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Review: Romance and real estate mix in the sweet and sexy 'Paris, 13th District'

Lucie Zhang, left, and Makita Samba in the film " Paris, 13th District."

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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