2 DAYS IN PARIS  directed by Julie Delpy (France/Germany,2007)

Julie Delpy's 2 Days In Paris

Hey, look! Isn’t that Woody Allen?

When I first came to live and work in Italy, I barely spoke a word of the language and frequently felt linguistically marooned and occasionally paranoid (what are they saying about me?).

I can therefore fully sympathise with the plight of Jack (Adam Goldberg) in this movie. We see him dragged around Paris by his French-born girlfriend getting more and more frustrated.

Fortunately, I didn’t have a partner like Julie Delpy who chats, argues and rants yet rarely bothers to translate for the confused Jack.

Delpy plays Marion in what you assume is a largely autobiographical role; she even gets her own mom and dad play her character’s parents.

She also wrote and directed a movie which presents the French in such an unfavourable light that I imagine she’s not a hot favourite with her real-life former neighbours. Continue reading →