And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Claude Lelouch

Writers:

Claude Lelouch (writer)
Pierre Leroux (writer)

Release Date:

29 May 2002 (Belgium)

Genre:

Romance | Thriller | Drama

Plot:

A jazz singer and a British jewel thief are brought together by their mutual desire to forget the past.

Plot Keywords:

Morocco | Jazz Singer | Catatonia | Acting Musician | Dysfunctional Marriage

Cast

Jeremy Irons	...	Valentin Valentin
Patricia Kaas	...	Jane Lester
Thierry Lhermitte	...	Thierry
Alessandra Martines	...	Françoise
Claudia Cardinale	...	Madame Falconetti
Jean-Marie Bigard	...	Dr. Larry / Pharmacist
Ticky Holgado	...	Boubou
Yvan Attal	...	David
Amidou	...	Police Inspector
Sylvie Loeillet	...	Soleil
Constantin Alexandrov	...	Monsieur Falconetti
Stéphane Ferrara	...	Sam Hernandez, the Boxer
Samuel Labarthe	...	Trumpet Player
Paul Freeman	...	English Customer
Souad Amidou	...	Chambermaid

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for momentary language.

Runtime:

133 min (Cannes Film Festival) | Germany:106 min | Argentina:122 min | Canada:128 min (Ontario)

Country:

France | UK

Language:

French | English | Arabic | Italian

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:16 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | France:U | Germany:6 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Essaouira, Morocco

Company:

Canal+

Trivia:

Dustin Hoffman once showed an interest in playing Valentin. Once he dropped out, John Malkovich was also approached.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Valentin is entering the harbor on his sailboat, he sails by the same boat twice.

Movie Connections:

References To Catch a Thief (1955)

Soundtrack:

What Now My Love

Ravishing eyes ravishing music

Check this out on Sundance; it's all about the eyes and the music. Irons and Kass, speak with their eyes and Lelouch gets it all. Kass's voice and eyes take "lounge singing" to a whole new and great place. The non-lineal mix of fantasy and reality worked for me, as did the interweaving of Kass's songs and the Moroccan scene. As an American I enjoyed the fact that the actors spoke their lines in whatever language worked: the Italians spoke Italian among themselves, French to Moroccans, the Moroccans Arabic and French, & of course, Jeremy's French was more than passable. Were that I were as comfortable in multiple languages--it says we can all be hospitable and get beyond what we were born with.