At a time such as Christmas, you may be able to relate to the sense of coming home, visiting family and old friends, and reconciling your old and new lives. These themes are present in Julie Delpy’s quirky new film, ‘2 Days in Paris’, due for release on Boxing Day. Being a Delpy fan, I went along to see an advanced screening and loved the film’s pace, its repartee, and its characters. If you are new to Julie Delpy’s work, this is a perfect showcase of the many strings to her bow; she wrote, directed, scored and acted in ‘2 Days in Paris’, and her whimsical songs are also featured. She also co-wrote the wonderful ‘Before Sunset’ with Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater; and its witty and insightful dialogue continues in ‘2 Days in Paris’. Delpy plays Marion, a French photographer living in New York, who visits her home town of Paris with her American boyfriend Jack (Adam Goldberg). A comedy of errors ensues, culminating in some hilarious scenes and the ideas of relationships, love, sex and culture are all examined beautifully. Goldberg and Delpy offer great onscreen rapport and portray two complex but loveable characters, ridden with various peccadilloes, but just trying to work it all out. If you are up for a kooky tale of modern love in Paris (who isn’t?), ‘2 Days in
Paris’ is showing at Dendy cinemas.
