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3 kwi 2009 · Étoiles d'Or, France. • 2 Wins & 2 Nominations. The setting is Spring 1936 ; a working-class district in the north of Paris. In the center of town there is a small square, a few shops, lopsided buildings, cobbled streets and the peeling façade of the neighborhood music hall, the Chansonia.
9 kwi 2009 · Sometimes you get the feeling that if a movie had been made years ago, it would now be considered a classic. “Paris 36” is like that — an old-fashioned story set around a music hall. Cutting-edge, it’s not. But if taken in the right spirit, enjoyable.
Determined to silence a cabaret troupe that has radical political affiliations, landlord Galapiat (Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu) evicts a Paris nightclub, the Chansonia, from his building and...
13 sty 2009 · Paris 36 Review. Theatre manager Pigoil loses his wife, his music hall and the affections of his son but hope is on the horizon in the form of Douce, a beautiful young starlet with talent and...
Paris 36 Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com. Flawed, yet entertaining and uplifting. Full Review | Original Score:...
There are moments in "Paris 36" that are beyond delightful...they are truly enchanting throwbacks to the French musicals of the 30's and 40's. These "moments" account for roughly 30 minutes of the film's 120 minute runtime.
In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries many, a leftist union-oriented candidate, Léon Blum, has been voted into power, and organized labor is feeling its new power by standing up to management.
