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The Spanish Apartment

Year:

2002

Duration:

122 min | Finland:117 min | Turkey:111 min (TV version)

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

7.3

Director:

Cédric Klapisch

Awards:

8 wins & 9 nominations

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 2002-06-19

Filming Locations: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $59,309 (USA) (18 May 2003)

Gross: $3,895,664 (USA) (21 September 2003)

Cast

Actor

Character

Cristina Brondo

The Spanish Apartment

Irene Montalà

The Spanish Apartment

Kelly Reilly

The Spanish Apartment

Romain Duris

Xavier

Judith Godrèche

Anne-Sophie

Audrey Tautou

Martine

Cécile De France

Isabelle

Federico D'Anna

Alessandro

Barnaby Metschurat

Tobias

Christian Pagh

Lars

Kevin Bishop

William

Xavier De Guillebon

Jean-Michel

Wladimir Yordanoff

Jean-Charles Perrin

Javier Coromina

Juan

Iddo Goldberg

Alistair

Martine Demaret

Xavier's Mother

Olivier Raynal

Bruce

Paulina Gálvez

Flamenco Teacher

Jacno

Xavier's Father

Sylvie Lachat

University Secretary

Magali Roze

Stewardess

Shilpa Baliga

Nurse Miralpeix

Nadala Batiste

Neighbor Miralpeix

Pere Sagristà

Catalan Teacher

Pere Abelló

Landlord

Babou Cham

Catalan Student 1

Daniel Grao

Catalan Student 2

Iván Morales

Catalan Student 3

Jacques Royer

Erasmus

Mira Wanting

Mira

Arsène Royer

Lars' Son

Sophie Delin

Apartment Neighbor

Zinedine Soualem

Barman

Pablo Klapisch

Xavier as a Child

Cédric Klapisch

Le professeur stressé

Lise Lamétrie

La femme au ministère

Sophie Le Tellier

(uncredited)

Piero Verzello

Catalan boy

Did you know?

Trivia

In the English subtitles, several sections are purposefully translated incorrectly to preserve the humorous nature of the film. The list of strange names around Paris is changed to "Honolulu, Punxsutawney, Piccadilly, Massachusetts, Saskatoon and Machu Picchu."In the scene in which Wendy mispronounces "Xavier n'est pas la..." the English subtitles say "Xavier eez not here..."

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Goofs

Next to the telephone, on the board indicating how to say a roommate is not there in many languages, the colors on the German flag are wrong. (It looks like a Belgian flag rotated 90 degrees clockwise.)

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As Xavier makes his way to his new job near the end of the film, he is wearing a coat, tie, and jeans, and he has his hands in his pockets. But when he gets there, he is wearing slacks that go with the coat, and he is carrying a briefcase.

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When Tobias is talking with William, he grabs a highlighter and a ruler to mark his textbook. In the next shot, we see him underline with a pen and the highlighter is nowhere to be seen.

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Quotes

Wendy: Xavier's gone to school. Okay?

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Isabelle: It's contradictory to defend Catalan at the very moment we're creating a European Union.

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Xavier: Later, much later, back in Paris, each harrowing ordeal will become an adventure. For some idiotic reason, your most horrific experiences are the stories you most love to tell.

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