The film received nominations for 'Best Picture', 'Best Director' (Woody Allen), 'Best Original Screenplay' (Woody Allen) and 'Best Art Direction' (Anne Seibel).
Midnight in Paris, which opened in South Africa on 30 December 2011, stars Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Michael Sheen, Lea Seydoux and Carla Bruni. Since its release, the film has performed consistently well at the box office with many people seeing it more than once, and has grossed over R1.5-million to date, with the highest screen average for any Woody Allen film ever released in South Africa.
Midnight In Paris is a romantic comedy about a family on a business trip in Paris. As a young couple engaged to be married experiences a profound transformation during their visit to Paris, an idealistic man with a romanticised view of the city finds that there is plenty of truth to that old adage about the grass being greener on the other side.
Sanjeev Singh, director of acquisition and distribution for Videovision Entertainment commented, "We premiered the film at
DIFF in July last year and we were confident that the film will receive
Golden Globe, BAFTA and
Academy Award nominations, and therefore held the South African release until the award season."