2 Days in Paris

{{Infobox film

| name = 2 Days in Paris

| image = Two days in paris.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| writer = Julie Delpy

| producer = {{ubl|Christophe Mazodier|Julie Delpy|Thierry Potok}}

| starring = {{ubl|Julie Delpy|Adam Goldberg|Daniel Brühl|Marie Pillet|Albert Delpy|Alexia Landeau|Adán Jodorowsky|Alex Nahon}}

| cinematography = Lubomir Bakchev

| editing = Julie Delpy

| music = Julie Delpy

| studio = {{Plainlist|

Polaris Film Production & Finance
Tempête sous un Crâne Productions
3L Filmproduktion

}}

| distributor = {{Plainlist|

Rézo Films (France)
3L Filmverleih (Germany)

}}

| released = {{Film date|df=y|2007|2|9|United States|2007|2|10|Berlin|2007|5|17|Germany|2007|7|11|France}}

| runtime = 101 minutes{{cite web|title=2 Days in Paris (15)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/2-days-paris-film|publisher=British Board of Film Classification|date=2011-06-22|access-date=2013-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224105707/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/2-days-paris-film|archive-date=24 December 2015}}

| country = {{ubl|France|Germany}}

| language = {{ubl|English|French}}

| budget = €1.5 million{{cite web|url=https://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=9756|title=2 Days in Paris (2007)|website=JP Box-Office|language=fr}}
($1.8 million)

| gross = $19.7 million

}}

2 Days in Paris is a 2007 romantic comedy-drama film written, co-produced, edited, scored and directed by Julie Delpy, and stars Delpy, Adam Goldberg and Daniel Brühl. It was followed by the 2012 sequel 2 Days in New York.

Premise

Marion is a French-born photographer living in New York City with her neurotic, hypochondriacal, chain-smoking, heavily tattooed American interior designer boyfriend Jack. After a markedly unromantic trip to Venice, which was planned to re-ignite the passion in their relationship, they take a night train to Paris to pick up Marion's cat from her parents and decide to stay for two days. Jack is startled to learn Marion has remained in contact with numerous ex-lovers and becomes increasingly uncomfortable due to the language barrier and a multitude of her old flames she keeps meeting. Meanwhile, Marion wrestles with her own insecurities about love, relationships, and her impulsive nature.

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Adam Goldberg as Jack
Julie Delpy as Marion
Daniel Brühl as Lukas
{{ill|Marie Pillet|fr}} as Anna, Marion's mother
Albert Delpy as Jeannot, Marion's father
Alexia Landeau as Rose, Marion's sister
Adán Jodorowsky as Mathieu
Alex Nahon as Manu
Vanessa Seward as Vanessa
Thibault De Lussy as Gaël

}}

Production

The film was shot on location in Paris. Sites included Gare Du Nord train station, Pasteur station in the Paris Métro and the grave of Jim Morrison in Père Lachaise Cemetery. Marie Pillet and Albert Delpy, who portray Marion's parents, are Julie Delpy's real-life parents.

It was produced by Christophe Mazodier with his company Polaris Film Production & Finance.

Release

The film had its world premiere in the Panorama section of the 57th Berlin International Film Festival on 10 February 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2007/02_programm_2007/02_Filmdatenblatt_2007_20072016.php |title=2 Days in Paris |publisher=Berlin International Film Festival |access-date=12 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912175951/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2007/02_programm_2007/02_Filmdatenblatt_2007_20072016.php#tab=boulevard |archive-date=12 September 2015}} It was released theatrically in Germany on 17 May 2007 and was shown at the Seattle International Film Festival, the Tremblant Film Festival in Canada, the Los Angeles Film Festival, and Paris Cinéma before its theatrical release in France on 11 July and the United States on 10 August.

Reception

=Critical response=

Reviews were mostly positive. {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|88|6.9|120|Delpy proves not only to be an adept actress, but makes her mark as a writer and director in this thought-provoking comedy that breaks the romantic comedy mold.|ref=yes|access-date=6 January 2023}} {{MC film|67|30|ref=yes|access-date=6 January 2023}}

In the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert called Julie Delpy "an original, a woman who refuses to be defined or limited" and said she "has made a smart film with an edge to it... What she has done here is avoid all temptation to recycle the usual lovers-in-Paris possibilities, and has created two original, quirky characters so obsessed with their differences that Paris is almost a distraction."{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/2-days-in-paris-2007|title=Two dazed in Paris|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|date=24 August 2007|access-date=12 October 2023|via=RogerEbert.com}}

Stephen Holden of The New York Times said the film "is an inside-out version of the much-admired Richard Linklater films Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, in which Ms. Delpy and Ethan Hawke portray a French-American pair who meet, part and reunite years later. Where Mr. Linklater's movies were weepies for the kind of educated, upscale young cosmopolites who have a soft spot for romances like Casablanca, Ms. Delpy's examination of modern love among the almost young and still restless is bracingly hard-headed."{{cite news|last=Holden|first=Stephen|author-link=Stephen Holden|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/movies/10pari.html|title=Comprenez-Vous Woody Allen Films? Here's a Paris Version|newspaper=The New York Times|date=10 August 2007|access-date=12 October 2023|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323120928/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/movies/10pari.html|archive-date=23 March 2019|url-status=live}}

In her review for the Los Angeles Times, Carina Chocano said, "At first blush, 2 Days in Paris looks like it's going to be the story of a culture-clashing couple. But slowly and rather slyly, Delpy zeros in on something much more subtle and complex. What interests her are not the superficial differences between people from different countries... but the way in which the distances between people, genders and cultures (the very distances we rely on to grant us the perspective needed to see how completely insane other people, genders, cultures really are) seem to shift constantly according to circumstances."{{cite news | first = Carina | last = Chocano | url = http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/chocano/cl-et-paris10aug10,0,4494419.story | title = Movie Review: '2 Days in Paris' | newspaper = Los Angeles Times | date = 10 August 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090505081618/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/chocano/cl-et-paris10aug10%2C0%2C4494419.story | archive-date = 5 May 2009}}

=Accolades=

Delpy was nominated for the César Award for Best Writing, the European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Film, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Film. The film won the Coup de Cœur Award from the Mons International Festival of Love Films. It also won the Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario for Best Original Screenplay in 2008.

Sequel

In February 2010, it was announced a sequel titled 2 Days in New York was in production. Actress/director Delpy re-teamed with Polaris Film to produce the "atypical sequel." She directed the sequel in Manhattan in October and reprised her role as Marion, a Frenchwoman who now finds herself in New York with her child and a new guy, having broken up with her 2 Days in Paris lover (and the father of her child) who was played by Goldberg.{{cite web|url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/02/13/julie-delpy-directing-2-days-in-new-york-follow-up-to-paris/|title=Julie Delpy Directing '2 Days in New York' Follow-Up to 'Paris'|last=Billington|first=Alex|date=13 February 2010|website=FirstShowing.net|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160121173540/http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/julie-delpy-directing-2-days-in-new-york-follow-up-to-paris/ | archive-date = 2016-01-21 | url-status=dead}}

"It's about the difficulty of relationships but also about the main character's evolution in general. It's a very modern story about the complexities of being a woman and not being completely consumed by your partner," Delpy explained. Comedian Chris Rock confirmed on The Howard Stern Show on 8 November 2010 that he was set to play the "new guy" in the film. Other members of the Paris cast, including Delpy's real father Albert, returned to their same roles for the film.