Midnight in Paris is an upcoming American romantic comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen, scheduled to premiere at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in May. It is being produced by Mediapro and Allen's Gravier Productions, and stars Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Carla Bruni and Adrien Brody.
Production
Carla Bruni was recruited by Allen for a role as a museum director. There were false reports that Allen re-filmed Bruni's scenes with Léa Seydoux, but Seydoux rebuffed these rumours revealing she had an entirely separate role in the film. Allen also shot down reports that a scene with Bruni required over thirty takes: "I am appalled. I read these things and I could not believe my eyes...These are not exaggerations, but inventions from scratch. There is absolutely no truth." He continued to describe Bruni as "very professional" and insisted he was pleased with her scenes, stating that "every frame will appear in the film.
Filming locations include John XXIII Square (near Notre Dame), on the Île de la Cité itself, and near the Panthéon. The film is the first Allen has shot entirely in Paris, though both Love and Death (1975) and Everyone Says I Love You (1996) were partially filmed there.
The film is co-produced by Allen's Gravier Productions and the Spanish-based Mediapro.
Plot
A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.
Cast
The cast includes:
Owen Wilson as Gil
Rachel McAdams as Inez
Kathy Bates as Gertrude Stein
Adrien Brody as Salvador Dali
Carla Bruni as Museum Guide
Marion Cotillard as Adriana
Michael Sheen as Paul
Gad Elmaleh as Detective Tisserant
Kurt Fuller as John
Tom Hiddleston as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Allison Pill as Zelda Fitzgerald
Mimi Kennedy as Wendy
Elsa Pataky
Léa Seydoux as Gabrielle
Release
The film's world premiere will be on May 11, 2011, as the opening film of the 64th Cannes Film Festival. Sony Pictures Classics will release the film in the United States on May 20th.
