Paris, 13th District

Unrated

11/10/20211h 46m

Premiere Release (US)

Overview:

Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy – They're friends, sometimes lovers and often both.

Director:

Jacques Audiard

Status:

Released

Language:

French

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$2,480,870.00

Key words:

france
paris, france
based on comic
love
black and white
based on graphic novel

Cast

Lucie Zhang

~ as ~

Émilie

Makita Samba

~ as ~

Camille

Noémie Merlant

~ as ~

Nora

Jehnny Beth

~ as ~

Amber

Camille Léon-Fucien

~ as ~

Eponine

Oceane Cairaty

~ as ~

Stéphanie

Anaïde Rozam

~ as ~

Leïla

Pol White

~ as ~

Camille's Father

Rong-Ying Yang

~ as ~

Emilie's Mother

Geneviève Doang

~ as ~

Karin

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
Makita Samba's "Camille" seems to be the thread upon which this story hangs here, as a teacher who takes up lodgings with "Émilie" (Lucie Zhang). Pretty soon they are at it like rabbits, but he is a bit of a commitment phobe so when she wants something a little more substantial, he moves on to estate agent "Nora" (Noémie Merlant) with whom he has a sexual relationship, but she is never fulfilled. Perhaps that is because she was recently mistaken for a porn star ("Amber Sweet" - Jehnny Beth) by her colleagues at college and embarrassed and ridiculed as a result. She determines not just to find out who spread this scurrilous nonsense, but also to chat with the actress - a friendship gradually ensues here too. The timelines and the storylines are fluid, which slows the pace down rather and the title lends a grittiness to this film that simply isn't there when you watch it. It's got more of a soap opera to it, I felt, with some rather sterile shagging that wasn't remotely sexy or erotic. It has a few moments of humour to it, and the performances - especially from Merlant - are not bad, but the film spends too long showing us scenes of Paris and what plot there is was soon subsumed into a rather mediocre production that monochrome couldn't really enhance. Glad I watched it, but I wouldn't bother again.