105 mins |
Rated
R16 (Sex scenes, nudity, drug use & offensive language)
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Starring Noémie Merlant, Makita Samba, Jehnny Beth, Lucie Zhang, Camille Léon-Fucien
Playing as part of IN THE SHADE Film Festival Jan 20 - Feb 01.
France • In French and Mandarin with English subtitles
Palme d'Or winner Jacques Audiard’s (A PROPHET, RUST AND BONE, DHEEPAN) tale of Parisian young love and sex is a vibrant adaptation of Adrian Tomine’s graphic novel Killing and Dying.
Emilie (Lucie Zhang) is a graduate of a prestigious university but works a lowly job in a call centre, and lives in an apartment belonging to her nursing home bound grandmother. When she takes on handsome Camille (Makita Samba) as a roommate, the two begin an intense sexual arrangement. However, Camille isn’t looking for a relationship, and the friendship soon sours. Then Camille falls for Nora (Noémie Merlant, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE), a law student forced to leave her university after she’s mistaken for a “cam girl”. Co-written with two of French cinema’s brightest writer-directors, Léa Mysius (AVA) and Céline Sciamma (PETITE MAMAN), PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT sees Audiard explore exciting new terrain with high impact results. - SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL
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Playing as part of IN THE SHADE Film Festival Jan 20 - Feb 01.
France • In French and Mandarin with English subtitles
Palme d'Or winner Jacques Audiard’s (A PROPHET, RUST AND BONE, DHEEPAN) tale of Parisian young love and sex is a vibrant adaptation of Adrian Tomine’s graphic novel Killing and Dying.
Emilie (Lucie Zhang) is a graduate of a prestigious university but works a lowly job in a call centre, and lives in an apartment belonging to her nursing home bound grandmother. When she takes on handsome Camille (Makita Samba) as a roommate, the two begin an intense sexual arrangement. However, Camille isn’t looking for a relationship, and the friendship soon sours. Then Camille falls for Nora (Noémie Merlant, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE), a law student forced to leave her university after she’s mistaken for a “cam girl”. Co-written with two of French cinema’s brightest writer-directors, Léa Mysius (AVA) and Céline Sciamma (PETITE MAMAN), PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT sees Audiard explore exciting new terrain with high impact results. - SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL