An American in 1968 Paris (Michael Pitt) befriends a cinephilic brother and sister (Louis Garrel and Eva Green) who have a rather...complicated relationship.
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I love how this film feels like it could exist right among the Nouvelle Vague films that were being made during the time which this film is set. This film could absolutely be included in a double feature with Jules et Jim (files that one away for the future). The energy is there, the cinephilia is there, the desire to smash taboos, the politics, the sexuality, etc. I think if you are in your 20s you are hardwired to connect with this film. You can relate to the idea of trying to build your own paradise far away from everything and everyone else. You can also relate to the heartbreak that accompanies the pesky incursion of the real world which ALWAYS seems to come a-knockin'. C'est la vie. At least there are naked pretty people to help ease the pain.
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