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Wilding -> RE: 2 Days In Paris (3/9/2007 9:15:14 PM)
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Director/Screenwriter: Julie Delpy
Starring: Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Marie Pillet, Albert Delpy
Synopsis
After going around Europe during a vacation, Marion (Delpy) and her American boyfriend Jack (Goldberg) are spending two days in Paris, where the couple tries to sort out their relationship when they meet a few of Marion's ex-lovers.
Review
From actress to director, this isn't the first time we've seen Julie 'The Director' Delpy. After two short features, Delpy is ready to tell her French life through a fictional romantic comedy. She does admit that story is loosely based on her life, for example, her real-life relationship with Adam Goldberg, and a bit on her childhood.
When this film first came about, I felt like it was going to be another After Sunrise/After Sunset, but its in the traditional Hollywood sense of a romantic comedy, only set in a French environment. With a narration by Delpy, its not all sweet or moving, as while it tells the audience how an everyday relationship works, it gets too scientific for couples to know.
Living in independent cinema for many years, Delpy know how those directors work, so like always, she treats the film as a documentary, with the use of shaky cameras (no problem) and drama always centred around the two protagonists. As I said about the scientific narration, the screen eventually becomes a chalkboard to describe what the hell Marion's talking about.
Ever since Annie Hall, many screen couples want to copy the romance, and this one is probably the closest. Without the glasses, Adam Goldberg treats himself like the Woody Allen of our genaration, while Delpy avoids her previous role of Celine. Father to the director herself, Albert Delpy is not shown as a respectiful father, but rather as a so-called womanizing pervert.
Verdict
All and all, Julie Delpy is about to start a a directorial CV of upcoming attractions. Just don't get too Frenchy.
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