Hassan]
and Aïssa Maïga [as Sophie]
in
Paris, je t'aime, the Place des fêtes scene, 19th Arrondissement
the 12th segment by the director
Oliver Schmitz
who is a South African film director and screenwriter.


Natalia Ondruskova
Published on Jul 17, 2013

A Nigerian man dying from a stab wound in the Place des fêtes
asks a female paramedic for a cup of coffee. It is then revealed that he had fallen in love at first sight
with her some time previously. By the time she remembers him, and has received the coffee, he has died.

(FYI, the song, "Katoucha" was written/composed/sung by the actor
playing the dying man Hassan, Seydou Boro.)

The film premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, 18 May 2006, it had its
Canadian premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2006
and its US premiere in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 9 April 2007;
the film opened in the United States on 4 May 2007.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_je_t%27aime