Three men are sitting in a building in the City of Light. None of them are even from there. However, they share very little. Welcome to Paris Paris!
This is the title of the first feature film by Belgian documentary filmmaker Isabelle Thulnière (Battles, Victoria), a poetic and cinematic exploration of displacement and homeland. It will have its world premiere on Tuesday, July 7, in the Proxima Competition slate of the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF).
The three men at the heart of the film are Yi En from China, Junior from Congo, and Hamza from Palestine. They share their spartan apartment, including a fish, and life in undocumented exile.
“An allegory of search, loss, displacement, and the discovery of new meanings and commonalities” is how the KVIFF website describes the film. He highlights that “its events take place in one of the greatest cities of Europe and in a replica of Paris built in China – a metaphor for the old immigrants’ dream of life in a new homeland and its gradual transformation into a new dream about their old homeland.”
The director also wrote, directed and edited Paris Pariswhich comes from producers Bo de Group and Hans Everaert of Menuetto. The film’s cinematography was handled by Thomas Vereke, whose cast consists of non-professional actors. That’s not what you can say! Square Eyes is handling international sales for the film.
curious!? Well, you’re in luck! THR The first trailer can now be viewed exclusively for Paris Paris. “In the beginning…” – this is how the teaser begins. It will give you your first sense of the sights, sounds, colors and humor that await you if you decide to embark on the 79-minute journey. Paris Paris.
Are you ready for a first look and have one of the characters learn their fortune – thanks to a fortune cookie? here Paris Paris…
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