Avenue Montaigne (film)

Avenue Montaigne
Directed byDanièle Thompson
Written byChristopher Thompson
Danièle Thompson
Produced byChristine Gozlan
StarringCécile de France
Valérie Lemercier
Albert Dupontel
Claude Brasseur
Dani
Christopher Thompson
CinematographyJean-Marc Fabre
Edited bySylvie Landra
Music byNicola Piovani
Distributed byMars Distribution
Release dates
  • 21 January 2006 (2006-01-21) (L'Alpe-d'Huez Film Festival)
  • 15 February 2006 (2006-02-15) (France)
  • 27 April 2007 (2007-04-27) (United States)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$9 million
Box office$17.6 million

Fauteuils d'orchestre (literal translation, Orchestra Seats) is a French film released in 2006 directed by Danièle Thompson, which she co-scripted with her son, Christopher Thompson. The film was released in the United Kingdom and Australia as Orchestra Seats, and in the United States and English-speaking Canada as Avenue Montaigne.

Avenue Montaigne had been selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar for the 79th Academy Awards, making the January shortlist.