Welcome to Paris, the city of love with its multidimensional charms and enchantments. In this delightfully eclectic French film, 20 of the world's most accomplished filmmakers (Gus Van Sant, Gurinder Chadha, Wes Craven, Isabel Coixet, Walter Salles, Alexander Payne, Olivier Assayas, Tom Tykwer, Alfonso Cuaron, Joel and Ethan Cohen, and others) use the city's various neighborhoods as a backdrop for eighteen 18 short and snappy tales of the human adventure. Among the best of these are:
• Margo Martindale as an American letter carrier from Denver talking about her experiences as a tourist in Paris.
• Steve Buscemi as an American in a subway station who encounters a rough couple who shatter his expectations of romance in the city.
• Catalina Sandino Moreno as a poor immigrant mother who looks after a rich woman's infant.
• Sergio Castellitto as a husband who plans to tell his wife (Miranda Richardson) that he is going to leave her when she upstages him with news that sets his life on a new course.
• Emily Mortimer and Rufus Sewell as a couple who are about to call off their marriage when they receive wise counsel in a graveyard from Oscar Wilde.
• Cyril Descours as a young man who separates from his women-hating buddies to pursue his attraction to a hijab-wearing Muslim woman (Leila Bekhti).
• Bruno Podalydes as an anxious young man who looks for a parking spot and winds up meeting a beautiful woman (Florence Muller) who needs assistance.
• Willem Dafoe as a cowboy who rides in on his horse to help a depressed mother (Juliette Binoche) deal with her grief over the death of her son.
• Aissa Maiga as a new paramedic whose heart goes out to an African stabbing victim (Seydou Boro).
Special DVD features include "The Making Of."
