One City. 10 Million Hearts. One Love Story. One Film.

Trailer

Just watched it on Saturday night, its not bad actually. In fact some parts were really nice but some just don't make much sense to me. It felt abit like Love Actually, just that each story is shorter and there were more stories as compared to the previous.

It seemed quite a mess putting all of them together but somehow, it just hits me that isn't that what love is all about? I mean love in general. Despite everything that's happening around us, so many different emotions, so many different feelings... if you'd just stop and take a breather.. you can actually see love in motion, all kinds of it, all around.

Just go n watch the movie and you'll know what I mean. Don't attempt to figure out what hidden meaning/message there is in each story while watching. But sit back, relax and watch with an open mind. And at the end of it all, maybe you'll discover something more to it just like me.

Anyway I've found and compiled some info and photos about the movie, check it out:

Initially twenty topics representing the twenty arrondissements of Paris were planned but two of them (directed by Christoffer Boe [15th arrondissement] and Raphaël Nadjari [11th arrondissement]) were not included in the film because they could not be properly integrated into the movie.

The eighteen arrondissements are (in running sequence as the film):

Montmartre (XVIIIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Bruno Podalydès

Synopsis: A man's chance encounter with a woman who fainted right next to his car.

Quais de Seine (Ve arrondissement) - written by Paul Mayeda Berges and Gurinder Chadha, directed by Gurinder Chadha

Synopsis: Two teenagers' lovely aquaintance by the river, will background, language and religion be the barrier that stops them?

Le Marais (IVe arrondissement) - written and directed by Gus Van Sant

Synopsis: In a small gallery in Le Marais, a young man shows that love needs no translation.

Tuileries (Ier arrondissement) - written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen

Synopsis: An American tourist waiting for the metro broke the rule of "refrain from making eye contact in France", accidentally catches the eye of a young French couple necking on the other side of the platform.

Loin du 16e (XVIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas

Synopsis: An immigrant nanny who rises early in the suburbs to leave her child in daycare only to arrive in the posh 16me to care for the infant of the rich.

Porte de Choisy (XIIIe arrondissement) - written by Gabrielle Keng, Kathy Li and Christopher Doyle, directed by Christopher Doyle

Synopsis: The story between an eccentric, aggressive Chinese hairdresser and a hair product salesman.

Bastille (XIIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Isabel Coixet

Synopsis: A man is torn between his young air stewardess mistress and his cancer-stricken wife.

Place des Victoires (IIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Nobuhiro Suwa

Synopsis: A grieving mother who is trying to get over the tragic death of her young son.

Tour Eiffel (VIIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Sylvain Chomet

Synopsis: A retold of the union of his parents through the boy's eyes.

Parc Monceau (XVIIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón

Synopsis: The confusing relationship between a man and a woman. Are they lovers? Are they friends? Or are they something else...?

Quartier des Enfants Rouges (IIIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Olivier Assayas

Synopsis: An ambiguous relationship between a female actress and her drug peddler.

Place des fêtes (XIXe arrondissement) - written and directed by Oliver Schmitz

Synopsis: Will love at first sight worked for the african musician?

Pigalle (IXe arrondissement) - written and directed by Richard LaGravenese

Synopsis: Bob Hoskins visits Paris’ sex district for a peep show. Meanwhile, a French actress of comparable age to Hoskins wonders why she isn’t enough for him.

Quartier de la Madeleine (VIIIe arrondissement) - written and directed by Vincenzo Natali

Synopsis: A lost backpacker encounters a female vampire and offers himself to her.

Père-Lachaise (XXe arrondissement) - written and directed by Wes Craven

Synopsis: A seemingly mismatched couple holidays in the city's cemetry while in the midst of a heated argument about their relationship.

Faubourg Saint-Denis (Xe arrondissement) - written and directed by Tom Tykwer

Synopsis: An aspiring american actress and a young blind man's relationship is disintegrating.

Quartier Latin (VIe arrondissement) - written by Gena Rowlands, directed by Gérard Depardieu and Frédéric Auburtin

Synopsis: A wife who still has feelings for her husband despite them going through a divorce.

14e arrondissement (XIVe arrondissement) - written and directed by Alexander Payne

Synopsis: A lonely middle-aged american woman travels to Paris and attempts to rediscover herself and the city.

The End...

Just fyi, the synopsis was sort of written by me and some of them I just translate directly from the chinese so it might be a little off. :)

For more photos, check here:
http://film.gery.pl/cms/?id=4169&co=lista&id_album=560

For chinese intro etc, check here:
http://www.serenity-group.com/movie/paris/index.html