Paris Is Us
- sombre
- measured
- gentle
- inventive
- cold
Sombre, measured, gentle drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →Dreams and reality collide as a young woman navigates a tumultuous relationship amid rising social tensions, protests and tragedies in Paris.
Our read · Paris Is Us (2019) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Paris Is Us
What watching it is actually like.
“You want a dreamy French woman wrestling with love, loss and philosophy amid real Paris unrest.”
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The reading.
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