''Adieu Paris'' is a German-Luxembourgian-French film directed by
Franziska Buch
Franziska Buch (born 15 November 1960 in Stuttgart) is a German film director and screenwriter. In her work she concentrates on issues that deal with childhood and youth. The main topic in almost all of her movies is family and its difficulty sho ...
. The film is also known as ''Upgrade''.
Plot
Patrizia is a successful author. When she learns her allegedly unmarried boyfriend Jean-Jacques lies in a hospital in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
because he had a grave car accident, she rushes head over heels to the airport. Unfortunately she forgets her credit card and cannot pay the ticket for Paris. By discussing this she causes a deadlock at the counter. A German business man (Frank) who has to stand line behind her fears he might miss his flight and helps her out with some money. So they get to know each other and get together to Paris, where Frank is supposed to handle an International
merger
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspec ...
. But both of them are confronted by unexpected twists when they arrive. Patrizia finds a French woman named Françoise at the bedside of her lover. Françoise breaks it to her that Jean-Jacques is her husband. Meanwhile Frank discovers that the merger cannot take place because of unforeseen
accountancy
Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "langua ...
issues.
Cast
*
Jessica Schwarz
Jessica Schwarz (born 5 May 1977) is a German film and TV actress.
Life and career
Schwarz was born in Erbach im Odenwald and grew up in the small town of Michelstadt, Germany. She won a contest of the German teen magazine ''Bravo'' in 1993. ...
as Patrizia
*
Sandrine Bonnaire
Sandrine Bonnaire (; born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 40 films. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for ''À Nos Amours'' (1983), the César Award for Best Actr ...
as Françoise Dupret
*
Hans Werner Meyer as Frank Berndssen
*
Gérard Jugnot as Albert
*
Jean-Yves Berteloot
Jean-Yves Berteloot (born 27 August 1958) is a French actor.
Theater
Filmography
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berteloot, Jean-Yves
1958 births
Living people
People from Saint-Omer
French male film actors
French ma ...
as Jean-Jacques Dupret
*
Ina Weisse
Ina Weisse is a German actress, screenwriter and film director. She is especially well known for her roles as the distant and ambivalent blonde. She became apparent with roles in films like ''Tatort'' und ''Polizeiruf 110''. She won several award ...
as Gloria Berndssen
*
Thure Lindhardt
Thure Frank Lindhardt (; born 24 December 1974) is a Danish actor, educated at the drama school at Odense Theatre in 1998.
Life and career
Lindhardt was born in Copenhagen, and grew up in Roskilde. At the age of 12, he got a part in Bille Aug ...
as Mika
*
Catherine Hosmalin as Madame Colussant
*
Silvia Maleen as analyst
References
External links
Official Homepage*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adieu Paris
2013 films
German drama films
2010s German-language films
Luxembourgian drama films
French drama films
2010s French-language films
Films set in Paris
2013 multilingual films
2010s French films
2010s German films