The Frenchman Jacques Audiard, after blessing himself as a filmmaker, replaces the non-existent with the non-existent through fictions that explore masculinity and try to depict not our world but a mythologized version of it through the dramatic mechanisms of genre cinema. not only her most feminine movie but also An attempt to take the pulse of a very real and very vital part of French society: millennials with their professional uncertainties, emotional problems with previous generations, lasting disappointments and, above all, the fluidity of their emotional relationships.
‘Paris, the 13th district’, indeed, thinks in monochrome, suggesting how today’s youth are trying to reconcile their intimacy needs with the ubiquity of cell phones‘apps’ like Tinder and ‘online’ porn. And meanwhile, it presents a series of sex scenes that radiate seduction and emotional eloquence, and whose spontaneity inevitably clashes with the defense of the traditional couple that they seem to be doing at the end. For the rest, yes, the movie avoids judgments and moralism He exhibits the carefree, sensitive, warmth and sensuality that is extraordinary when it comes to portraying how technology transforms romance and overall his director’s work.
‘Paris, district 13’
manager Jacques Audiard
interpreters Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba, Noemie Merlant, Jehnny Beth
Year 2021
premiere April 8, 2022
Punctuation ★★★★