Paris, Je T'Aime Part III

Continued from above . . .

7. Bastille (XIIe arrondissement)
A man (Sergio Castellitto) plans to leave his wife (Miranda Richardson) for his younger lover but when he finds out she has a terminal illness, he decides to stay. By acting like he loves her, he rekindles his affection for her.

Written and directed by Isabel Coixet from Spain.

8. Place des Victoires (IIe arrondissement)
A mother (Juliette Binoche), grieving over the death of her little boy, is comforted by a magical cowboy (Willem Dafoe).

Written and directed by Nobuhiro Suwa from Japan.

9. Tour Eiffel (VIIe arrondissement)
A boy (Dylan Gomong) tells how his parents, both mimes (Paul Putner, Yolande Moreau), meet in prison and fall in love.

Written and directed by French animator Sylvain Chomet.

10. Parc Monceau (XVIIe arrondissement)
An older man (Nick Nolte) and younger woman (Ludivine Sagnier) meet for a "date" but the man keeps reminding the woman that Gaspard might not approve. Eventually Gaspard's identity is revealed.

Filmed in one continuous shot by Mexican writer-director Alfonso Cuarón.

11. Quartier des Enfants Rouges (IIIe arrondissement)
An American actress (Maggie Gyllenhaal) obtaines some exceptionally strong hashish from a dealer (Lionel Dray).

By French writer-director Olivier Assayas.

12. Place des fêtes (XIXe arrondissement)
An African man (Seydou Boro) is dying from a stab wound on the street and asks a woman paramedic (Aïssa Maïga) for a cup of coffee. He realizes that he had fallen in love with her at first sight some time before.

By German writer-director Oliver Schmitz.

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