Avenue Montaigne (film)

Avenue Montaigne
Directed byDanièle Thompson
Written byChristopher Thompson
Danièle Thompson
Produced byChristine Gozlan
StarringCécile de France
Valérie Lemercier
Albert Dupontel
Claude Brasseur
Dani
Christopher Thompson
CinematographyJean-Marc Fabre
Edited bySylvie Landra
Music byNicola Piovani
Distributed byTHINKFilm
Release dates
  • 21 January 2006 (2006-01-21) (L'Alpe-d'Huez Film Festival)
  • 15 February 2006 (2006-02-15) (France)
  • 27 April 2007 (2007-04-27) (United States)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$9 million [1]
Box office$17.6 million [2]

Fauteuils d'orchestre (literal translation, Orchestra Seats) is a French film released in 2006 directed by Danièle Thompson, which she co-scripted with her son, Christopher Thompson. The film was released in the United Kingdom[3] and Australia as Orchestra Seats, and in the United States and English-speaking Canada as Avenue Montaigne.[4][5]

Avenue Montaigne had been selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar for the 79th Academy Awards, making the January shortlist.

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  3. ^ Ian Johns (2007-02-24). "Orchestra Seats". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
  4. ^ Manohla Dargis (2007-02-16). "A Collision of Role Players on the Busy Avenue of Life". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
  5. ^ Ken Eisner (16 May 2007). "Avenue Montaigne". The Georgia Straight. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.; Glenn Sumi. "French kiss". Now. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15.