Paris
2008 · Movie · 130 min · ★ 6.5 · 67% critics
A dancer with a serious heart condition is forced to stop working and wait, unsure what comes next. From his apartment balcony, he watches the city’s everyday lives unfold—family struggles, work pressures, love, loneliness, and chance connections—while his sister tries to hold everything together at home and on the job.
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Streaming on France Channel.
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-02-20
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Critic score
- 67/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (357 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like ensemble dramas that drift between funny and poignant moments while capturing city life; Not for you if you need a tight plot or clear resolutions, like in The Spanish Apartment.
Pros: warm ensemble of lives; strong performances; vivid sense of Paris | Cons: too many characters; scattered story threads; some plots feel thin
Themes
- dying and death
- dance
- mother
- new love
- paris, france
- city portrait
- market
- vegetable
- university
- accidental death
- search for meaning
- meaning of life
Cast & crew
Juliette Binoche
as Elise
Romain Duris
as Pierre
Fabrice Luchini
as Roland Verneuil
Albert Dupontel
as Jean
François Cluzet
as Philippe Verneuil
Karin Viard
as La Boulangère
Gilles Lellouche
as Franky
Mélanie Laurent
as Laetitia
Zinedine Soualem
as Mourad
Julie Ferrier
as Caroline
Directed by Cédric Klapisch