Paris on Film Cinema

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo’s job is to oil and maintain the station’s clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

Director: Martin Scorsese
Classification: PG (mild themes)
Running time: 2h 6m
Distributor: Roadshow

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Classification: M (moderate sexual references)
Running time: 2h 2m
Distributor: Roadshow

A wealthy industrialist has been found murdered in his home while his family gathers for the holiday season. The house is isolated in a snow storm and the phone lines have been cut. Eight women are his potential murderers: His calculating wife, his two mischievous daughters, his meddling mother-in-law, his neurotic sister-in-law, his sexy sister, the faithful family cook and the sultry new maid. Each woman is a suspect. Each has a motive. Beautiful, tempestuous, intelligent, sensual and dangerous… One of them is guilty.

Director: François Ozon
Classification: M
Running time: 1h 51m
Distributor: Studiocanal

Paris, 1941. A family of scientists is on the brink of discovering a powerful longevity serum when all of a sudden a mysterious force abducts them, leaving their young daughter April behind. Ten years later, April lives alone with her dear cat, Darwin, and carries on her family’s research in secret. But she soon finds herself at the centre of a shadowy and far-reaching conspiracy, and on the run from government agents, bicycle-powered dirigibles and cyborg rat spies. Undaunted, she continues her quest to find her parents and discover the truth behind their disappearance.

Directors: Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci
Classification: PG
Running time: 1h 45m
Distributor: Studiocanal

Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culinary masterpieces to his heart’s delight. The only problem is, Remy is a rat. When he winds up in the sewer beneath one of Paris’ finest restaurants, the rodent gourmet finds himself ideally placed to realize his dream.

Director: Brad Bird
Classification: PG (mild animated violence)
Running time: 1h 57m
Distributor: Roadshow

Set in 1879 Paris. An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.

Directors: Éric Summer, Éric Warin
Classification: G (general)
Running time: 1h 29m
Distributor: Roadshow

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo’s job is to oil and maintain the station’s clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

Director: Martin Scorsese
Classification: PG (mild themes)
Running time: 2h 6m
Distributor: Roadshow

In a Bohemian castle converted into a hotel, an atmosphere of silence reigns. The guests are there to rest and apart from a few murmured words, all noise is forbidden. When one resident becomes infatuated with a young woman, he tries to persuade her that they had an affair the year before in Marienbad.

Director: Alain Resnais
Classification: PG (brief nudity)
Running time: 1h 34m
Distributor: Studiocanal

Last Year at Marienbad has been digitally restored in 4K resolution from the original negative which was printed in 1960 and has been kept in good condition.
The calibration process, which played a key role in this particular restoration project, was undertaken by Jérôme Bigueur based on a scan of the negative using Resolve digital mastering software. It was used to restore the original contrast and the beauty of the film’s black-and-white images as faithfully as possible. The work he has done brings out the finesse and elegance of the photography, as well as the lighting designed by Sacha Vierny and Alain Resnais when they were shooting in DyaliScope. The splicing and visual effects were compared with an original viewing print.
At the same time, the colour palette was cleaned up: specks of dust were moved, together with a number of physical scratches and defects resulting from the film’s natural wear. The soundtrack was also restored based on the original 35mm mix.
This restoration work undertaken by STUDIOCANAL and the HIVENTY laboratory was partly funded by THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF CINEMATOGRAPHY AND THE MOVING IMAGE and CHANEL.

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Classification: M (moderate sexual references)
Running time: 2h 2m
Distributor: Roadshow

A wealthy industrialist has been found murdered in his home while his family gathers for the holiday season. The house is isolated in a snow storm and the phone lines have been cut. Eight women are his potential murderers: His calculating wife, his two mischievous daughters, his meddling mother-in-law, his neurotic sister-in-law, his sexy sister, the faithful family cook and the sultry new maid. Each woman is a suspect. Each has a motive. Beautiful, tempestuous, intelligent, sensual and dangerous… One of them is guilty.

Director: François Ozon
Classification: M
Running time: 1h 51m
Distributor: Studiocanal

Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. The revolutionary dissonances of Igor’s work parallel Coco’s radical ideas. She wants to democratize women’s fashion; he wants to redefine musical taste. Coco attends the scandalous first performance of The Rite in a chic white dress. The music and ballet are criticized as too modern, too foreign. Coco is moved but Igor is inconsolable. Paris 1920, Coco is newly wealthy and successful but grief-stricken after Boy’s death in a car crash. Igor, following the Russian Revolution is now a penniless refugee living in exile in Paris. Coco is introduced to Igor by Diaghilev, impresario of the Ballets Russes. The attraction between them is instant and electric. Coco invites Igor along with his wife – now sick with consumption – together with his four children and a menagerie of birds to stay at her new villa, Bel Respiro, in Garches.

Director: Jan Kounen
Classification: MA (sex scenes)
Running time: 1h 59m
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classic