2 Days in Paris (2007)

Director:

Julie Delpy

Writer:

Julie Delpy (writer)

Release Date:

17 May 2007 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

He knew Paris was for lovers. He just didn't think they were all hers.

Plot:

Marion and Jack try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of Marion's parents -- and several of her ex-boyfriends.

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Butcher | Conspiracy Theorist | Culture Clash | Male Frontal Nudity

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Adam Goldberg	...	Jack
Julie Delpy	...	Marion
Daniel Brühl	...	Lukas
Marie Pillet	...	Anna - Marion's Mother
Albert Delpy	...	Jeannot - Marion's Father
Aleksia Landeau	...	Rose - Marion's Sister (as Alexia Landeau)
Adan Jodorowsky	...	Mathieu
Alexandre Nahon	...	Manu (as Alex Nahon)
Charlotte Maury-Sentier	...	Robbed Lady
Vanessa Seward	...	Vanessa
Thibault De Lussy	...	Gaël
Chick Ortega	...	First Taxi Driver
Patrick Chupin	...	Taxi Driver with Jack Russel
Antar Boudache	...	Flirtatious Taxi Driver
Ludovic Berthillot	...	Racist Taxi Driver

Also Known As:

2 Tage Paris (Germany)
Deux jours à Paris (France) (literal title)
Zwei Tage Paris (Germany)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

France | Germany

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:M18 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R | Ireland:15A | Portugal:M/12 | Taiwan:PG-12 (original rating) | Sweden:Btl | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:12 | UK:15 | Australia:MA | Malaysia:18PL | Argentina:13 | Japan:PG-12 | Brazil:14 | New Zealand:M | Norway:10 (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Tempête Sous un Crâne

Trivia:

The characters of Marion's parents are played by Delpy's real life parents, Albert Delpy and Marie Pillet.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Marion tells Jack she doesn't use that thermometer in the mouth, Jack spits it out and it falls near the side wall, but Marion picks it up from the bed.

Quotes:

Jack: Um, so what's the deal, man?
Marion: What?
Jack: That guy was looking at you like you were a big leg of lamb. It's like he had the fork and the knife and the bib.
Marion: I am a big leg of lamb.
Jack: I know, but you're my leg of lamb. How do you know him?
Marion: Well, we met many years ago, and we had a little thing. I think I gave... I gave him a blowjob. No big deal.
Jack: Really? A blowjob's no big deal?
Marion: Oh, I'm sorry.
Jack: I'm all right.
Marion: No I mean, it's no big deal in comparison to what's going on in the world. You know, there's George Bush, the war in Iraq, there's Avian flu and then there's a blowjob. You know what I mean?
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Movie Connections:

Features M (1931)

Soundtrack:

Lalala

A New Standard in Love Stories

I watched 2 Days in Paris staring Julie Delpy and Adam Goldberg last night. I've never much cared for Adam Goldberg, and I spent my own 2 days in Paris in 2000 and it was the hardest 2 days on a relationship I've ever had. Maybe that's why this has become one of my favorite films of all time. Watching Adam Goldberg deal with some of the same foreign travel problems and relationship issues that torture him throughout this movie.

The movie is half in French. It is definitely to your advantage if you don't speak French, because a key plot element is how Jack (Adam Goldberg) becomes so regularly frustrated by not understanding the language.

In the end, I think I loved this movie because it is one of the best love stories I've ever seen. It's not a Hollywood fairytale romance, it's real, it's gritty, quirky, funny, and ugly, just like love can be in real life.