An unconventional romantic comedy in which a young American in Paris meets a French girl with a morbid curiosity about he darker sides of the city's history.
Paul (Jeremie Galiana) and Paulette's (Marie Benati) chance encounter on a Parisian boulevard sparks an unusual friendship that grows around a dark game; reenacting scenes of notorious crimes from bygone eras at the sites they occurred. As their morbid road trip approaches the more recent past it becomes more uncomfortable, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy, but finding a surprising joy in the darker corners of humanity. British-French writer/director Jethro Massey uses the unique premise as a springboard to examine the impermanence of everything - even an infatuation between two people who seem destined for one another. Including a great soundtrack, this quirky film which premiered in the Venice Film Festival’s Critics Week last year, could just be a cult film in the making. (Some subtitles)
UK 2024 Jethro Massey 109m
