Family Movie Night

[Anne]

Here is the perfect film for non-touristic-Paris lovers : "Chacun cherche son chat", from Cédric Klapisch . It was quite a success in France when it came out in the mid '90s, but I am quite confident that it has never been translated in English though (not a blockbuster type of film) .

So, for those of you who are fluent enough in French, this is about a girl who puts her cat in her old neighbour's care while she goes away on holidays . But when she comes back the cat has run away, and so she goes everywhere in the neighborhood to look for him . There isn't much of a scenario here, the lookout for the cat is actually just an excuse to discover the Bastille area and its humble and colourful people, to show the architectural and sociological current (in the '90s) change of this area from a working-class neighborhood to a trendy, bobo one .

I saw this film a long time ago so I don't remember all the details, but it shows a very off-the-beaten-path (and on the way to extinction) Paris whith some very touching characters, a bit like in Amélie .

[geordy]

Au contraire Anne! I saw that film....it played here in the "Art House" cinemas years ago as "When the cat's away" or some such title..with subtitles! Yes I recall it as a very enjoyable film!

Sadly there are not as many theatres here now showing small or foreign films. Still some, Thank God, but not as many...more of those garish multiplexes showing the same blockbuster film on 4 screens!!

[andi]

A film just out on DVD in my neck of the woods is "2 Days In Paris" Now I haven't seen it yet, but it is supposed to be quite funny, not sure how much adult humour there is in it though?

[Ray(aka) tripnebraska]

Andi,
I saw 2 days in Paris. I liked it, it is pretty funny. There were a couple of laugh out loud scenes.

[Jody]

I just checked my Netflix queque and it releases on DVD in the US on Jan 29th. I moved it to the top

[sistereurope]

Here are our current Netflix films:
The Butterfly, 2003:
described as a family friendly French film
Port of Shadows, 1939:
My husband said that I needed to become familiar with Jean Gabin
A Very Long Engagement, 2004
Audrey Tatou...

Ummm, all French...I wonder who put THOSE in the queue?! ;D

[andi]

Ok, we just watched "2 Days in Paris"..........definately NOT family movie night material. This film was great to watch for the backgrounds, each scene looked as if it was filmed using real streets/tourists/cafes etc. A very dry comedy, a little quirky and the girls father is hilarious. The actress was born in France and lives in LA, her parents in the movie are her real parents, she also wrote directed and produced the whole thing (Julie Delpy).