Directed by:
Danièle ThompsonCinematography:
Jean-Marc FabreComposer:
Nicola PiovaniCast:
Valérie Lemercier, Albert Dupontel, Laura Morante, Claude Brasseur, Sydney Pollack, Guillaume Gallienne, Suzanne Flon, Annelise Hesme, Michel Vuillermoz (more)Plots(1)
AVENUE MONTAIGNE centers around Jessica (Cecile de France) a beautiful young woman from the provinces who comes to Paris and lands a job waiting tables at a chic bistro on fabled Avenue Montaigne, the city's nexus for art, music, theater and fashion. Jessica's customers include a popular TV actress (Valerie Lemercier) who is courting a major Hollywood director (Sydney Pollack) for her first serious film role; a wealthy art collector (Claude Brasseur) who is about to liquidate a lifetime's worth of treasures at auction; and an illustrious classical pianist (Albert Dupontel) who is at odds with his manager/wife (Laura Morante) as to where his career is headed. Precisely because Jessica doesn't know how celebrated these people are, her guileless and completely unintimidated engagement in their lives has a transforming effect on them - and ultimately her. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Valérie Lemercier
France
Best movies:
May Fools (1990)
Little Nicholas (2009)
The Visitors (1993)
Albert Dupontel
France
Best movies:
Irreversible - The Straight Cut (2019)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Love Me No More (2008)
Laura Morante
Italy
Best movies:
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1994) (series)
Mother Teresa of Calcutta (2003) (TV movie)
Le due vite di Mattia Pascal (1985)
Claude Brasseur
France
Best movies:
The Country I Come From (1956)
Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981)
The Annuity (1972)
Sydney Pollack
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Tootsie (1982)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
Guillaume Gallienne
France
Best movies:
Une affaire d'honneur (2023)
The Concert (2009)
La Leçon de tango (1997)
Suzanne Flon
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
The Train (1964)
Annelise Hesme
France
Best movies:
Paris (2008)
L’Escalier de fer (2013) (TV movie)
Molière (2007)
Michel Vuillermoz
France
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Atonement (2007)
My Life as a Courgette (2016)
Cécile de France
Belgium
Best movies:
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Lost Illusions (2021)
The Kid with a Bike (2011)
Kaori Tsuji
Japan
Best movies:
Fear and Trembling (2003)
Sad Vacation (2007)
Avenue Montaigne (2006)
Christian Hecq
Belgium
Best movies:
The Eighth Day (1996)
Fear(s) of the Dark (2007)
Lagardere (2003) (TV movie)
Christopher Thompson
USA
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Les Misérables (2000) (series)
Total Eclipse (1995)
Françoise Lépine
Best movies:
Me, Myself and Mum (2013)
Avenue Montaigne (2006)
7 ans de mariage (2003)
François Rollin
France
Best movies:
Roaring 20's (2021)
Avenue Montaigne (2006)
Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec (2008)
Laurent Mouton
Best movies:
Priceless (2006)
Avenue Montaigne (2006)
Deux femmes (2021) (TV movie)
Laurent Petitgirard
France
Best movies:
Avenue Montaigne (2006)
Michèle Brousse
Best movies:
Avenue Montaigne (2006)
Change of Plans (2009)
Confusion of Genders (2000)
Daniel Benoin
Best movies:
Paris 36 (2008)
Avenue Montaigne (2006)
Blanche (2002)
Serge Bento
France
Best movies:
Docteur Teyran (1980) (TV movie)
Dirty Hands (1975)
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)