Paris, December 1999. A group of Parisians cross paths. A police commissioner madly in love with his colleague's wife, a director looking for a subject. A man who learns that he has lung cancer. A waitress in love with her boss. A wealthy owner of a pizza chain who falls in love with a former member of the Comédie Française when he wanted to buy her castle. Among them, there is also Shaa. She dreams of becoming a singer and starts a duet with Massimo, a street singer of Italian origin. They quickly fall in love with each other. But one day, a producer spots Shaa and offers her a solo career.
Direction
Lelouch's interconnected storytelling—messy, romantic, unapologetically him.
Acting
Maïwenn's raw vulnerability as Shaa, singing her way through heartbreak.
Score
Music woven into narrative—duets that actually matter to the plot.
Director
Claude Lelouch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the first of a planned trilogy; Lelouch only completed two parts, abandoning the third after disappointing reception.
Maïwenn was Lelouch's real-life partner at the time, and their daughter appears in the film—blurring life and art completely.
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