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Wikipedia article 'A Monster in 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 Stphane Kazandjian, and distributed by EuropaCorp Distribution, and features the voices of Sean Lennon, Vanessa Paradis, Adam Goldberg, Danny Huston, Madeline Zima, Matthew Gczy, Jay Harrington, Catherine O'Hara, and Bob Balaban. Many aspects of the film are a direct copy 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 Cinma, Walking The Dog, uFilm, uFund, Canal+, France Tlvisions, CinCinma, Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fdral de Belgique and Umedia. Its music was composed by Matthieu Chedid, Sean Lennon, and Patrice Renson. Plot 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 wouldve 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 professors 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, Pt, 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 howas a fleathe 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 Francur, 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 Raouls 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 Francur bond as they sing as a duet. However, unbeknownst to Lucille, the effects of the "Super Fertilizer" aren't permanent and Francur 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 Francur, which Albert (who overheard her confession) reports to the police. Emile, Raoul, and Francur narrowly escape and Albert is arrested on suspicion of lying to the police. The trio have trouble trying to figure out where to put Francur, 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 Francur and feign his death. The next day, Maynott opens the Montmartre Funicular, which serves Montmartre and the Basilica of the Sacr Cur. Francur is seemingly killed after Maynott throws his antidote at the creature and stomps it once it shrinks back down, but he quickly discovers Francur hiding under the stage. Along with the police, Maynott chases Francur and his friends through the streets of Paris where it concludes at the tip of the Eiffel Tower. Stranded in the flood, Raoul uses Catherines 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 Francur from Maynott, a gunshot from Maynott and Francurs sudden disappearance lead everyone to believe that Francur is killed. Maynott is then arrested by Ptwho is disgusted at having aided Maynott in his rampagefor the premeditated murder of Francur on the basis that the latter is innocent. Later that evening, Lucille is distraught by the disappearance of Francur, but Raoul convinces her to sing anyway. Whilst struggling to begin, she hears Francur 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 Francur back to human size with a new mixture upon Raoul and Charles retelling of the situation. Francur 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. In a mid-credits scene, Raoul, Lucille, Francur, Maud, Emile, Charles, Carlotta, and Pt scatter super-fertilized sunflower seeds to drain the flooded Seine of its water. In a post-credits scene, Maynott is shown in the same cell as Albert and the thief from earlier, forced to endure the duo's appalling singing. Cast Reception The film was released in 2011 in France, Canada, Belgium, South Korea, Russia and Ukraine, released in 2012 in Croatia, Kuwait, Hungary, the UK, Ireland, the US, Malta, Israel, Estonia, Germany, Turkey, Sweden, Portugal, Netherlands, Lithuania, Taiwan, Mexico, Italy, Iran and Japan and released in 2013 in Peru. 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"). Awards Annie Awards 2014 * Annie Award - Outstanding Achievement in Character Design in an Animated Feature Production - Christophe Lourdelet - Nominated Csar Awards, France 2012 * Csar Award - Best Animated Film (Meilleur film d'animation) - Bibo Bergeron (director), Luc Besson (producer) - Nominated * Csar Award - Best Original Music (Meilleure musique originale) - Matthieu Chedid, Patrice Renson - Nominated Soundtrack 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 # "Les actualits (Interlude)" (0:27) # "La valse de Paris" (0:43) # "La Seine - Cabaret" (Vanessa Paradis -) (1:17) # "Emile et Raoul" (2:00) # "Sur les toits" (1:28) # "Maynott" (1:05) # "La rencontre" (1:45) # "Un monstre Paris" (-M-) (2:18) # "Le baptme" (Interlude) (Lucille) (0:11) # "Francur"/Lucille (2:13) # "Brume Paname" (1:01) # "Cabaret" (1:02) # "La Seine" (Vanessa Paradis & -M-) (2:48) # "Perquisition" (0:59) # "Sacr cur" (0:56) # "Papa Paname" (Vanessa Paradis) (2:23) # "Sue le fleuve"/"Tournesol" (1:15) # "Tour Eiffel infernale" (2:29) # "L'amour dans l'me" (-M-) (1:30) # "Flashback" (1:39) # "U p'tit baiser" (Vanessa Paradis & -M-) (2:24) # "Funky baiser" (5:13) English version # "Interlude - the News" (0:27) # "La Valse de Paris" (0:43) # "La Seine and I Cabaret" (Vanessa Paradis -) (1:17) # "Emile et Raoul" (2:00) # "Sur les Toits" (1:28) # "Maynott" (1:05) # "La Rencontre" (1:45) # "A Monster in Paris" (Sean Lennon) (2:18) # "Interlude - Lucille 'The Baptism' (0:11) # "Francur - Lucille" (2:13) # "Brume Paname" (1:01) # "Cabaret" (1:02) # "La Seine and I" (Vanessa Paradis & Sean Lennon) (2:48) # "Perquisition" (0:59) # "Sacr Cur" (0:56) # "Papa Paris" (Vanessa Paradis) (2:23) # "Sue le Fleuve - Tournesol" (1:15) # "Tour Eiffel Infernale" (2:29) # "Love is in My Soul" (Sean Lennon) (1:30) # "Flashback" (1:39) # "Just a Little Kiss" (Vanessa Paradis & Sean Lennon) (2:24) # "Funky Baiser" (5:13) References
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