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 OPENING OF UN CERTAIN REGARD AT THE 2006 FESTIVAL DE CANNES



Press release - March 7th, 2006

 

The film Paris je t'aime will open the selection Un Certain Regard of the Festival de Cannes on the evening of May 18th.

 

Produced by Claudie Ossard and Emmanuel Benbihy, Paris je t'aime is a collective work directed by some twenty international filmmakers, each focusing on one of Paris's arrondissements.

 

These love stories under the skies of Paris, told in just five minutes, were directed notably by: Alfonso Cuarón (Mexico), Gurinder Chadha (India), Gus Van Sant (USA), Isabelle Coixet (Spain), Joel & Ethan Coen (USA), Nobuhiro Suwa (Japan), Alexander Payne (USA), Oliver Schmitz (South Africa), Richard LaGravenese (USA), Tom Tykwer (Germany), Vincenzo Natali (Italy), Walter Salles (Brazil), Wes Craven (USA); and for the French, Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Sylvain Chomet, Gérard Depardieu and Bruno Podalydès...

 

Among the cast of Paris je t'aime we find such great names as Ben Gazzara, Bob Hoskins, Elijah Wood, Emily Mortimer, Fanny Ardant, Gaspard Ulliel, Gena Rowlands, Hippolyte Girardot, Juliette Binoche, Leonor Watling, Ludivine Sagnier, Barbet Schroeder, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Nick Nolte, Sergio Castellitto, Steve Buschemi, Willem Dafoe, Yolande Moreau...

 

Un Certain Regard presents each year in the Official Selection some twenty films. Its jury awards the Un Certain Regard Award, supported by the Gan Foundation. Last year's prize went to the Romanian film "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu", directed by Cristi Puiu.

 

In 2006, the Prize will be awarded at the closing ceremony of Un Certain Regard on Saturday May 27th, the day before the closing ceremony of the Festival de Cannes and the announcement of the official Awards.

 

The composition of the Official Selection will be announced on Thursday April 20th.