Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- witty
- restless
- reflective evening
- arthouse film night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film a poignant but dense and frustrating update of French New Wave style, with playful formal energy and genuine emotional impact.
What sets it apart
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Paul's depression and family interactions are presented through a liberatory, mischievous style rather than uniformly naturalistic solemnity.
Paul returns to Mirko and Jonathan while struggling with depression linked to his sister's suicide.
The critical consensus specifically identifies Honoré's updating of French New Wave pretensions and charms.
Paris and the Seine frame Paul's withdrawal, family life, and decisive nocturnal movement through the city.
Films like In Paris, and why
The Mother and the Whore
playful french new wave influence, romantic volatility, and emotionally conflicted urban characters
Love Songs
stylized relationship drama combining melancholy, wit, and fractured romantic intimacy
A Summer's Tale
french romantic drama shaped by youthful uncertainty, conversational energy, and bittersweet feeling
Movie Details
- Director
- Christophe Honoré
- Release Date
- 2006-10-04
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (105)
Cast
- Romain Duris
- Louis Garrel
- Guy Marchand
- Joana Preiss
- Alice Butaud
- Marie-France Pisier
- Héléna Noguerra
- Judith El Zein
- Annabelle Hettmann
- Mathieu Funck-Brentano
Common questions
- What is In Paris about?
- A volatile Parisian family tries to reach a depressed young man as heartbreak, suicide's shadow, and restless romantic energy collide.
- What is In Paris like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of In Paris as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is In Paris violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in In Paris as mild.
- What did critics think of In Paris?
- Critics broadly found the film a poignant but dense and frustrating update of French New Wave style, with playful formal energy and genuine emotional impact.
- Which films are like In Paris?
- Films with a similar feel include The Mother and the Whore, Love Songs, and A Summer's Tale.
- How long is In Paris?
- In Paris runs 92 minutes.
