Daniele Thompson and Christopher Thompson, Avenue Montaigne

One of France's most successful screenwriters (Queen Margot, Cousin, Cousine) Danièle Thompson grew up in the business, writing with her actor-writer-director father Gerard Oury (The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob). So it is no surprise that Thompson collaborates with her son Christopher for her third film as director, the French hit Avenue Montaigne. A charming study of successful artists - an actress, concert pianist, director (played by Sidney Pollack) - whose lives intersect on this fabled Parisian street.

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