Avenue Montaigne ( Fauteuils D'orchestre ) ( Orchestra Seats )

Avenue Montaigne (DVD) (*)

~~$20.99~~ $14.97

Original Title: Fauteuils D'orchestre
Alternate Title: Orchestra Seats
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Danièle Thompson

Written By:
Christopher Thompson
Danièle Thompson

Actors:
Cécile De France ..... Jessica
Valérie Lemercier ..... Catherine Versen
Albert Dupontel ..... Jean-François Lefort
Laura Morante ..... Valentine Lefort
Claude Brasseur ..... Jacques Grumberg
Christopher Thompson ..... '
Dani ..... Claudie
Annelise Hesme ..... Valérie
François Rollin ..... Marcel
Sydney Pollack ..... Brian Sobinski
Daniel Benoin ..... Daniel Bercoff
Françoise Lépine ..... Magali Garrel
Guillaume Gallienne ..... Pascal
Christian Hecq ..... Grégoire Bergonhe

Synopsis:

A film about love and art, about passing time and time passing, "Avenue Montaigne" is a humble pleasure. The modesty feels intentional and misleading: the story is a nominally light affair abuzz with minor incidents, comic faces, choreographed nonsense, melodramatic blips and swells. But there are serious complications too, including a handful of characters facing life-altering decisions. On the face of it the film recalls the light comedies of what the French call boulevard theater, which were meant to entertain well-heeled patrons but at times, as with "Avenue Montaigne," also offered more.

A fresh-faced orphan from the provinces labors away at the last old-fashioned café on Avenue Montaigne as the Paris theater elite prepare for the biggest night of the year in Jet Lag director Danièle Thompson's whirlwind comedy of intersecting lives. Jessica (Cecile De France) may have been orphaned at the tender age of four, though her doting grandmother (Suzanne Flon) did her best to bring the motherless girl up right. A one-time ladies room attendant at The Ritz, Jessica's grandmother was a woman well-known for her extraordinary taste. Upon arriving in Paris to work as a waitress at a modest café nestled between a renowned concert hall, a venerable theater, and a high-profile auction house, Jessica soon finds herself interacting with a curious cross-section of the thriving entertainment industry. As rehearsals for the upcoming shows get underway and Jessica is assigned the task of delivering food to the hard-working actors and low-earning stagehands, she soon discovers that even the most famous of people are often forced to make difficult decisions in life. Jean-Francois Lefort (Albert Dupontel) is a classical pianist whose devoted wife has him booked at venues across Europe for the next six-years. As the free-spirited musician struggles to eschew the formality of his upcoming concert appearance, self-made businessman Jacques Grumberg (Claude Brasseur) takes time out from his May-December romance and his stressful medical treatment in order to auction off a collection that he has been building his entire life and reach out to his estranged, intellectual son Frederic (Christopher Thompson). Meanwhile, back on the theater front, popular television actress Catherine Versen (Valerie Lemercier) prepares to star in a farcical play, a famous American film director (Sydney Pollack) begins auditioning actors for an upcoming film about Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, and a cheerful concierge on the verge of retirement (Dani) enjoys her final stint rubbing elbows with the biggest and brightest stars in Paris.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 14 November, 2007.

Customers who bought this product also purchased

Président (DVD)	Bernie (DVD)	Love Me No More (2008) (Blu-Ray)
Topaze (DVD)	The Best of All Worlds (DVD)	Paris At All Costs (Blu-Ray)