That's Paris

Paris - these are lively cafés and quiet parks, morbid houses and beautiful buildings, narrow streets and imposing streets, modernity and history. As diverse as the city is, so different are the people who live in it:

There is, for example, the former dancer Pierre (Romain Duris), who learns that he is suffering from heart disease and perhaps has to die. His older sister Elise (Juliette Binoche), a social worker, gets shorter at the job to take care of him. But she forgets about her own life. Forced to do nothing, Pierre often stands by the window, watching the activities of his neighbors, including the young, pretty student Laetitita (Mélanie Laurent). This also seems to have aroused the interest of her melancholic history professor Roland (Fabrice Luchini), who writes her crazy Love SMS. Roland's brother Philippe (François Cluzet), an architect and soon-to-be father, leads a normal family life. Meanwhile, Cameroonian Benoît (Kingsley Kum Abang) is dreaming of a future in France and of a sweet Frenchwoman, who underneath ties up with a greengrocer, who in turn has his eye on Pierre's sister.

Miscellany of individual fates

"Paris is so" is a hodgepodge of many small individual fates. Each individually insignificant and irrelevant. Director Cédric Klapisch, who became famous for "L 'Auberge Espagnole - Barcelona for a year", is bringing the pieces together in one big storyline. He brings his characters over authentic. Horny greengrocer, a lonely university professor, a selfless social worker - all come from different social structures, have other worries and longings. But all of them combine the hope to find their luck and their place in the million dollar pile. The characters are as well chosen as their performers, especially the two main characters Juliette Binoche and Romain Duris. Especially nice: Fabrice Luchini as a lovesick university professor.

The big picture is missing

Too bad that the stories remain partially on the surface and sometimes Klapisch jumps too fast between the individual storylines - so that the viewer is in danger of losing his bearings.

Conclusion: Just because of the beautiful Paris images worth the film, which has many comical scenes in addition to many poignant moments. However, he is a little too long with his 130 minutes running time. Paris fans might not care.

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