2 Days in Paris (2007) (original) (raw)

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Original title

Deux jours à Paris (2 Days in Paris)

Year

2007

Running time

96 min.

Country

France France

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Genre

Comedy. Drama. Romance | Romantic Comedy. Romantic Drama

Synopsis

Actress Julie Delpy (Before Sunrise) writes, directs, edits, produces, stars in and even composes music for her crowd-pleasing directorial debut. With a snappy comic edge, the story revolves around Marion bringing her American boyfriend Jack (Adam Goldberg) on a visit to Paris. Between clashes of culture, language and flirtatious ex-boyfriends, their relationship is tested in this charming, smart gem.

Jack (Adam Goldberg) is a sharp, neurotic New York interior designer; his girlfriend Marion (Julie Delpy) is a smart, sometimes cagey French photographer. They've been together in New York for two years, but they are about to spend two days in Paris that will put their relationship to the ultimate test. When they arrive at Marion's childhood home in Paris, her parents, played brilliantly off-the-wall by Albert Delpy and Marie Pillet (Delpy's real parents), immediately make Jack uncomfortable with crude humor and topics-including a bizarrely revealing photograph-that are merely anecdotal amusement to the family. 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, 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 questions 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. Perfectly cast, Goldberg delivers a manically funny, yet ultimately empathetic performance. As a writer-director-producer-editor-composer-star, Delpy deftly handles her hyphenate role, 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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Awards

2007: European Film Awards: Nominated for Audience Award

2007: César awards: Nominated for Best screenplay

2007: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best First Feature

Critics' reviews

"Weighty and downbeat though that sounds, Delpy's film is delightfully light, especially when it's parsing the infinite variety of horrible French cabbies."
"Perhaps the most promising thing in '2 Days in Paris' is that Delpy shows that she can direct herself."
"Among the many offhand virtues of Julie Delpy's first feature as solo writer-director is the fact that she's as attentive to French foibles as American ones."
"Audacious as it is, the movie is also a little scary."
"Delpy wrote the dialogue that gives the film its forward thrust, and '2 Days' is a wonderful first feature."
"For all the verbal jokery, it's more tragedy than farce."
"Delpy shows Linklater's influence in her willingness to let actors work and walk at length, and she has an unusually playful style for an actor turned filmmaker."
"Quirky, fresh and sharply intelligent. A promising debut for director Delpy, both thought-provoking and painfully funny."

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