Avenue Montaigne

    Avenue Montaigne
    2006

    Synopsis

    A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.

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    Cast

    • Cécile de FranceJessica
    • Valérie LemercierCatherine Versen
    • Albert DupontelJean-François Lefort
    • Claude BrasseurJacques Grumberg
    • DaniClaudie
    • Christopher ThompsonFrédéric Grumberg
    • Laura MoranteValentine Lefort
    • Suzanne FlonMadame Roux
    • Sydney PollackBrian Sobinski
    • Guillaume GalliennePascal

    Recommendations

    • 75

      ReelViews

      The film uses effective acting, deft dialogue, and a sly wit to entertain, if not educate.
    • 75

      TV Guide Magazine

      Thompson's stories are familiar, but she weaves them together with such assurance and good humor that they're equally soothing and thoroughly enjoyable.
    • 70

      Chicago Reader

      Effortlessly interlinking the stories through the jaunty perambulations of a fresh-faced waitress from a local cafe, Thomson's crowd-pleaser makes up in refined schmaltz what it lacks in innovation or profundity.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Bookending the film is the relationship between Jessica and the grandmother who raised her. This role is delightfully played by Suzanne Flon, who recently died at age 87. The film is dedicated to the veteran actress.
    • 70

      Variety

      A well-oiled script is nicely served by a multigenerational cast, a bittersweet and consistently entertaining mainstream comedy that tackles the big themes of Life and Art with unpretentious brio.
    • 70

      Village Voice

      Not that Thompson's films lack for romance. She shoots Paris like Woody Allen shoots New York--ritzy, golden, and packed with chance meetings between highly strung arty types.
    • 70

      Salon

      Avenue Montaigne, is a delicious French pastry, tart and sweet, steeped in Parisian glamour.
    • 70

      The New York Times

      Avenue Montaigne is a bonbon, not a bouillabaisse. But because this is finally a film about desire, it carries a bittersweet tang.

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