Paris Memories (French: Revoir Paris) is a 2022 French drama film written and directed by Alice Winocour.[2] The film stars Virginie Efira as Mia, a woman who is struggling with the lingering mental health effects of having survived a terrorist attack in Paris months earlier.[3]
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French | Revoir Paris |
Directed by | Alice Winocour |
Written by | Alice Winocour |
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Cinematography | Stéphane Fontaine |
Edited by | Julien Lacheray |
Music by | Anna von Hausswolff |
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Distributed by | Pathé |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $3.7 million[1] |
The film's cast also includes Benoît Magimel, Grégoire Colin, Maya Sansa, Amadou Mbow, Nastya Golubeva, Anne-Lise Heimburger, Sofia Lesaffre and Clarisse Makundul.
Release
editThe film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight program of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.[4] It is had its North American premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[5] It was released theatrically in France on 7 September 2022 by Pathé.[6]
Reception
editCritical response
editThe film received critical acclaim. Paris Memories has an approval rating of 94% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 64 reviews, and an average rating of 7.4/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Further distinguished by Virginie Efira's superb performance, Revoir Paris explores trauma's aftermath with devastating tenderness".[7] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 71 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generaly favorable reviews".[8]
References
edit- ^ "Revoir Paris (2022)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ Mintzer, Jordan (22 May 2022). "'Paris Memories' ('Revoir Paris'): Film Review | Cannes 2022". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Complex, Valerie (26 May 2022). "Cannes Review: Alice Winocour Drama Film 'Paris Memories'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Lumholdt, Jan (25 May 2022). "Review: Paris Memories". Cineuropa. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Kay, Jeremy (28 July 2022). "Stephen Frears, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence films among Toronto galas, special presentations". Screen Daily. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Revoir Paris" (in French). Pathé. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/revoir_paris
- ^ https://www.metacritic.com/movie/revoir-paris?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c
External links
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