And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen

2002 French film

29 May 2002 (2002-05-29)

Running time

128 minutesCountriesFrance
United KingdomLanguagesFrench
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]

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

Jeremy Irons - Valentin Valentin
Patricia Kaas - Jane Lester
Thierry Lhermitte - Thierry
Alessandra Martines - Françoise
Claudia Cardinale - Madame Falconetti
Jean-Marie Bigard - Dr. Lamy/Pharmacist
Ticky Holgado - Boubou
Yvan Attal - David
Amidou - Police Inspector
Sylvie Loeillet - Soleil
Constantin Alexandrov - Monsieur Falconetti
Stéphane Ferrara - Sam Hernandez, the Boxer
Samuel Labarthe - Trumpet Player
Paul Freeman - English Customer
Souad Amidou - Chambermaid

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]

References

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