And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen

• Jeremy Irons: Valentin Valentin
• Patricia Kaas: Jane Lester
• Alessandra Martines: Françoise
• Thierry Lhermitte Thierry
• Claudia Cardinale: Madame Falconetti
• Jean -Marie Bigard: Dr. Larry / pharmacist
• Ticky Holgado: Boubou

And Now ... Ladies & Gentlemen is a love story with Patricia Kaas and Jeremy Irons in the lead roles, the director veteran Claude Lelouch staged in 2002, and plays for long stretches in Morocco. Parallel to her acting debut appeared Piano Bar, the fifth studio album by Patricia Kaas.

Action

The international jewel thief and disguise artist Valentin Valentin, who pursues his true elegant, but not necessarily fashionable raids both in Paris and in London, dreaming of sailing around once in life, the world, and still he dreams of one day all his victims to compensate. However, he suffers from an abrupt onset of bouts of amnesia. As well as the bar singer Jane Lester, the frequent blackouts due to missed their use at their concerts, gets out of sync with microphone moves from the stage or stuck in the roundabout, with increasing tendency. In addition, Jane is still struck because of the separation from her trumpet. Valentin leaves his girlfriend, the former hostage Françoise, for a sabbatical and sets sail.

As Valentine's racing yacht Ladies and Gentlemen - random as one of their songs - stranded in Morocco, they meet. Jane has left her band, and her new employer has Jane, clouded as it is ordered in a hotel there. That in the hotel Countess Falconetti bored, turns out to be favorable business opportunity for the amazing disoriented Valentin. Jane gives him an alibi disappear as their jewels, for an alleged night of passion to which she claims to remember. After a few gigs, it turns out that Valentine and Jane - not quite in love, and also both very disillusioned, for that matter Interpersonal - actually have brain tumors.

The investigators, the police despite they make of Moulay Yacoub on a 26- kilometer-long pilgrimage on, on foot, and in summer clothes through the shimmering desert and the Scirocco to the grave of the legendary Lalla Chafia, the healing powers should have. Some sessions later Valentine was arrested, survived his dangerous surgery, his chances were 1 to 10, in which he dreams of a super race in France, Jane seems to be cured, the jewels from the insurance fraud emerge, Françoise divides home a berth with the yacht dealers, and Jane and Valentine put the hundred -day circumnavigation continue together.

Background

The film was shot in Essaouira and Fez in Morocco, France, among others, in Paris, Fécamp, Seine- Maritime, as well as in London. The music was composed by Michel Legrand. Robin Millar was in charge of arrangements.

The finished film was selected for the closing night of the Film Festival of Cannes 2002. Premiere in the Federal Republic of Germany was on 30 January 2003, on 4 August 2003, the film was released on video and DVD. On the German DVD by ems / universe both a German theatrical version as well as a Director's Cut included. The theatrical version has a running time of about 106 minutes, and the director's cut runs approximately 127 minutes.

The taz According to Patricia Kaas speaks in the synchronization itself

Reviews

" Atmospheric photographed mixture of thieves comedy, relationship drama and disease that lacks a compelling suspense as well as the psychological By drawing the figures. Noteworthy are the playful ensemble and the jazzy interpretation of French chansons. "

"It defies the criticism: that is self - satirical. [ ... ] Episodically without meaning and purpose. "

"Life, this is one line that is a sofa, and love is the dream it - maybe it needs a fairyland to tell stories about love and the inability to remember enables a fresh start - free from fear and commitments, and feelings of guilt. [ ... ] If all movies were so, would that stop - and it is beautiful, as long as one follows only his own era. [ ... ] Lelouch has for his film empire eternal summer time detained. "

" Mag overhauled and more than a little bit decadent, but not a bad place for a trip. "

" A silly enthusiasm for himself, which is contagious. Claude Lelouch [ ... ] obviously loves his film, and how parents love it fills this creature with an irresistible glow - albeit undeserved. [ ... ] Either romantic poetry disguised as nonsense, or nonsense masquerading as romantic poetry [ ... ] beneficial as a holiday of two hours. "

" The Kaas has still never played, but has an ethereal, haunting beauty that requires camera ( and a voice to die for ). "

" Hard to believe that would be taken seriously. [ ... ] It is then no major movies, but some people want the world and fill it with naive hits. ( And what's wrong with that? If I knew you. ) "