Candace

Oh..and "Paris to the Moon" was great as was "Fragile Glory" very good books on the France and the French......Excellent!!

Grandma

It's an old movie (but can a movie with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant ever be old??).... with lots of interesting Paris locations: Charade<BR><BR>PS I'm the original "Grandma" on this forum. Not the recent one complaining about walking. No offense intended, but think I'm a little zippier than my usurper - -

scarlett

Hi<BR>It is Theirry L'hermitte. He was also in very funny film called The Dinner Party. And yes, he has wonderful blue eyes!

Laura

I like "The Hairdressers Husband"

Grasshopper

Nonna, thank you for the clarification. I was wondering.

cindy

Paris to the Moon, Piano Shop on the Left Bank, The Flaneur (Edmund White) and Versailles (a fiction by Kathryn Davis) are all wonderful reads.

Paula

<BR><BR>Michele, yes, the soundtrack to Amelie is the nice instrumental music played throughout the film. The cd contains 20 tracks in all, only four of which have vocals, the rest are pure instrumental. Highly recommended.

Michael

Thanks for all the replies. So glad there's another Charade fan out there - it's one of my favorites. Unfortunately, they will probably kill it in the remake (called "The Truth About Charlie") that's going to be released this fall.

xxx

The Bourne Identity and Chocolat

Sally

Charlotte Gray, which is filmed in a small town near Toulouse. Wonderful scenery!

aj

Yes, the Hairdressers Husband is very sexy and french! Has anyone else noticed the endings to French films can be so different that what we are use to in America! I watched it the same weekend I rented Deje Vu! What a nice way to spend a weekend!

Anne

For something published within the last ten years, try Le Divorce by Diane Johnson. American girl goes to Paris to help her sister, whose husband walked out on her, and finds herself turning into a real Parisienne. Warning, though: skip the sequel (not really a sequel though since it doesn't have the same characters), Le Mariage, which was very tedious.

carol

Michael--here's another vote for Charade (on my all-time favorites list), one for Amelie, and one for Queen Margot also (it's such a very French movie--even though it's set in the 17th century).

Melanie

Movies: <BR>"Ridicule" (1996) takes place six years before the revolution in the court of Louis XVI. The story is humorous with wicked wit and the setting is Versailles.<BR><BR>I also liked "Camille Claudelle".

kathy

We just had Charade on tele here and I hadn't seen it for years and years. It still held up well, a wonderful movie. However my favourite is Amelie, I've seen it twice and it's fantastic, whoever wrote it has the wildest imagination. A must see.

peggi

Someone mentioned the book but there's a great old movie of Is Paris Burning? Also (book and movie) Scarlet Pimpernel. And how about listening to a CD of Edith Piaf music?? Can't get more Parisian than that!

Louie

Enjoyed Chocolat and Charade also!<BR>Another movie that takes place in and<BR>around the city of Paris is American<BR>Dreamer with Jobeth Williams and Tom Conte. It is older (maybe about 15 years old???)<BR>

Trec

Agree about american Dreamer. My wife & I watched it just two nights ago. Funny movie and some nice tour shots of Paris and the surrounding area.

Francie

Hello,<BR>Here are a few more to add to the list.<BR><BR>"Place Vendome" - Catherine Deneuve<BR><BR>"Umbrella's of Cherbourg" - a very young Catherine Deneuve<BR><BR>A read a book awhile back entitled: "The Secret Life of the Seine" written by Mort Rosenbloom. It's about life on a houseboat docked in Paris. He now lives in Provence. You can find articles/reviews on the 'net about this one.<BR>Enjoy Paris!

Francie

Correction...<BR><BR>Actually the author's name is Mort Rosenblum. Not Rosenbloom.<BR><BR>Sante' Francie.