Film
Paris, 13th District (18)
Dir. Jacques Audiard, France, 2021, 106 mins, subtitled. Cast. Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba, Noémie Merlant, Jehnny Beth.
Paris, 13th District today. Emilie meets Camille, who is attracted to Nora, who crosses the path of Amber. Three girls and a boy redefine what modern love is. Audiard’s return to Paris finds the filmmaker collaborating with Portrait of a Lady on Fire writer-director Céline Sciamma as co-writer. Set in the French capital’s 13th arrondissement, on the left bank of the Seine, Audiard’s film charts the interwoven relationships between four twenty-somethings, capturing a very different Paris to the one that appeared in his previous films, which were dominated by the city’s underworld. Paris, 13th District is a modern story of love and life, reflecting the shifting attitudes towards identity and fidelity.
Paris, 13th District today. Emilie meets Camille, who is attracted to Nora, who crosses the path of Amber. Three girls and a boy redefine what modern love is. Audiard’s return to Paris finds the filmmaker collaborating with Portrait of a Lady on Fire writer-director Céline Sciamma as co-writer. Set in the French capital’s 13th arrondissement, on the left bank of the Seine, Audiard’s film charts the interwoven relationships between four twenty-somethings, capturing a very different Paris to the one that appeared in his previous films, which were dominated by the city’s underworld. Paris, 13th District is a modern story of love and life, reflecting the shifting attitudes towards identity and fidelity.
