Paris-Manhattan

In Paris, the pharmacist Alice (Alice Taglioni) has been an obsessed Woody Allen fan since she was fifteen and has seen all his movies and talks to him alone in her room. When she meets Pierre (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) in a night-club, she finds that he loves jazz and she believes he is her prince charming. But when Pierre sees Alice's sister Hélène (Marine Delterme), they immediately fall in love with each other and marry each other.

Years later, Alice is a spinster that administrates the pharmacy that belonged to her father (Michel Aumont) and believes that movies can heal many diseases. However her father insistently tries to find a husband for her. When the alarm technician Victor (Patrick Bruel) meets Alice, she does not see any future relationship with him. But one day, Victor brings Alice to meet Woody Allen in Paris and the director gives an advice to Alice.

"Paris-Manhattan" is a delightful French comedy and certainly cult for any fan of Woody Allen. Like the lead actress, I have watched all the movies of Woody Allen and my favorite is Manhattan (but fortunately I have never had a conversation alone with him like she does). When I started to watch the movie, I believed that it was a Woody Allen's film since even the letters in the presentation were very similar to his movies. But when Woody Allen himself appears on the screen, this was the greatest surprise I had. In the end, I loved this great little movie. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Paris-Manhattan"

You will watch the movie, and time will pass.. and the only thing you will remember is her. It's what makes this film fantasy.. no way this woman could ever go years without men constantly being on her trail. There is not a scene of which she is on-screen that you are not drawn to watch only-her... and you really don't care much at all what she is saying.. you are just there captivated.

Alice is a thirty-something single woman living in Paris who has been obsessed with Woody Allen since she was a teenager. She lives her life through Woody Allen's words of wisdom.

Alice's parents try to find her a suitable partner, which she possibly finds while working at the family pharmacy when a local man, Victor, fits an alarm system. The film ends with Woody Allen making an appearance where he assures Alice that Victor is a great guy who is ideal for her.

Entertaining comedy. Occasionally loses its pace and in places the story could be a little tighter.

Alice (Alice Taglioni) is a bit of an old maid or at least those around her believe that. They are collectively working to bring the right man for a good introduction and are constantly working at facilitating romance. All the while, she has already has found her soul mate in Woody Allen whom she instates her hopes and dreams and Allen shares with her the ins and outs of life and discovering love. There are many funny Allen maxims but one that stands out is that the two most important decisions is life is one's work and sex. Full of twist of turns, you realize in Paris-Manhattan that you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find a prince or it's OK if you never find 'the one'. Life has a way of working out. This is a cute romantic comedy and fun to watch. Saw this as part of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

I don't watch a lot of foreign language film, because it's difficult to keep up with the subtitles. So you know that I must've been really interested in the subject matter, to watch this! And it was so worth it!

I love how lead character has my name, and basically all my characteristics! Movie geeks and obsessives for the win!! And anyone who loves Woody Allen and Cole Porter we'll see themselves in this movie.

Right when I was about to change my complete love for this movie into dislike, because of a sudden switch in the character, there was a surprise ending that made everything better!

The leading character is asked more than a few times why she likes Woody Allen, and she gives some half hearted answers, but if someone asked me what makes his movie stand out and his writing, I would say it's his choice of music, his love of romance, and the way he's a philosopher. He's just an optimist, and he sees things in a good light most of the time, in his movies, no matter how bad things get. That resonates with me on a deep level. Plus, just like the lead character, I do think he's cute, even though yes, I acknowledge he's a very controversial figure. But it's rare to find a man that has the same taste as you in things, and he does. Plus I wouldn't mind him narrating my life ha ha. I love his voice! Between him and Dick Van Dyke, they have my favorite male voices, and then James Garner is a third one.

This is a simple movie, very low-key, but pleasant, and It does make use of signs and synchronicity to show who the lead character should be with, and that is another thing that resonates with me on a very personal level.

Something that does not resonate with me is the relationship between the lead character's dad and herself. She has one of the best dad ever, and I love him!

This was very much like a fairytale! Like something right out of my dreams and wishes.

6/21/2025 update:

Just thinking - the way this movie relates to me must've been fate, because Woody Allen made a film called "Alice" also, which is my name. And he made another film called "Hannah and her sisters" - and I have a sister by that name!

Also, was reminded today that my Joan and Woody Allen have something in common too - not only is her manager Kenny Laguna often compared to Woody Allen, but Joan and Woody occupied the same seat at basketball games; Joan would be in that seat during the WNBA New York Liberty games, whereas Woody would be in that seat during the New York Knicks games. Out of all the seats in the stadium, what are the odds that my Joan and Woody would have the same seat?!

For that matter, the actress that portrayed Joan Jett in a movie, Kristen Stewart, was featured in a Woody Allen film - Café Society. Moreover, Elena Anaya, who has shared the screen with Kristen Stewart before, and who was featured in the TV show "Jett" also appeared in a Woody Allen film!

And let's not forget that Woody Allen did a miniseries starring Joan Jett's friend, Miley Cyrus, who inducted Joan into the rock 'n' roll Hall of Fame!

Clearly, for me, it's not all roads lead to Rome, it's all roads lead to Joan- even my man crush, Woody Allen!!.