Review: Romance and real estate mix in the sweet and sexy 'Paris, 13th District'
by Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
Apr 20, 2022
4 minutes
For the attractive, restless, easily distracted millennials drifting through "Paris, 13th District," space is tight, money is tighter and decent work is tough to come by. Still, this loose-limbed romantic roundelay — gorgeously filmed in black and white by the French director Jacques Audiard — glows with a spirit of playful, limitless possibility. Coincidences and misunderstandings abound: A woman attends a party where she's mistaken for a porn star. A housing agent and a painter working in the same apartment realize that, years ago, they were teacher and student: two young men with big dreams that they've now temporarily set aside for "a detour in real estate."
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