A MONSTER IN PARIS (BILINGUAL)

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• Release Year: 2011
• Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Music
• Plot: Emile, a shy projectionist, has a passion for film and is in love with his coworker at the cinema, Maud, but has trouble admitting his true feelings. His friend, an exuberant inventor and delivery driver, Raoul, picks him up from work to transport him in his bizarre vehicle (called 'Catherine'), to pick up a new belt for his projector, which was broken due to Emile's inattentiveness while daydreaming. In the process of purchasing a new belt, Emile also gets himself a new camera (which almost gets stolen by a thief). The story also introduces Lucille (Vanessa Paradis), Raoul's childhood friend, who is a cabaret singer at the club L'Oiseau Rare ('The Rare Bird'). Though she is a successful singer, her aunt Carlotta does everything to push her into the arms of the wealthy Police commissioner, Maynott, a man consumed by pride and ambition.; ; One evening, Raoul brings Emile with him to make a delivery to the Botanical Gardens. In the absence of the Professor who works there, the place is guarded by his assistant, a proboscis monkey named Charles. Seizing the opportunity to browse through the laboratory, Raoul experiments with an 'Atomize-a-Tune' mixture which temporarily gives Charles the voice of an opera singer and an unstable 'super fertilizer' which grows a sunflower seed into a giant sunflower in the blink of an eye. Due to the enormity of the plant in a small amount of water, it starts to topple towards Raoul and Emile. In the ensuing chaos, an explosion occurs due to the mixing of the two chemicals. Everyone comes out unscathed, but Emile is convinced he has glimpsed a monstrous creature which is recorded on camera. The next day, the creature is featured in the newspapers.
• Cast: Mathieu Chedid, Vanessa Paradis, Gad Elmaleh, François Cluzet, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Ferrier, Bruno Salomone, Sébastien Desjours, Philippe Peythieu, Bob Balaban, Adam Goldberg, Matthew Géczy, Jay Harrington, Danny Huston, Sean Lennon, Catherine O'Hara, Bibo Bergeron, Stéphane Kazandjian
• Director: Bibo Bergeron
• Runtime: 1:30
• Company: Alliance Films
• Media Format: Movie