L'Auberge espagnole

L'Auberge espagnole
The Spanish Apartment
Directed by	Cédric Klapisch
Written by	Cédric Klapisch
Produced by	Bruno Levy
Starring	Judith Godrèche Romain Duris Audrey Tautou
Cinematography	Dominique Colin
Edited by	Francine Sandberg
Music by	Various Artists
Distributed by	20th Century Fox (USA)
Release dates	May 17, 2002
Running time	122 min.
Languages	French, English, Spanish

The Spanish Apartment (L'Auberge espagnole- The Spanish Inn) is a 2002 French film directed and written by Cédric Klapisch. It is about Xavier, an Economics graduate student studying for a year in Barcelona, Spain as part of the Erasmus programme, where he encounters and learns from a group of students who hail from all over Western Europe.

The title of the film literally means "the Spanish hostel", and is a French expression meaning something out of which one gets what one puts in; it is sometimes also used to mean a busy, chaotic place. The English title of the film is Pot Luck in the UK and Canada, and The Spanish Apartment in the USA and Australia; Euro Pudding is an international title it was given. In Spain, where it is set, it was released as Una casa de locos — "Madhouse".

The film's portrayal is in the first-person perspective of the main character, Xavier, and is hence mainly narrated in French. Some of the dialogue is in English however, and a significant amount is in Spanish, as well as small amounts in Catalan, Danish, German and Italian.

The marketing for the film tends to focus on Audrey Tautou - the movie's most internationally well-known star - despite the fact that she only plays a relatively small supporting role in the film.

The movie has a sequel, The Russian Dolls.

Primary cast:

• Romain Duris  : Xavier
• Barnaby Metschurat : Tobias
• Judith Godrèche  : Anne-Sophie
• Cécile de France  : Isabelle
• Kelly Reilly  : Wendy
• Audrey Tautou  : Martine
• Cristina Brondo  : Soledad
• Kevin Bishop  : William
• Federico D'Anna : Alessandro

Soundtrack

The Spanish Apartment features a much diversified soundtrack, which includes:

• Radiohead - No Surprises
• Daft Punk - Aerodynamic
• Sonia & Selena - Que Viva La Noche
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Te Deum
• Frédéric Chopin - Opus 64 No 2 Waltz in C sharp minor
• Bob Marley - No Woman, No Cry (played/sung by some of the characters)

Awards

Award wins:

• César Award for Most Promising Actress — Cécile de France

Award nominations:

• César Award for Best Film
• César Award for Best Director — Cédric Klapisch
• César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role — Judith Godrèche
• César Award for Best Screenplay — Cédric Klapisch
• César Award for Best Editing — Francine Sandberg