Director: Christophe Barratier
Writers: Christophe Barratier, Pierre Philippe, Julien Rappeneau
Cinematographer: Tom Stern
Starring: Gérard Jugnot, Nora Arnezeder, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad
Studio/Run time: Sony Pictures Classics, 120 mins.
As entertaining as it is sappy
With 2004’s well received The Chorus, Christophe Barratier established himself as a director sensitive to the impact of music upon the soul of a child. In Paris 36 he has extended that sensitivity to the soul of a 1936 Parisian community. The result is a gladsome success. Gérard Jugnot, who played the music teacher in The Chorus, teams with Barratier again—this time as the soft-hearted Pigoil, life-serving stage manager of Chansonia music hall in the Faubourg suburb of Paris. Jugnot’s world comes crashing down when his wife leaves him, taking his only son just as the theater closes its doors. If that’s not enough, fascist influences of Hitler and Mussolini are clashing with the country’s financially strapped citizens.
Writers: Christophe Barratier, Pierre Philippe, Julien Rappeneau
Cinematographer: Tom Stern
Starring: Gérard Jugnot, Nora Arnezeder, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad
Studio/Run time: Sony Pictures Classics, 120 mins.
As entertaining as it is sappy
With 2004’s well received The Chorus, Christophe Barratier established himself as a director sensitive to the impact of music upon the soul of a child. In Paris 36 he has extended that sensitivity to the soul of a 1936 Parisian community. The result is a gladsome success. Gérard Jugnot, who played the music teacher in The Chorus, teams with Barratier again—this time as the soft-hearted Pigoil, life-serving stage manager of Chansonia music hall in the Faubourg suburb of Paris. Jugnot’s world comes crashing down when his wife leaves him, taking his only son just as the theater closes its doors. If that’s not enough, fascist influences of Hitler and Mussolini are clashing with the country’s financially strapped citizens.
- 4/30/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
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