Paris 36 ( Faubourg 36 ) ( Paris Thirty Six ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Sweden ]

Sweden released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Danish ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), Finnish ( Subtitles ), Icelandic ( Subtitles ), Norwegian ( Subtitles ), Swedish ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Behind the scenes, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Commentary, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: There is plenty of evidence to support the argument that French film is alive and well. Recent movies as diverse as 'The Class,' 'A Christmas Tale,' 'The Secret of the Grain' and 'La France' might even lead a Francophile cinephile to conclude that a new day of glory has arrived. And then there is 'Paris 36.' This movie, directed by Christophe Barratier ('Les Choristes'), is perhaps not horrendous enough to bring down a proud national cinema all by itself, but it is so shameless in its pandering, sentimental vision of Frenchness as to constitute something of a national embarrassment. Filmed on a set whose fanciful evocation of a Parisian faubourg makes 'Moulin Rouge!' look naturalistic (and 'Am lie' look like a documentary), 'Paris 36' is unstinting in its deployment of Gallic clich s. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Oscar Academy Awards, ...Paris 36 ( Faubourg 36 ) ( Paris Thirty Six )