18 director have the same task represent tell story of love set in paris . naturally and some of them turn out good than others and but the whole mosaic be pretty charm besides and wouldn not it be bore if all of them have the same vision of love . here how i rank the segment ( that might change on a second viewing ) represent1 . quartier latin and by gérard depardieuone of the great french actor ever direct my favourite segment and feature the always stunning gena rowlands and ben gazzara . witty and delightful . 2. tour eiffel and by sylvain chometcute and visually stunning ( thanks to the director of the triplet of belleville ) story of a little boy whose parent be mime while 3. tuileries and by ethan and joel coenthe coen brother plus steve buscemi equal hilarious4 . parc monceau and by alfonso cuarón ( y tu mamá también and child of men ) and feat . nick nolte and ludivine sagnier ( funny ) while 5. place de fêtes and by oliver schmitz and feat . seydou boro and aissa maiga ( touch ) while 6 . 14th arrondissement and alexander payne ( election and about schmidt ) wonderful look for the pathetic side of life be present here and feat . the underrated character actress margo martindale ( hilary swank mother in million dollar baby ) a a lonely and middle age american woman on vacation while 7. faubourg saint denis and tom tykwer ( run lola run ) frantic style work in the story of a young actress ( natalie portman ) and a blind guy ( melchior beslon ) who fall in love while 8. père lachaise and by wes craven and feat . emily mortimer and rufus sewell ( plus a curious cameo by alexander payne a . oscar wilde . ) while 9. loin du 16ème and by walter salles and daniela thomas ( simple but move story from the talented brazilian director and feat . catalina sandino moreno ) while 10. quartier de enfants rouge and by olivier assayas ( clean ) and a sad story feat . the always fantastic maggie gyllenhaal while 11. le marais and by gus van sant and feat . gaspard ulliel and elia mcconnell and marianne faithful ( simple and but funny ) while 12. quartier de la madeleine and by vincenzo natali and feat . elijah wood and olga kurylenko while 13. quais de seine and by gurinder chadha while 14. place de victoires and by nobuhiro suwa and feat . juliette binoche and willem dafoe while 15. bastille and by isabel coixet ( fabulous director of the underrated my life without me ) and feat . miranda richardson and sergio castellitto and javier cámara and leonor watling while 16. pigalle and by richard lagravenese and feat . bob hoskins and fanny ardant while 17. montmartre and by and with bruno podalydès while 18. porte de choisy and by christopher doyle and with barbet schroeder ( mostly know a the director of barfly and reversal of fortune and single white female ) . i could classify some segment a brilliant and others a average ( or even slightly bore ) and but not a single of them be plain bad . on the whole and i give paris and je taime an 8 . 5/10 and recommend it for what it be represent a lovely mosaic about love and other thing in between .