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Featuring:
Valérie Dréville
Written by:
Sylvain George
Directed by:
Sylvain George
Release Date:
April 12, 2017
Original Title:
Paris est une fête - Un film en 18 vagues
Genres:
Documentary
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 95
Sylvain George crosses Paris in 2015 and 2016 with an “unaccompanied foreign minor”, as the official term has it. This splendid whirlwind in black-and-white mixes the details of iconic monuments – an equestrian statue, the obelisk or the big wheel – with life in the streets.
A poetic film in 18 waves, as so many scenes describe Paris and its urban landscapes crossed by a young minor "foreigner isolated", the terrorist attacks, white roses, state of emergency, blue white red, the Atlantic Ocean and its crossings, volcanoes, the beat cubicle, the revolt, the anger, the police violence, a revolutionary song, the silence and the joy, only the joy.
Director:
Sylvain George
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