Avenue Montaigne (2006)
Fauteuils d'orchestre (original title)
PG-13 | 1h 46min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 27 April 2007 (USA)
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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Fauteuils d'orchestre (TV Series 2015)
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Stars: Anne Sinclair, Edgar Moreau, Yvan Cassar
Valérie Lemercier ... Catherine Versen
Cécile de France ... Jessica (as Cécile De France)
Albert Dupontel ... Jean-François Lefort
Claude Brasseur ... Jacques Grumberg
Christopher Thompson ... Frédéric Grumberg
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Guillaume Gallienne ... Pascal
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Rated PG-13 for some strong language and brief sexuality | See all certifications »
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Avenue Montaigne See more »
15 - Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Avenue Montaigne, Paris 8, Paris, France See more »
EUR8,000,000 (estimated)
$29,377, 18 February 2007
Thelma Films, StudioCanal, TF1 Films Production See more »
106 min | 100 min (cut)
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When Dupontel (Jean-François Lefort) gives his concert and takes off his shirt and jacket they change places, first in front of the long end of the piano then in the next cut much closer to the keyboard end. See more »
Before end credits: "À Suzanne" (dedicated to Suzanne Flon who died at 87 shortly after filming was completed), as we hear an off-screen quote by her - taken from earlier in the film - where the elderly character she plays serenely states that she had a good life. See more »
References Navarro (1989) See more »
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, no. 5, 'L'empereur'
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by François-René Duchâble (piano) and Orchestre Colonne
A pleasant French soufflé.
7 June 2007 | by ikanboy – See all my reviews
An oh so cute, naive, guileless, and somewhat ditsy mademoiselle from the sticks comes to Paris to follow her grandmother's advice and "push her way in" and see what happens. She lands a job as a waitress in a little café that never hires women. She is hired because the owner needs help during a trifecta of events about to take place near the café. A recital by a great pianist; an opening of a new play starring a famous daytime TV comedienne; and an auction of an art collector's works.
As she waits on the customers, both in the café and in their work, she meets all three of the main players in the events. The poetic license taken is that all of these people would take time to chat; open up and share intimacies with our little gamine. But she is oh so cute, and oh so socially clueless, that she charms them. Through her meanderings we see all the stories of the main protagonists emerge. The pianist wants to quit formal recitals; feeling hemmed in by the pressure. The actress wants to break out of her "popular but shallow" roles; and the collector wants to sell off his possessions because he is dying and he needs the money for his last days with his mistress.
In the end all of the loose ends are tied up and our heroine ends up with the son of the collector. It's all very pleasant, and at times earnest, stuff - but it is all so derivative and staged!