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TWO DAYS IN PARIS
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DIRECTOR
Julie Delpy
SCREENPLAY
Julie Delpy
CAST
Marion: Julie Delpy
Jack: Adam Goldberg
Lukas: Daniel Brühl
Marion's mother: Marie Pillet
Marion's father: Albert Delpy
Marion's sister: Aleksia Landeau
Mathieu: Adan Jodorowsky
Manu: Alexandre Nahon
Running time: 93’
Production: France/Germany, 2007
Rating: Not rated
Gauge: 35mm, DVD (color)
GENRE
Comedy
DISTRIBUTOR
IDP (until November)
Swank Motion Pictures (from November on)
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“At first blush, ‘2
Days in Paris’ looks like it's going to be the story of
a culture-clashing couple. But slowly and rather slyly, Delpy
zeros in on something much more subtle and complex. What interests
her are not the superficial differences between people from
different countries but the way in which the distances between
people, genders and cultures (the very distances we rely on
to grant us the perspective needed to see how completely insane
other people, genders, cultures really are) seem to shift constantly
according to circumstances. Delpy's wry, acerbic sense of humor
and privileged perspective make her the ultimate outsider-insider,
perfectly positioned to ask the most astute questions. Eventually,
a kind of synthesis arises from the battle of the perspectives
-- that is, that there are no absolute ideas and no fixed identities.
One man's freedom, as we know, is another man's French.”
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times |
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Jack is a sharp, neurotic
New York interior designer; his girlfriend Marion is a smart,
sometimes cagey, French photographer. They've been together
in New York for two years and are about to spend two days in
Paris. The trip puts their relationship to the ultimate test.
Marion and Jack uncover more cracks in their compatibility as
they travel around town. He is shocked by her erratic temper,
evidenced by outbursts at a racist Parisian taxi driver, at
ex-boyfriends, or anyone else who rubs her the wrong way. As
he meets one overly-friendly male acquaintance after another,
Jack is consumed by jealousy and wonders what Marion has kept
from him about her romantic past. The snowballing mystery in
Jack's mind threatens to end their relationship in utter disaster.
As a writer-director-producer-editor-composer-star, Delpy deftly
handles her multiple responsibilities, weaving brilliant humor
with a myriad of intellectual, political and psychological musings.
Whether considering Jack and Marion's relationship, or the world
at large, she takes the stereotypical French versus American
debates further and deeper, playing on both truth and the often
total absurdity of this complex relationship.
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