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Paris-Manhattan
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySophie Lellouche [fr]
Written bySophie Lellouche
Produced byPhilippe Rousselet
Starring
CinematographyLaurent Machuel
Edited byMonica Coleman
Music byJean-Michel Bernard
Production
companies
Distributed bySND
Release dates
Running time
77 minutes
CountryFrance
Languages
  • French
  • English
Budget€5.3 million[1]
Box office$3 million[2]

Paris-Manhattan is a 2012 French romantic comedy film written and directed by Sophie Lellouche [fr] in her feature directorial debut. It stars Alice Taglioni, Patrick Bruel, Marine Delterme, Michel Aumont, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing and Marie-Christine Adam.

Plot

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Alice Ovitz is a pharmacist from a Jewish family who during her early years was introduced to and fell in love with Woody Allen's films. Growing up, she strongly desires a relationship, but the only man she ever loved was taken away from her by her own sister. On Alice's bedroom wall hangs a huge poster of Woody Allen, with whom she has long night conversations, and he talks back to her through excerpts of dialogue from his films.

Ten years go by. Alice has taken over her father's pharmacy after he retired, her sister is long married to the man she stole from Alice, and the poster still hangs over the bed. She is thirty, and lonely, and her family is trying its best to introduce her to unmarried men. She is having a hard time choosing from two emerging suitors, Vincent and Victor. Almost by accident, but with help of Victor, Alice eventually meets Woody Allen on the streets of Paris. This time, the real Woody Allen, not the voice of the poster, gives her personal advice, which happens to be exactly what Alice considered doing anyway.

Cast

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Release

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Paris-Manhattan premiered at the Alliance Française French Film Festival in Australia on 2 April 2012.[3] The film was released in France on 18 July 2012 and in Germany on 4 October 2012.[4][5]

Reception

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Paris-Manhattan received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 41% based on 22 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10.[6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 36 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.[7]

Boyd van Hoeij of Variety noted its similarity to Woody Allen's own 1972 film Play It Again, Sam, stating that "This update-cum-ripoff might be aiming for witty and romantic, but it's mostly a hollow, rambling effort leavened with some stargazing".[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Paris-Manhattan (2012)". JP Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Paris-Manhattan (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  3. ^ Gray, Richard (24 January 2012). "2012 Alliance Française French Film Festival Program Announced". The Reel Bits. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Paris-Manhattan". Unifrance. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Paris Manhattan". Filmstarts (in German). Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Paris-Manhattan". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Paris-Manhattan". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  8. ^ van Hoeij, Boyd (25 July 2012). "Review: Paris Manhattan". Variety.
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