Yet another Christophe Honore’s film – I feel like this one will be my last unless I somehow get a hold of “Making Plans for Lena” which has a limited distribution in the United States. “Dans Paris” for me was an ultimate disappointment. Going on Honore’s binge and enjoying his first three movies made me feel like this fantastic director could do no wrong. The movie, although featuring France’s two heartthrobs Romain Duris and Louis Garrel is lacking in any immediate substance. The film, acknowledging the style of the early French New Wave, is moody and scattered. It tries desperately to touch on existentialist themes of loneliness in a world of cold emotional miscommunication and abandonment but fails to deliver a strong plot and intensity of feeling to fire it through. The singing interlude comes out of nowhere and makes no sense with the rest of the yawn-worthy contemplations. The only scene for me worth mentioning is Paul’s (Romain Duris) dialogue with Alice (Alice Butaud) which was profound and moving with just enough of Honore’s signature touch of melancholy and intellectualism. Overall, a lot of disconnected scenes coming in kaleidoscopic frenzy and lacking any clear cut resolution or message.
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