Fabrice Luchini, François Cluzet, Juliette Binoche
Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people arou...( read more
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"Paris. No one's ever happy. We grumble. We enjoy that."
A sort of cinematic tourist brochure, Cédric Klapisch's Paris had all the potential to be a spiritual follow-up to the fabulous Paris, je t'aime. Unfortunately, it feels a bit uneven. Still, considerin...( read more)
Waaaaay too long for what could easily have been just over one hour long.
Images are crystal clear and absolutely breath-taking, though.
Romain Duris owns this film. Apart from his performance, this remains rather bland for my taste.
Superb ending, although I'm not sure it's b...( read more)
An interesting movie worth watching if only for the snapshot of life in Paris. Beautiful.
The film focuses the story of a young dancer who is leaving the life. Around him it appears his sister (with her 3 children) to care for him (delicious interpretation of Juliette Binoche), an old professor in love with a young student and his brother, a successful engineer, the o...( read more)
There were so many stories with potential on this one..I was disappointed Klapisch haven't managed them well. Still, there are breath-taking scenes of Paris..
If Paris feels like an Altman film in structure, it lacks the late filmmaker's bite, not to mention his genuine curiosity about human beings. full review
Klapisch captures the bittersweet quality of those human contacts that seem to hold promise, but life goes by too fast for them to take root. full review
Every character has life and depth. It's unusual for an episodic film to involve us so well in individual lives; as the narrative circles through their stories, we're genuinely curious about what will... full review
Paris when it fizzles -- which is most of the time -- is a dismal series of character portraits about a cross-section of Parisians mulling turning points in their lives. full review
Mr. Klapisch's special gift is to populate his films with perfectly grounded eccentrics who use perfectly ordinary words to express poetic ideas. full review
Klapisch's "It's a small world" plotting is sunk by both bland artistry and dull insights into his milieu. full review
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