And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen

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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen
Ladysandgentlemenposter.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Claude Lelouch
Written byClaude Lelouch
Pierre Leroux
Pierre Uytterhoeven
Produced byClaude Lelouch
Starring Jeremy Irons
Patricia Kaas
Thierry Lhermitte
Alessandra Martines
CinematographyPierre-William Glenn
Edited byHélène de Luze
Music by Michel Legrand
Distributed by Paramount Classics (US)
Release date
  • 29 May 2002 (2002-05-29)
Running time
128 minutes
CountriesFrance
United Kingdom
LanguagesFrench
English
Arabic
Italian

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen is a 2002 thriller film directed by Claude Lelouch and starring Jeremy Irons and Patricia Kaas. Patricia Kaas also released a song with the same title on her 2002 album Piano Bar. Tracks from the album, which according to the cover notes were inspired by the film, were used in the movie. It was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. [1]

Contents

Premise

Valentin (Jeremy Irons), a gentleman burglar like Arsene Lupine, is wanted by the police. He embarks on a sailboat for a tour of the world. Jane (Patricia Kaas), dreams of leaving the American-style bar in which she works as a jazz-singer. Valentin and Jane are made to love each other. Coping with problems remembering, they find themselves in a hotel on the coast of Morocco, where a jewelry theft took place.

Cast

Reception

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen received mixed reviews. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 47%, based on 74 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The website's consensus reads, "The plot is convoluted and awash in suds." [2]

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References

  1. "And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  2. "And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen". Rotten Tomatoes. 8 August 2003. Retrieved August 14, 2022.