L'auberge espagnole (2002)

Director:

Cédric Klapisch

Writer:

Cédric Klapisch (writer)

Release Date:

19 June 2002 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

Tagline:

They came from Paris, Rome, London and Berlin to... l'Auberge Espagnole ...where a year can change a lifetime.

Plot:

A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.

Plot Keywords:

Student | Apartment | Language | Spanish | Love

Awards:

8 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Romain Duris	...	Xavier
Judith Godrèche	...	Anne-Sophie
Audrey Tautou	...	Martine
Cécile De France	...	Isabelle
Kelly Reilly	...	Wendy (as Keilly Reilly)
Cristina Brondo	...	Soledad
Federico D'Anna	...	Alessandro (as Fédérico D'anna)
Barnaby Metschurat	...	Tobias
Christian Pagh	...	Lars
Kevin Bishop	...	William
Xavier De Guillebon	...	Jean-Michel
Wladimir Yordanoff	...	Jean-Charles Perrin
Irene Montalà	...	Neus (as Irène Montala)
Javier Coromina	...	Juan
Iddo Goldberg	...	Alistair
Martine Demaret	...	Xavier's Mother
Olivier Raynal	...	Bruce
Paulina Gálvez	...	Flamenco Teacher (as Paulina Galvez)
Jacno	...	Xavier's Father
Sylvie Lachat	...	University Secretary
Magali Roze	...	Stewardess
Shilpa Baliga	...	Nurse Miralpeix
Nadala Batiste	...	Neighbor Miralpeix
Pere Sagristà	...	Catalan Teacher (as Père Sagrista)
Pere Abello	...	Landlord (as Père Abello)
Babou Cham	...	Catalan Student 1
Daniel Grao	...	Catalan Student 2
Iván Morales	...	Catalan Student 3 (as Ivan Morales)
Jacques Royer	...	Erasmus
Mira Wanting	...	Mira (as Mira Herfort Wanting)
Arsène Royer	...	Lars' Son
Sophie Delin	...	Apartment Neighbor
Zinedine Soualem	...	Barman
Pablo Klapisch	...	Xavier as a Child
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cédric Klapisch	...	Le professeur stressé (uncredited)
Lise Lamétrie	...	La femme au ministère (uncredited)
Sophie Le Tellier	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Cédric Klapisch

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Cédric Klapisch		writer

Produced by
Bruno Levy	....	producer
Jacques Royer	....	line producer

Cinematography by
Dominique Colin

Film Editing by
Francine Sandberg

Casting by
Pep Armengol
Lucy Boulting
Emmanuelle Gaborit

Production Design by
François Emmanuelli

Costume Design by
Anne Schotte

Makeup Department
Gemma Planchadell	....	makeup artist
Manuela Taco	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Victoria Borrás	....	production manager: Spain
Jacques Royer	....	production manager
Antoine Théron	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lola Doillon	....	first assistant director
Ophélie Gelber	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Marie Cheminal	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Dominique Dalmasso	....	sound mixer
Cyril Moisson	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Christophe Belena	....	scan and conforming technician: Duboicolor
Seb Caudron	....	visual effects director
Rip Hampton O'Neil	....	technical director: DuboiColor
Tina Lin	....	scan and conforming technician: Duboicolor
Nicolas Daniel	....	video operator: Duboicolor (uncredited)
François Dupuy	....	digital transfers (uncredited)
Sylvian Fabre	....	Flame artist (uncredited)
Abdel Ali Kassou	....	processing: DuboiColor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jérôme Plon	....	still photographer
Frédéric North	....	pilot: camera helicopter (uncredited)

Casting Department
Pep Armengol	....	casting: Spain
Jeanne Millet	....	extras casting
Annette Borgmann	....	casting: Germany (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Jean-René Nébot	....	digital color timer
Jenny Frenck	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Other crew
Sandra Bensadón	....	press attache
Agathe Sallabery	....	script supervisor
Géraldine Toitot	....	administrator
Arno Salters	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Bac Films
• Ce Qui Me Meut Motion Pictures
• France 2 Cinéma
• Mate Films
• Mate Producciones S.A.
• Studio Canal
• Vía Digital

Distributors

• Mars Distribution (2002) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2004) (Japan) (theatrical) (Far East)
• Alfa Films (2003) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• BIM Distribuzione (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Christal Films (2003) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2003) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Frenetic Films (2002) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• New Age Entertainment (200?) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• TOBIS Film (2003) (Austria) (theatrical)
• TOBIS Film (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2003) (Asia) (subtitled)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2003) (Australia) (subtitled)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2003) (New Zealand) (subtitled)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2003) (Scandinavia) (subtitled)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2003) (South America) (subtitled)
• Impuls Home Entertainment (2004) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Pot Luck (Canada: English title) (UK)
Euro Pudding (International: English title)
L'auberge espagnole (USA)
The Spanish Apartment (USA)
Una casa de locos (Spain)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexual content.

Runtime:

122 min | Finland:117 min | Turkey:111 min (TV version)

Country:

France | Spain

Language:

French | Spanish | English | Catalan | Danish | German | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Iceland:10 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

Bac Films

Trivia:

In the English subtitles, several sections are purposefully translated incorrectly. The list of strange names around Paris is changed to "Honolulu, Punxsutawney, Piccadilly, Massachusetts, Saskatoon and Machu Picchu;" and during the scene in which Wendy mispronounces "Xavier n'est pas ici..." the English subtitles say "Xavier eez not here..."

Goofs:

Continuity: When Tobias is talking with William, he grabs a highlighter and a ruler to mark his textbook. In the next shot, we see him underline with a pen and the highlighter is nowhere to be seen.

Quotes:

[Xavier is trying to convince Wendy to come with the gang to a night club]
Wendy: Xavier, I can't. I've... I've really got to write, okay?
Xavier: But, Wendy, you will write tomorrow. Come on!
Wendy: No. This is my diary. You know, I need to be disciplined.
Xavier: Wendy, you're too serious, you know!
Wendy: What do you mean, I'm too serious?
Xavier: You are not a nun! Come on! Come with us tonight, please!
Wendy: Listen! I'm not a nun! I just don't want to go out with... e-e-everyone! I don't like clubs and... and I don't like dancing. Maybe I'm not your idea of a typical trendy London girl, but techno music bulls me, all right? And if I'm a nun because I don't get out of this house enough for you guys, then that's too bad!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in European confusiòn: Making-of 'L'auberge espagnole' (2002) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Waltz Op. 64 N°2 In C-Sharp Minor

Stereotypes and truth together for the first time.

The first thing I wanted to do after watching this film was watch it again (because I'd missed lots with all the laughing I did). I'm European and I've studied abroad and I've as good as lived with Spanish, french, Italian and German people. The film was full of stereotypes, which, more often than not, p*** people off, and reading some of the other reviews I see that it did p*** people off. But, this film gets the stereotypes so right I cannot fault it. Except for maybe the way the french guy became a drunken party animal. The English guy was the perfect "geezer" stereotype. Drunk, annoying, insulting but shines through in the end. As well as the stereotypes the film also got the emotional aspect of studying abroad correct. At first he's shy, doesn't know anybody, misses home, doesn't know his way around. As time progresses it becomes his home and when the time comes to leave, it is extremely difficult. A feeling people can only understand if they've experienced it. I highly recommend this film.