AT THE SILVER SCREEN

Paris Je T'aime

For all those who are not a ware, its a film with subtitles!! Yes, it is mainly in French, given the title. Apart from French it has a splattering of other languages such as Chinese and Persian etc etc too.

What sets this movie apart is that it is 21 different love stories, some funny, some touching, some romantic, some heartbreaking ( i cried in one)!! each of the 21 love stories are directed by a different director and each portrays love in some way or the other. whether its love between two people, whether its a mother and child whether its a father daughter ( non incestuous), a person and a place. Its the myriad shades of love that make you love the movie. Some stories are left incomplete some are a fifteen minute run through. It keeps you guessing and it brings out so many different parameters of love, if of course i were crude enough to restrain love to parameters.

The heart rending story of a mother who has lost a son, the bitter sweet symphony of a old aged couple who cant live with each other nor without, the funny love life of a mime (that i laughed to see because it was silly, but behind it the love the, beauty you can sit and only begin to comprehend at later speculation) the cross ethnic romances and the trans geographic romances. The vied interests fusing to make room for love, and the striving mother working to make a life for her child.

This is one movie that will take you through all the shades of emotion the human soul can display and within those 1 and a half hours. Critically some storyline could be a little more elaborated but the way I see it, its the open ending that gives it more strength and leaves you more satisfied.

Must watch...(and after you do, replies here please!! specially if this review made you go watch!!)