Dear Paris
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| Directed by | Marjane Satrapi[1] |
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| Edited by | Stéphane Roche |
| Music by | Pascal Lengagne |
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| Distributed by | StudioCanal |
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Running time | 99 minutes[2] |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Dear Paris (In French: Paradis Paris) is a French film directed by Marjane Satrapi and released in 2024. The movie is a black comedy where characters are faced with death.
Plot
[edit]In Paris, several people connected in one way or another to death cross paths. Giovanna Bianchi (Monica Bellucci), a narcissistic and successful Italian opera singer, wakes up at a morgue to realise that only few people have paid respects for her death. Meanwhile, Mike (Ben Aldridge), a British stuntman, questions his job following an accident with his son. An eccentric elderly Colombian lady named Dolores (Rossy de Palma), the grandmother of a teenage girl, makes a pact with Death to stay alive longer, while a suicidal teenager named Marie-Cerise (Charline Balu-Emane) is kidnapped, forcing her to talk with her captor in a way she could not do with her therapist. Another character, Édouard Emmard (André Dussollier), the presenter of a famous true-crime television program, is considering his own death.[3][4][2]
Cast
[edit]- Monica Bellucci as Giovanna Bianchi
- Eduardo Noriega as Rafael Turina
- Gwendal Marimoutou as Badou
- Ben Aldridge as Mike Webster
- Roméo Grialou as Aidan Webster, Mike's son
- Martina García as Gloria
- Rossy de Palma as Dolores, mother of Gloria
- Inès Gaudin Prat as Mathilda, daughter of Gloria
- André Dussollier as Édouard Emmard
- Alex Lutz as Xavier
- Roschdy Zem as Jean-Paul
- Charline Balu-Emane as Marie-Cerise
- Charlotte Dauphin as Christine, mother of Marie-Cerise
- Énora Malagré as Mylène
- Marjane Satrapi as a filmmaker
Reception
[edit]Dear Paris was released in France on 12 June 2024.[5] The film, whose filming was entirely set and produced in Paris, began in October 2023.[6]
Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes does not yet have any evaluation for the film.[7] The social cataloging website Letterboxd has a 2.8 rating out of a maximum of 5.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dear Paris". Filmfest München. 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ a b c "PARIS PARADIS (Dear Paris)". FLIFF. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ Satrapi, Marjane (2024). "PARADIS PARIS | Dear Paris". Torino Film Festival. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ "PARADIS PARIS | Sinopsis". Cine Europa (in Spanish). 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ "Monica Bellucci stuns audiences in dark comedy 'Dear Paris'". BGNES News Agency. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ Blanckaert, Chloé (11 October 2023). "ÇA TOURNE · Marjane Satrapi, Christophe Honoré et Paul Verhoeven". Trois couleurs (in French). Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ "Dear Paris". Rotten Tomatoes. 22 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ "Dear Paris". Letterboxd. 22 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.