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Orchestra Seats [2006]
from Optimum Home Entertainment
starring Cecile De France, Valerie Lemercier, Albert Dupontel, Claude Brasseur, Sydney Pollack
directed by Daniele Thompson

Features:

• Anamorphic
• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• A paean to Paris
  Cecile De France plays Jessica, a new arrival in the capital who works as a waitress in a cafe that adjoins a theatre, a concert hall and a prestigious auction house.
  In these venues rehearsals and preparations are underway for three contiguous events: the first night of a production of a Feydeau farce starring a successful soap actress who is seeking artistic fulfilment (Valerie Lemercier), a Beethoven recital by an accomplished pianist who finds the conventions of classical recitals too restrictive... more info

• Very French, very fresh, very charming ; an agreeable film
  This is a very charming feel-good film - very French too - and gave me a lot of pleasure. It is not a great film, but it makes no attempt to be such ; it is witty, engaging, fresh, very well acted and shot, and a pleasure from start to finish. Jessica, an unpretentious, pretty, good-natured girl with a very attractive gamine quality and a great fondness for her Granny who brought her up, gets a job at a cafe next to a theatre and concert hall. She meets and interacts with an ageing collector, his troubled... more info

• Witty, Clever French film
  as the ad says - you want to hop on eurostar and go to Paris right away! - Fabulous shots of Paris. Not wholly a flick chic - but no car chases, no violance - just a good quality, witty, clever, sweet? French movie. Each character in the three scenarios having their own stand alone story line and the one character on the sidelines is perfect. shall definately buy to watch again when it comes out on DVD.

• A Delightful French Film
  When I first started to watch World Cinema it was the French films that charmed me first, I have watched films from all corners of the world since then however I always enjoy a return to my first (world cinema)love the French films, so this film was a delight as well as a reminder of those earlier days.
  This film was France's submission for the 2006 Foreign Language Oscar, however it did not make it through to the final choice, probably because it is a charming rather than a gritty film.
  The... more info

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