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Revoir Paris

(NR) 104 min
  • DIRECTOR: Alice Winocour
  • STARRING: Virginie Efira, Benoît Magimel, Grégoire Colin

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In French with English subtitles

After an idyllic date night full of red wine and a late-night motorcycle ride home, Mia (Virginie Efira) stops at a Parisian bistro to take shelter from a downpour. Her reprieve is shattered when a gunman opens fire. Three months later, with a frustratingly hazy memory of the attack, Mia finds herself numbed and unable to resume her life. Her friends and partner seek something from her that she can no longer give. Determined to reconstruct the sequence of events and reestablish a sense of normalcy, Mia finds herself repeatedly returning to the bistro where the shooting happened. In the process, she forms bonds with fellow survivors, including wry banker Thomas (Benoît Magimel) and orphaned teenager Félicia (Nastya Golubeva). When she remembers that a stranger helped her make it through the attack, Mia resolves to find him, if only to make sure that he is alive. Revoir Paris is a moving meditation on grief, healing, and the importance of connections forged in tragedy.

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JOHN FRANCIS FOX
5 out of 5 stars

FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF THE ORDEAL OF A SURVIVOR OF TRAUMA

July 19, 2023
DIRECTOR ALICE WINOKUR HAS MADE A POWERFUL DEPICTION OF WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO SURVIVE SOMETHING AS TRAUMATIC AS A MASS SHOOTING. IT WAS CERTAINLY A GOOD IDEA FOR HER TO KEEP THE SHOOTER'S MOTIVE UNKNOWN BECAUSE IT KEEPS THE FOCUS ON THE SURVIVORS AND THE VICTIMS AND NOT ON THE SHOOTER (WHOSE FACE WE NEVER EVEN SEE). AND THE DIFFERENT MEMORIES OF THE SURVIVORS BRINGS TO MIND AKIRA KURIOSAWA'S "RASHOMON" (I DON'T KNOW IF MS. WINOKUR HAD THAT FILM IN MIND WHEN SHE WAS MAKING "REVOIR PARIS," BUT SHE HAS MADE A FILM THAT IS JUST AS WORTHY OF BEING CALLED A MASTERPIECE. AND THE SENSE OF EMOTIONAL DISTANCE THAT LEAD ACTRESS VIRGINIE EFIRA CONVEYS TOWARDS HER HUSBAND- AND THE FEELING OF AFFECTION THAT SHE DEVELOPS WITH THE DAUGHTER OF TWO OF THE VICTIMS (PLAYED BY NASTYA GOLUBEVA) SHOWS HOW A TRAUMA CAN AFFECT HOW WE DEAL WITH PEOPLE.