‘Paris JeTaime’ was a lyrical cinematic homage to one of the world’s greatest cities. Twenty of the world’s finest filmmakers including the Coen brothers, Gus Van Sant, Gurinder Chadha, Wes Craven, Walter Salles, Alexander Payne and Olivier Assayas, each provided short films on the themes of unusual encounters that take place in one of Paris’s main neighbourhoods.
The stories are many. An American tourist sees racial tensions stand next to the paranoid visions of the city. A young foreign worker moves from her own domestic situation into her employer’s bourgeois environs. An American starlet finds escape as she is shooting a movie. A man is torn between his wife and his lover. A young man working in a print shop sees and desires another young man. A father grapples with his complex relationship with his daughter. A couple tries to add spice to their sex life.
An outstanding host of actors including Natalie Portman, Fanny Ardant, Bob Hoskins, Juliette Binoche, Emily Mortimer, and Miranda Richardson graced the films with their presence.
