2 Days in Paris

We loved Julie Delpy in Before Sunrise and its nine-years-later sequel, Before Sunset. Here is a film she practically made all by herself. Her parents are played by her real-life parents, and she even did some filming in their real home. I have to quote Roger Ebert here: “In addition to casting her parents, Delpy puts her mark on this film in many other ways: She starred, directed, wrote, edited, co-produced, composed the score and sang a song. When a woman takes that many jobs, we slap her down for vanity. When a man does, we call him the new Orson Welles.” Roger that, Roger! This is the story of a relationship that is breaking up, and it’s mostly funny. You may not like either the man or the woman from time to time, but I think you’ll like both of them now and then as well. A lot of it has an improvisational look, and many people, including me, were reminded of Woody Allen‘s better comedies about relationships. I hope she writes and directs a lot more films.