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Paris 36 (French: Faubourg 36) is a 2008 French romantic drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. This film is set in 1930s Paris. The song "Loin de Paname" (lyrics by Frank Thomas, music by Reinhardt Wagner), sung by Nora Arnezeder, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song.
Nov 26, 2009 · Faubourg 36 / Paris 36 (2008) - Trailer English Subs. Directed by Christophe Barratier Produced by Galatée Films Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 2 h French release : 24/09/2008 Production year...
In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries many, a leftist union-oriented candidate, Léon Blum, has been voted into power, and organized labor is feeling its new power by standing up to management.
Determined to silence a cabaret troupe that has radical political affiliations, landlord Galapiat (Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu) evicts a Paris nightclub, the Chansonia, from his building and...
- History, Drama
Apr 9, 2009 · "Paris 36" is like that -- an old-fashioned story set around a music hall. Cutting-edge, it's not. But if taken in the right spirit, enjoyable. In the 1930s, in no particular neighborhood in Paris, an ancient music hall named the Chansonia wheezes along with performers who are past their sell-by dates.
Set in a suburb of north-east Paris between December 1935 and July 1936 during the "revolutionary" period of the Popular Front (who introduced the first paid holidays and a shorter working week). Three unemployed performers decide to take over by force the music hall where they worked a few months earlier and stage a show there.
"Paris 36," the second cinematic collaboration between actor Gerard Jugnot and writer/director Christophe Barratier ("Les Choristes"), is delightfully advertised as the story of three residents of the Faubourg- Pigoil (Gerard Jugnot), Milou (Clovis Cornillac) and Jacky (Kad Merad)- who are grieving the loss of their beloved Chansonia, a ...
