PREVIEW: Paris, 13th District (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Lucie Zhang (Happy Night), Makita Samba (Coming Home), Jehnny Beth (Through the Forest), Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), Camille Léon-Fucien (film debut), Oceane Cairaty (film debut), Anaïde Rozam (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone), director, writer, producer; Léa Mysius (Farewell to the Night) and Céline Sciamma (Petite Maman), writers; Valérie Schermann (Zarafa), producer; Rone (Night Ride), composer; Paul Guilhaume (Treat Me Like Fire), cinematographer; Juliette Welfling (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Within the predominantly East Asian boroughs of Paris, four twentysomethings – Émilie (Zhang), Camille (Samba), Amber (Beth) and Nora (Merlant) – navigate life and love with each other…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

With its crisp black-and-white cinematography, and a script co-written by none other than Portrait of a Lady on Fire’s Céline Sciamma, filmmaker Jacques Audiard’s latest film is a free-wheeling exploration of millennial relationships.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH MARCH 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND AVAILABLE TO RENT EXCLUSIVELY ON CURZON HOME CINEMA

 

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