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  • 2009
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 10 m
Paris

Summary While waiting for a heart transplant that could save his life, Pierre reunites with his sister and her lively children. This rediscovery of his family and observation of the teeming streets outside his window give Pierre hope, and a new sense of how he might spend the time still left to him. A cinematic love letter to the city that seems...

Directed By: Cédric Klapisch

Written By: Cédric Klapisch

  • 2009
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 10 m

Paris

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
68
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 11 User Ratings
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Summary While waiting for a heart transplant that could save his life, Pierre reunites with his sister and her lively children. This rediscovery of his family and observation of the teeming streets outside his window give Pierre hope, and a new sense of how he might spend the time still left to him. A cinematic love letter to the city that seems...

Directed By: Cédric Klapisch

Written By: Cédric Klapisch

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
68
76% Positive
16 Reviews
24% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
68
76% Positive
16 Reviews
24% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Klapisch's masterstroke was to place at the center of a movie a man, forced by circumstances, to stop and simply observe.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
88
Every character has life and depth. It's unusual for an episodic film to involve us so well in individual lives; as the narrative circles through their stories, we're genuinely curious about what will happen next.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
75
Not much happens during the course of the movie but, as with all good dramas, the protagonists are richly drawn and the events of their lives become of interest.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
70
If the idea of interconnectedness feels secondhand, what's fresh and affecting is the way Binoche's and Duris' characters navigate life and death.
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67
There are too many secondhand characters roving through Paris.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
50
Soggy stuff from French director Cedric Klapisch (When the Cat’s Away), set in the title city and collecting the routine travails of various urbanites.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
40
This could have been a true urban mosaic. Instead, we simply get a vision of Paris as the city of lite.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW

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Mixed or Average Based on 11 User Ratings
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36% Positive
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36% Mixed
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27% Negative
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36% Mixed
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27% Negative
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Production Company Ce Qui Me Meut Motion Pictures, StudioCanal, StudioCanal Image, France 2 Cinéma, Uni Etoile 4, Canal+, TPS Star
Release Date Sep 18, 2009
Duration 2 h 10 m
Rating R
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Website http://www.alcine-terran.com/paris/
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Awards

César Awards, France
• 3 Nominations
Shanghai International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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