Paris 36

Paris 36, also known as Faubourg 36, is a French film directed by Christophe Barratier. The film follows three unemployed friends in 1936 Paris as they decide to put on a musical to help a struggling community and to save a treasured theatre. Although their motives are sincere, the three non-performance artists struggle with the in's and outs of dealing with the local crime element and their inexperience in theater production.

• "French filmmaker Christophe Barratier's luminous Paris 36 (the French title is Fauborg 36) pulls off a neat trick: It manages to cram a musical inside a feature film without wrecking the quality of either the music or the filmmaking."—San Francisco ChronicleSF Chronicle: Paris 36 Musical Captures Hopeful Era (April 3, 2009)

• Nora Arnezeder as Douce
• Gerard Jugnot as Pigoil
• Clovis Cornillac as Milou
• Kad Merad as Jacky
• Pierre Richard Monsieur TSF
• Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu as Galapiat
• Maxence Perrin as Jojo
• Francois Morel as Celestin
• Elisabeth Vitali as Viviane
• Christophe Kourotchkine as Lebeaupin
• Eric Naggar as Grevoul
• Eric Prat as Commissaire Tortil
• Julien Courbey as Mondain
• Philippe Du Janerand as Triquet
• Marc Citti as L'inspecteur du Quai des Orfevres
• Stephane Debac as L'inspecteur des services sociaux
• Manuela Gourary as La chanteuse realiste
• Reinhardt Wagner as Blaise
• Wilfred Benaiche as Jeannot
• Daniel Benoin as Borchard
• Jean Lescot as Dorfeuil
• Frederic Papalia as Clement
• Thierry Nenez as Crouzet
• Christian Bouilette as Dubrulle

• SF Chronicle: Paris 36 Musical Captures Hopeful Era (April 3, 2009)

• IndieWire: Christophe Barratier's Paris 36 (April 3, 2009)

• The Epoch Times: [Foreign Film Review: Paris 36] (April 2, 2009)

• Guardian.co.uk: Paris 36 Review (January 25, 2009)

• Cinematical: TIFF Review: Paris 36 (September 6, 2008)

• TimeOut London: Paris 36 Review