Paris, 13th District (2021)
Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy – They're friends, sometimes lovers and often both.
- Jacques Audiard
- Adrian Tomine
- Léa Mysius
- Céline Sciamma
- Jacques Audiard
Rating: 6.9/10 by 319 users
Alternative Title:
Parīze, 13. rajons - LV
Les Olympiades, Paris 13e - FR
Wo in Paris die Sonne aufgeht - AT
愛慾巴黎十三區 - TW
Paris: En kjærlighetshistorie - NO
Wo in Paris die Sonne aufgeht - DE
París, distrito 13 - ES
Country:
France
Language:
English
Français
普通话
Runtime: 01 hour 46 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $2,480,870
Plot Keyword: france, paris, france, based on comic, love, black and white, based on graphic novel
Makita Samba's "Camille" seems to be the thread upon which this story hangs here, as a teacher who takes up lodgings with "Émilie" (Lucie Zhang). Pretty soon they are at it like rabbits, but he is a bit of a commitment phobe so when she wants something a little more substantial, he moves on to estate agent "Nora" (Noémie Merlant) with whom he has a sexual relationship, but she is never fulfilled. Perhaps that is because she was recently mistaken for a porn star ("Amber Sweet" - Jehnny Beth) by her colleagues at college and embarrassed and ridiculed as a result. She determines not just to find out who spread this scurrilous nonsense, but also to chat with the actress - a friendship gradually ensues here too. The timelines and the storylines are fluid, which slows the pace down rather and the title lends a grittiness to this film that simply isn't there when you watch it. It's got more of a soap opera to it, I felt, with some rather sterile shagging that wasn't remotely sexy or erotic. It has a few moments of humour to it, and the performances - especially from Merlant - are not bad, but the film spends too long showing us scenes of Paris and what plot there is was soon subsumed into a rather mediocre production that monochrome couldn't really enhance. Glad I watched it, but I wouldn't bother again.
