''Puerto Ricans in Paris'' is a 2015 American

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directed by Ian Edelman and written by Neel Shah and Ian Edelman. The film stars

Luis Guzmán Luis Guzmán (born August 28, 1956) is a Puerto Rican actor. His career spans over 40 years and includes a number of films and television series. He has appeared in the Paul Thomas Anderson films ''Boogie Nights'' (1997), ''Magnolia'' (1999) an ...

, Edgar Garcia,

Alice Taglioni Alice Taglioni (born 26 July 1976) is a French actress. Personal life Alice Taglioni was born in Ermont, Val-d'Oise. She is the daughter of an Italian man from Lombardy. She was Miss Corsica in 1996, but refused to participate in the election ...

Miriam Shor Miriam Shor (born July 25, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for her performance in the rock musical ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical), Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' and in the Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film), 2001 film adaptation of ...

, Frédéric Anscombre,

Rosario Dawson Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in the 1995 independent drama ''Kids''. Her subsequent film roles include '' He Got Game'' (1998), ''Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001), ''Men in Bl ...

and

Rosie Perez Rosa Perez (born September 6, 1964) is an American actress, choreographer, dancer, and activist. Her breakthrough came with her portrayal of Tina in the film ''Do the Right Thing'' (1989), followed by ''White Men Can't Jump'' (1992). Perez's perf ...

. The film was released on June 10, 2016, by

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Plot

Luis and Eddie are police detectives and long-time partners. Eddie is married to Luis's sister Gloria and struggles to support their family. He yearns to give Gloria a better life. Meanwhile, Luis has been with his girlfriend Vanessa for a long time, but constantly flirts with other women. One day the two are visited by Colette, a famous Parisian

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, and Vincent, one of her executives. One of Colette’s purse designs has been stolen and held for a high ransom. She believes the French police won’t act in time to recover it, so she has traveled to

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to hire

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s, whom she feels would do better. The two Puerto Rican detectives go to Paris to find the prototype for the designs. Upon arriving in

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, the two detectives don various disguises to interview the various suspects, offering each of them large bribes for the stolen bag. One by one, all of the suspects turn out to be innocent. Meanwhile Luis, unsuccessful at finding someone to sleep with in Paris, accuses Eddie of cheating on Gloria with Colette. The two fight after a night of heavy partying and agree to end their partnership. Luis goes to the corporate offices and informs Vincent that Colette stole her own design to get the ransom. As he leaves, he steals a pair of sunglasses from Vincent's desk. Vincent goes to Colette’s studio and informs her that her company has fired her for incompetence. She intercepts Luis and Eddie on their way to the airport and asks for their help. Seeing the sunglasses, she realizes that Vincent was behind the theft. She takes the two detectives to her corporate office, where the board is meeting with Vincent to discuss producing cheap merchandise with Colette’s name on it. Eddie realizes where the bag is hidden, and Colette is vindicated. Eddie has also proven that he is at least Luis’ equal. The two detectives return to New York. Eddie surprises Gloria with a gift she loves. Luis, realizing he belongs with Vanessa, proposes to her with a large

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Cast

as Luis *Edgar Garcia as Eddie *

as Colette *

as Sergeant Nora *Frédéric Anscombre as Vincent *

as Vanessa *

as Gloria * Ravi Patel as Hassan *

Jessica Boone Jessica Boone (born May 14, 1984) is an American film, television, and voice actress with extensive experience in Shakespeare and musical theatre, who used to work primarily for ADV Films, Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, and Seraphim Digital, when ...

as Vincent's Secretary *Paulina Singer as Lexi *Charlotte Mangel as Ludivine *

Julie Ferrier Julie Ferrier (born 5 December 1971) is a French actress, comedian, dancer, writer and theater director. Early life Ferrier is in the eighth generation of actresses on the maternal side of her family. She was raised in a difficult housing proje ...

as Francesca *Lilou Fogli as Kate *Michaël Cohen as Jerome *

Brian Tyree Henry Brian Tyree Henry (born March 31, 1982) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles in the FX comedy-drama series ''Atlanta'' (2016–2022), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstan ...

as Spencer *Xavier Dumont as Daniel

Release

The film premiered at the

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on June 12, 2015. The film was released on June 10, 2016, by

Reception

''Puerto Ricans in Paris'' received mixed reviews from critics. , the film holds a 36% approval rating on

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, based on 22 reviews with an average rating of 4.5/10. On

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, the film has a score of 47 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 3730510, Puerto Ricans in Paris 2015 films 2015 comedy films American comedy films Hispanic and Latino American comedy films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films