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ÉVASION1. Balade nocturne dans les rues deParis pour Marion Cotillard et OwenWilson dans le film “Minuit à Paris”.2. Owen Wilson sur les quais de Seine.3. Scène sur une terrasse dominantParis et la Tour Eiffel.12en 2011. “Minuit à Paris” narre les tribulationsd’un scénariste hollywoodien (Owen Wilson) quivient retrouver l’inspiration chez nous. Par untour de passe-passe, le voilà transporté dans lesannées 20 en compagnie d’illustres compatriotes,Ernest Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald ou Man Ray.Le film nous amène sur certains des lieuxiconiques de la Capitale (quais de Seine, placeVendôme, musée Rodin, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré) tout en s’exonérant des névroses“alleniennes”. Résultat ? Une comédie irrésistiblecouronnée par l’oscar du meilleur scénario en2011. En prime, cette sentence de Woody himselfqui nous permettra, à nous autres Français, denous jauger sans complexes : « Paris, c’est NewYork en plus beau. »3his flame for the capital in 2011 with Midnight inParis which recounts the tribulations of aHollywood screenwriter (Owen Wilson) on amission to regain inspiration. He is magicallytransported back to the 1920s and finds himselfrubbing shoulders with some famous fellowcountrymensuch as Ernest Hemingway, ScottFitzgerald and Man Ray. The film takes us to someof the capital’s iconic spots (the banks of the RiverSeine, Place Vendôme, the Rodin Museum, Rue duFaubourg Saint-Honoré) and is exempt from“Allenesque” neuroses. The result is an irresistiblecomedy which received an Academy Award forthe best original screenplay in 2011. Woody Allenhimself said that Paris is a more beautiful versionof New York, which should encourage the Frenchto abandon any complexes they may have.Woody Allen could have figured amongst theeminent directors who paid tribute to Paris in afeature-length film released in 2006. Paris jet’aime (Paris, I love you) is made up of a series ofshorts films. The set theme was ephemeral love,and each short could not exceed five minutes. Thedirectors were given another constraint: theycould film only one arrondissement (district ofParis) over two days. Gus Van Sant chose theMarais, the Coen brothers the Tuileries gardensand Gérard Depardieu the Latin Quarter (using ascenario by Gena Rowlands). Ultimately, this filmwith a rather outdated structure turned out to beremarkable, revealing a facet of Natalie Portman89

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