Paris 36

Musical panache amid hard times

Christophe Barratier's "Paris 36," an irresistible and impeccable period musical set against the political and economic turmoil of France in the mid-'30s, focuses on three very different friends who work at the Chansonia, a seedy red-plush and gilt music hall in an ancient, picturesque neighborhood on the edge of Paris. Gérard Jugnot's Pigoil is a kindly, stocky, middle-aged stagehand, the solid rock of the theater's operations; Clovis Cornillac's Milou is the theater's handsome young electrician, a fiery leftist; and Kad Merad's Jacky Jacquet is an exuberant, politically naive entertainer who gives terrible imitations until he discovers his talent for singing. [...]

di Kevin Thomas, articolo completo (1817 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 3 aprile 2009