Directed by Léonor Serraille
France | 2018 | Fiction | 97 min | French w/English subtitles
Film Source: Be For Films
Awards / premier festivals: Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes
Co-Sponsors: A Single Pebble and Alliance française of the Lake Champlain Region
This is one of the best-edited films we have on show this year. A tragicomic and picaresque journey of self-discovery, Montparnasse Bienvenüe leaves you breathless, embodying a powerful juxtaposition between a woman who is down and out and empowered at the same time. Paula (Laetitia Dosch) follows her boyfriend to Paris only to find the door closed. Far from being nostalgic, she loses herself in Parisian life. This nuanced feminist film, with a creative soundtrack and economic transitions between scenes, will surprise you at every twist of the way. ~ OY