This is a French drama set in spring 1936 in a working-class district in the north of Paris.

In the centre of town there is a small square, a few shops, lopsided buildings, cobbled streets and the peeling facade of the neighbourhood music hall: the Chansonia. In this blue-collar neighbourhood, the triumphant election of the Popular Front government is greeted with enthusiasm and hopes for a brighter tomorrow, yet stirs up all kinds of extremism. Among the new government's promises is a law guaranteeing paid holidays for workers. In early May, three residents of the Faubourg‚ Pigoil, Milou, and Jacky still sulk over the closing of the Chansonia four months ago. Supported by the locals who live to the rhythm of Monsieur TSF's radio, the three friends decide to use their holiday by producing the ‘hit' musical the Chansonia has always needed.
Paris 36 is screening at Rialto Tauranga.