2 days in paris

Two Days in Paris
Starring: Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg
Written by: Julie Delpy
Director: Julie Delpy

'Two days in Paris' is the story of two lovers, Delpy and Goldberg, stopping off in Delpy's native Paris for two days on their way back from Vienna. Marion (Julie Delpy) is a photographer living in New York with her interior designer boyfriend, Jack (Adam Goldberg). They have been together for two years 'a miracle in these days'. The story is narrated by Delpy and is written and directed by her also.
It features sharp witty dialogue between the hypochondriac Jack and the more relaxed Delpy, although the dynamics of their relationship change greatly over their two days.
Starting off with a synopsis of their trip from Vienna by overnight train and arriving at Delpys apartment, on the floor above her parents apartment, it follows the couple through dinner with the parents, with the Delpy translating somewhat sloppily to her non French speaking boyfriend. Marions father in particular loves to insult the 'stupid American' and is amazed when he pronounces French authors names correctly.
The tone of the film is light and moves quickly from scene to scene.
Jack has never seen the 'French' side of Marion and is astonished by aspects of her personality that have never surfaced before – attacking an ex- boyfriend in a restaurant and abusing a rascist taxi driver in the cab drive home, leading him to suggest anger management classes when the return to New York.
The major bone of contention for Jack is meeting a number of Marion's exes during the course of their two days in Paris. She tends to conceal the truth revealing her relations to them, in order to save his feelings, although of course he finds out and these lies make the situation more difficult then it probably should have been.
The relationship starts to breakdown as mistrust enters and Marion's 'French ways' baffle Jack, leading him unable to comprehend her current relationships to her exes and view everything she does with suspiscion. This suspision is validated when he discovers dirty messages from Mathieu, an ex boyfriend, on her phone, and after some investigating, using the dictionary, shows him that the majority are from January, when Marion was over in Paris without him. This leads to the final most explosive fight and the culmination of the film.
This film is fast moving, and witty, although it loses something towards the end. It is a view into relationships and the small things that can send them off course, and discusses whether we should work to save them or let them go.