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Paris, 13th District
Paris, 13th District

6.9

Paris, 13th District

R·2021·106m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director, Scenario Writer

Jacques Audiard

Scenario Writer

Céline Sciamma

Scenario Writer

Léa Mysius

Screenplay

Céline Devaux

Screenplay

Nicolas Livecchi

Short Story

Adrian Tomine

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Geronimo1967

April 4, 2022

6

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.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

French

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$2,480,870.00

Keywords

france
paris, france
based on comic
love
black and white
based on graphic novel