Paris 36

Name: Paris 36
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: April 3, 2009
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 40
Cast: Clovis Cornillac, Gérard Jugnot, Kad Merad

2009

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: April 3, 2009 | PG-13

Starring: Clovis Cornillac, Gérard Jugnot, Kad Merad

Summary: The setting is Spring 1936 ; a working-class district in the north of Paris. In the center of town there is a small square, a few shops, lopsided buildings, cobbled streets and the peeling façade of the neighborhood music hall, the Chansonia. In this blue-collar neighborhood, the triumphant election of the Popular Front government isThe setting is Spring 1936 ; a working-class district in the north of Paris. In the center of town there is a small square, a few shops, lopsided buildings, cobbled streets and the peeling façade of the neighborhood music hall, the Chansonia. In this blue-collar neighborhood, the triumphant election of the Popular Front government is greeted with enthusiasm and hopes for a brighter tomorrow, yet stirs up all kinds of extremism. Among the new government's promises is a law guaranteeing paid holidays for workers. In early May, three residents of the Faubourg – Pigoil, Milou, and Jacky – still sulk over the closing of the Chansonia four months ago. Supported by the locals who live to the rhythm of Monsieur TSF's radio, the three friends decide to take hold of their destiny by producing the "hit" musical the Chansonia has always needed. (Sony Pictures)… Expand

Director: Christophe Barratier

Genre(s): Drama, Music

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 120 min

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Lou Lumenick

A gleaming hunk of French period schmaltz expertly rendered by director Christophe Barratier. Read full review

Peter Rainer

The film is deliberately old-fashioned in its approach; the story line is resolutely linear and the production values are deluxe. It all makes for a fairly enjoyable, if schematic, backstage extravaganza. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

The nicest that can be said of this unapologetically schmaltzy, and not unenjoyable, affair is that it is the best 1936 musical made in 2009. Read full review

Mike Mayo

A handsomely made French musical that never really soars. Read full review

Keith Phipps

The overstuffed film lumbers across clichés of the heart and of history until it reaches a big, tune-filled climax that isn't worth the wait. Read full review

Andrea Gronvall

The movie is essentially a pastiche, as musty as a flea market. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

It's like a pastry that's been sitting on the shelf for 60 years. Read full review

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