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  • 2018
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 17 m
  • 2018
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 17 m

Summary Etienne (Andranic Manet), a serious and impressionable shaggy-haired young cinephile, leaves behind his steady girlfriend (Diane Rouxel) in Lyon to study film in Paris. Settling into a dingy flat with a rotating cast of roommates, he immerses himself in a bohemian world of artists, intellectuals, and fellow film geeks who excitedly share...

Directed By: Jean-Paul Civeyrac

Written By: Jean-Paul Civeyrac

  • 2018
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 17 m
  • 2018
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 17 m

A Paris Education

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Summary Etienne (Andranic Manet), a serious and impressionable shaggy-haired young cinephile, leaves behind his steady girlfriend (Diane Rouxel) in Lyon to study film in Paris. Settling into a dingy flat with a rotating cast of roommates, he immerses himself in a bohemian world of artists, intellectuals, and fellow film geeks who excitedly share...

Directed By: Jean-Paul Civeyrac

Written By: Jean-Paul Civeyrac

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70
Aug 28, 2018
As anachronistic as A Paris Education may seem (a running time of 136 minutes doesn’t always help matters, either), there’s a conviction to the storytelling that can’t be denied, and no matter what your tastes are, it’s hard not to be moved by Etienne’s struggle to find his voice amid so much doubt and disillusion.
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW
67
Aug 30, 2018
Whether or not the thought of following a self-absorbed wannabe filmmaker for 136 minutes has you buzzing with excitement, A Paris Education is a wonderfully anachronistic homage to a timeless, New Wave-style world filled with cinephiles, lovers, and great films. It’s a universe as self-centered as it is endlessly fascinating.
By Leonardo Goi FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 14, 2020
Strongly performed by a fresh-faced cast, A Paris Education is familiar and doesn’t completely grip, but is an enjoyable celebration all the good things in life; films, arguing about films, friendship, love, politics and Paris.
By Ian Freer FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 28, 2018
The shaded black-and-white cinematography and the dialectical romances mimic the styles and moods of nineteen-seventies French classics without their intimacy, rage, or historical scope.
By Richard Brody FULL REVIEW
40
Aug 30, 2018
Mr. Civeyrac leads Étienne into anxious imitations of the past, and the possibility of making art fueled by the present never materializes.
By Teo Bugbee FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Moby Dick Films, ARP Sélection, Arte/Cofinova 13, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Release Date Aug 31, 2018
Duration 2 h 17 m
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Website https://filmsdulosange.com/film/mes-provinciales/
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Awards

International Cinephile Society Awards
• 2 Nominations
Odesa International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Jerusalem Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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