Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Movie Review: "Paris"

My expectation was that the City of Lights would be displayed in an exceptional manner. Take it from me, it is not. I don't claim to know Paris well, but I have visited the city on several occasions. In my opinion, its beauty is predicated on the splendor and uniformity of its architecture. Unfortunately, the panoramic views from the sky in this film are so small that the magnificence of the city and that harmonized architecture is lost.

Pierre (Romain Duris) is a dancer in poor health due to a heart condition. His divorced sister, Elise (Juliette Binoche), and her three children move in with him to tend to his needs. Elise decides to find a girlfriend for Pierre who has his eye on a woman in an apartment across the street. The most interesting character is Roland (Fabrice Luchini), a professor who stalks one of his students, Laetitia (Melanie Laurent).


My expectation was that the City of Lights would be displayed in an exceptional manner. Take it from me, it is not. I don't claim to know Paris well, but I have visited the city on several occasions. In my opinion, its beauty is predicated on the splendor and uniformity of its architecture. Unfortunately, the panoramic views from the sky in this film are so small that the magnificence of the city and that harmonized architecture is lost.

Pierre (Romain Duris) is a dancer in poor health due to a heart condition. His divorced sister, Elise (Juliette Binoche), and her three children move in with him to tend to his needs. Elise decides to find a girlfriend for Pierre who has his eye on a woman in an apartment across the street. The most interesting character is Roland (Fabrice Luchini), a professor who stalks one of his students, Laetitia (Melanie Laurent).

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