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A Monster in Paris (French: Un monstre à Paris) is a 2011 French 3D computer-animated musical comedy science fantasy adventure film directed by Bibo Bergeron, and based on a story he wrote. It was produced by Luc Besson, written by Bergeron and Stéphane Kazandjian, and distributed by EuropaCorp Distribution, and features the voices of Sean Lennon, Vanessa Paradis, Adam Goldberg, Danny Huston, Madeline Zima, Matthew Géczy, Jay Harrington, Catherine O'Hara and Bob Balaban. Many plot elements are drawn from Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera. It was released on 12 October 2011. It was also produced by Bibo Films, France 3 Cinéma, Walking The Dog, uFilm, uFund, Canal+, France Télévisions, CinéCinéma, Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique and Umedia. Its music was composed by Matthieu Chedid, Sean Lennon and Patrice Renson.

A Monster in Paris
French release poster
Directed by	Bibo Bergeron
Screenplay by	Bibo Bergeron Stéphane Kazandjian
Story by	Bibo Bergeron
Produced by	Luc Besson
Starring	-M- Vanessa Paradis
Edited by	Pascal Chevé Nicolas Stretta
Music by	Matthieu Chedid
Production companies	EuropaCorp Bibo Films France 3 Cinéma Walking the Dog uFilm uFund Canal+ France Télévisions CinéCinéma Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique uMedia
Distributed by	EuropaCorp Distribution
Release date	12 October 2011 (2011-10-12) (France)
Running time	90 minutes[1]
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$32 million[2]
Box office	$26.6 million[3]

Plot

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The film is set in 1910; the story beginning by documenting the flooding of the River Seine that year.

A shy projectionist Emile Petit has a passion for film and is in love with his co-worker at the cinema, Maud. His friend, an exuberant yet obnoxious inventor and delivery driver, Raoul, picks him up from work to transport him in his bizarre vehicle (called "Catherine"), to obtain a new belt for his projector. In purchasing a new belt, Emile also buys himself a new camera, which would’ve been stolen by a local thief if "Catherine" had not malfunctioned. The story also introduces Lucille, a cabaret singer at the club L'Oiseau Rare ("The Rare Bird") and Raoul's childhood friend with whom he is on bad terms. Her aunt Carlotta is trying to marry her off to the wealthy Police Commissioner and Mayor candidate Victor Maynott, of whom she personally does not approve of for his arrogance. One evening, Raoul brings Emile to make a delivery to the Botanical Gardens. In the absence of the Professor who works there, the place is guarded by his assistant, a proboscis monkey named Charles. Despite the professor's command left to Charles, Raoul experiments with an "Atomize-a-Tune" and an unstable "Super Fertilizer"; the former gives Charles a temporary voice of an opera singer, and the latter grows a sunflower seed into a giant sunflower. The plant topples towards Raoul and Emile, and an explosion occurs as the two chemicals were mixed. Everyone is unscathed, but Emile is convinced he has glimpsed a monstrous creature, with an illustrated interpretation later appearing in the newspapers.

After a series of fearful sightings, an investigation is launched into the whereabouts of the creature by Maynott's second in command, Pâté, but is fronted by Maynott, in the hope of popular support for his mayoral candidacy. At the same time he tries unsuccessfully to charm Lucille. Lucille begins looking for a new musician for the cabaret, but rejects one of the waiters, Albert, for his terrible singing voice. Trying to vacate the cabaret through the back door, the latter stumbles across the creature and flees, terrified. Lucille is frightened upon seeing the same creature, but hears its euphonious voice as it sang. Through singing, the creature tells of how—as a flea—the chemicals in the laboratory explosion (the two aforementioned mixtures) enlarged itself to human scale and as a result was shunned by everyone in the city. Taking pity of the creature, Lucille therefore welcomes it as "Francœur", after the passageway where she discovered him.

During the investigation, Emile and Raoul's role in the laboratory incident is discovered. For Maynott's interest in the creature and perceived opportunity to further improve his reputation, he disregards Emile and Raoul's involvement as perpetrators, and awards them the Medal of Honor. On a challenge set earlier by Lucille, Raoul uses this to get the best seats at Lucille's show at "The Rare Bird", where she and a disguised Francœur bond as they sing as a duet. However, unbeknownst to Lucille, the effects of the "Super Fertilizer" aren't permanent and Francœur is slowly shrinking down to his normal size. Emile and Raoul congratulate Lucille on her show after its close, but Lucille accidentally reveals the identity of Francœur, which Albert (who overheard her confession) reports to the police. Emile, Raoul and Francœur narrowly escape and Albert is falsely sent to share the thief's cell on suspicion of lying to the police. The trio have trouble trying to figure out where to put Francœur, as he is too frightful looking to be seen on the streets and Maynott is still after him. Suddenly, Lucille comes up with an idea she plans to present during a ceremony tomorrow, in which the trio will reveal Francœur and feign his death.

The next day, Maynott opens the Montmartre Funicular, which serves Montmartre and the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur. Francœur is seemingly 'killed' after Maynott throws his 'antidote' at the creature and stomps it once it shrinks back down, but he quickly discovers Francœur hiding under the stage. Along with the police, Maynott chases Francœur and his friends through the streets of Paris where it concludes at the tip of the Eiffel Tower. Stranded in the flood, Raoul uses "Catherine’s" flap to swim there, but the vehicle sinks just as they make it to the Tower. Meanwhile, Maud (after receiving a date invite by Emile earlier) arrives at the tower just in time for the ensuing battle, in which she supports Emile and admits her feelings for him. After a battle to protect Francœur from Maynott, a gunshot from Maynott and Francœur's sudden disappearance lead everyone to believe that Francœur is killed. Maynott is then taken away to the same cell as Albert and the thief from earlier, forced to endure the duo's appalling singing, by Pâté—who is disgusted at having aided Maynott in his rampage—for the premeditated murder of Francœur on the basis that the latter is innocent.

Later that evening, Lucille is distraught by the disappearance of Francœur, but Raoul convinces her to sing anyway. Whilst struggling to begin, she hears Francœur as a normal-sized flea singing in her ear, much to her happiness. Sometime later, the absent Professor returns from his trip to New York and he restores Francœur back to human size with a new mixture upon Raoul and Charles' retelling of the situation. Francœur takes second billing on the posters advertising Lucille's show, while Lucille and Raoul later share their first kiss in Lucille's dressing room after clearing up a misunderstanding from their childhood. Afterwards, Raoul, Lucille, Francœur, Maud, Emile, Charles, Carlotta and Pâté scatter super-fertilized sunflower seeds to drain the flooded Seine of its water.

Cast

Character	French	English
Francœur	Matthieu Chedid (as -M-)	Sean Lennon
Lucille	Vanessa Paradis
Raoul	Gad Elmaleh	Adam Goldberg
Victor Maynott	François Cluzet	Danny Huston
Maud	Ludivine Sagnier	Madeline Zima
Madame Carlotta	Julie Ferrier	Catherine O'Hara
Albert	Bruno Salomone	Matthew Géczy
Emile	Sébastien Desjours	Jay Harrington
Inspector Pâté	Philippe Peythieu	Bob Balaban

Music

The soundtrack includes both songs and short clips from the film, in both French and English. The soundtrack of the English version was released in the UK a few days after the film's release on both CD and digital download. The album is credited to Vanessa Paradis & (-M-)

French version

1. "Les actualités (Interlude)" (0:27)
2. "La valse de Paris" (0:43)
3. "La Seine – Cabaret" (Vanessa Paradis -) (1:17)
4. "Emile et Raoul" (2:00)
5. "Sur les toits" (1:28)
6. "Maynott" (1:05)
7. "La rencontre" (1:45)
8. "Un monstre à Paris" (-M-) (2:18)
9. "Le baptëme" (Interlude) (Lucille) (0:11)
10. "Francœur"/Lucille (2:13)
11. "Brume à Paname" (1:01)
12. "Cabaret" (1:02)
13. "La Seine" (Vanessa Paradis & -M-) (2:48)
14. "Perquisition" (0:59)
15. "Sacré cœur" (0:56)
16. "Papa Paname" (Vanessa Paradis) (2:23)
17. "Sue le fleuve"/"Tournesol" (1:15)
18. "Tour Eiffel infernale" (2:29)
19. "L'amour dans l'âme" (-M-) (1:30)
20. "Flashback" (1:39)
21. "U p'tit baiser" (Vanessa Paradis & -M-) (2:24)
22. "Funky baiser" (5:13)

English version

1. "Interlude – the News" (0:27)
2. "La Valse de Paris" (0:43)
3. "La Seine and I Cabaret" (Vanessa Paradis -) (1:17)
4. "Emile et Raoul" (2:00)
5. "Sur les Toits" (1:28)
6. "Maynott" (1:05)
7. "La Rencontre" (1:45)
8. "A Monster in Paris" (Sean Lennon) (2:18)
9. "Interlude – Lucille 'The Baptism' (0:11)
10. "Francœur – Lucille" (2:13)
11. "Brume à Paname" (1:01)
12. "Cabaret" (1:02)
13. "La Seine and I" (Vanessa Paradis & Sean Lennon) (2:48)
14. "Perquisition" (0:59)
15. "Sacré Cœur" (0:56)
16. "Papa Paris" (Vanessa Paradis) (2:23)
17. "Sue le Fleuve – Tournesol" (1:15)
18. "Tour Eiffel Infernale" (2:29)
19. "Love is in My Soul" (Sean Lennon) (1:30)
20. "Flashback" (1:39)
21. "Just a Little Kiss" (Vanessa Paradis & Sean Lennon) (2:24)
22. "Funky Baiser" (5:13)

Reception

The film received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it received an aggregate score of 87% based on 23 reviews (20 "fresh" and 3 "rotten").[4]

Accolades

Annie Awards 2014

• Annie Award – Outstanding Achievement in Character Design in an Animated Feature Production – Christophe Lourdelet – Nominated

César Awards 2012

• César Award – Best Animated Film (Meilleur film d'animation) – Bibo Bergeron (director), Luc Besson (producer) – Nominated
• César Award – Best Original Music (Meilleure musique originale) – Matthieu Chedid, Patrice Renson – Nominated

References

External links

• A Monster in Paris at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] A Monster in Paris

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[ru] Монстр в Париже

«Монстр в Париже» (фр. Un monstre à Paris) — французский компьютерный полнометражный мультфильм 2011 года. Премьерный показ состоялся во Франции на кинофестивале фр. Festival du film francophone d'Angoulême 28 августа 2011 года, в России — показ на широком экране с 29 декабря 2011 года в форматах трёхмерном и классическом двухмерном.

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