Cedric Sagne The film is about a man and a woman who are losing their memory after an emotional trauma. You will discover this in your own time, the important is Claude Lelouch is a celebrated French director but unfortunately in the US he is part of the Indie crowd, "artistic French movie, get drunk before watching", which is a most unfair statement.Because his films are too often shot in French, he is blocked by the invisible subtitle wall for 90% of US audiences. With "And now... Ladies and Gentlemen" he directs a very good Jeremy Irons and a very talented Patricia Kaas, in English s'il vous plait.The basics of Lelouch style (broken time line and multiple threads) are there, but in a softer way than in most of his films, which makes this film a very nice "My First Lelouch" for audiences who are looking for more talented scripts and emotion than your prepacked Hollywood brew. Patricia Kaas delivers a performance in acting and singing (the soundtrack is her album "Piano Bar", a tribute to Lounge music).

Claudio Carvalho The smart and bold thief of jewelries Valentin Valentin (Jeremy Irons) decides to leave his mate and travel around the world for one hundred days in a sailing boat. In the coast of Morocco, he has an amnesia problem and comes onshore looking for a doctor. Meanwhile, the piano-bar singer Jane Lester (Patricia Kaas) is brokenhearted when her lover leaves her to stay with her beast friend and decides to accept a job in Morocco to forget the past. An incident in the hotel where they are lodged joins them and they fell attracted for each other."And Now…Ladies and Gentlemen…" is a delightful romance, with many attractions: the story is very charming; the cinematography is beautiful; the chemistry between the elegant Jeremy Irons and the lovely Patricia Kaas is stunning; and the voice of the gorgeous Patricia Kaas is awesome. This singer is completely unknown in Brazil, and I was surprised and touched hearing such beautiful interpretation of wonderful songs. Patricia Kaas herself alone makes this movie very worthwhile. It is difficult to assimilate Claudia Cardinale old, but she has a great performance in the role of an unfaithful countess. Claude Lelouch is amazing as usual, making a perfect combination of an attractive story with the magnificent interpretation of this wonderful Patricia Kaas. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Amantes & Infiéis" ("Lovers & Unfaithful")

mrncat I saw this on the Sundance Channel recently and its oddness kept me interested. Jeremy Irons is quite good as is the French lead actress who I am not familiar with and whose singing talent is jazzy and soulful. I think there is a very "French" ambiance to this film, although I'm not sure really what I mean when I say this. The movie takes its time in terms of hooking up the two lead characters...by the time they do meet each other (albeit in kind of a far fetched way perhaps) the audience knows a lot about each of them and I, for one, had grown to like them and was glad to see them meet up. I also liked the fact that there is a bit of mystery thrown into the storyline in the midst of them meeting. There is also a strong emotional undercurrent in this film of sadness. So if you are a Jeremy Irons fan or if you just want to see a decent contemporary story about people maneuvering middle life while still searching for themselves and love, this film is possibly worth your time.

TxMike These comments will contain some SPOILERS, so please consider whether you want to read this. Jeremy Irons is Valentin Valentin, a career thief, with some inventive ways. In the opening scene we see him entering a jewelry store, identifying himself as an authority, tells the owner they are on the track of an elusive thief, shows him a photo of an older man, says to give him whatever he wants and let him leave, a virtual army would be outside to arrest him. In old man disguise, he re-enters a bit later, takes all the good jewelry, then disappears to the consternation of the owner. Later he buys a sail boat (named 'Ladies and Gentlemen', thus the name of the movie) and starts for a round-the-world sailing trip.Then we see French actress Patricia Kaas as Jane Lester, lounge singer who travels to find new work. We sense something is wrong. Later she and Valentin meet up, because they suffer the same malady, the get headaches and occasional blackouts. They end up seeing the same doctor in some third-world country, and the doctor's twin brother, also a doctor with a CT scanning machine, to treat their illnesses. Jane makes a pilgrimage to the top of a mountain at the gravesite of a mysterious woman. While Valentin apparently has surgery for a brain tumor. Much of the interest of the movie is the film editing. The story is not always told linearly, and some of the things we see turn out to be dreams. In one, Valentin is seen going back to the jeweler he robbed in the first scene, telling him he was sorry and wanted to pay him back, the cops are outside pounding on the windows to get in, Valentin begins to say "Don't worry, this is only a dream", then in a few seconds we see him wake up.