It is a moving healing journey, but one that feels almost too smooth, a best-case scenario with few bumps in the road and, more significantly, very few surprises.
Revoir Paris
✭ ✭ ✭ Read critic reviews
France · 2022
1h 45m
Director Alice Winocour
Starring Virginie Efira, Benoît Magimel, Grégoire Colin, Maya Sansa
Genre Drama
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
The story revolves around Mia who finds herself caught up in a terrorist attack on a Parisian brasserie one Saturday night in the autumn. Three months later, still unable to pick up where she left off and remembering only piecemeal details of the event, she decides to search through her memory banks. Memories of the man she hid with and whose hand she held throughout the ordeal float back up to the surface. Is he still alive? Is she herself still alive? Mia searches the whole of Paris for this hand which saved her life…
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
It’s a modest film with a heart very much on its torn sleeve, given force and ballast by another fine dramatic turn from the hard-working Virginie Efira.
The Hollywood Reporter by Jordan Mintzer
Paris Memories is a mystery movie, with Mia, like Guy Pearce’s character in Memento, following various leads and fractured memories to get to the truth. It’s also a story of emotional renewal, chronicling the phases of recovery that follow in the wake of a major catastrophe, with all the ups and downs that entails.
The Film Stage by Leonardo Goi
There’s no denying the affection Winocour pours into Mia’s healing. For a drama dealing with a wound that’s still unbearably vivid, Memories is both tactful and heartfelt. But as time went on I found myself wondering how much more affecting the film might have turned out had Winocour chosen to complicate some of its heavy-handed metaphors and cliches.
This decision to seek out the sun rather than just the clouds, to focus on resilience and healing won’t be for everyone, nor will it represent the experience of all victims of terrorism.
Users who liked this film also liked
Adieu Gary
The stories of multiple people woven together as they encounter the trials and tribulations of life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2009
- Director Nassim Amaouche
- Cast Jean-Pierre Bacri, Dominique Reymond, Yasmine Belmadi, Mhamed Arezki, Sabrina Ouazani
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Chacun pour tous
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2018
- Director Vianney Lebasque
- Cast Ahmed Sylla, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Camélia Jordana, Thomas De Pourquery, Olivier Barthélémy, Estéban
- Genre Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Madeleine Collins
In this dramatic suspense thriller, A woman's double life teeters on the edge of collapse.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium, Switzerland • 2021
- Director Antoine Barraud
- Cast Virginie Efira, Bruno Salomone, Quim Gutiérrez, Jacqueline Bisset, Nadav Lapid, Valérie Donzelli
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
A Change of Heart
(Ils sont vivants)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2022
- Director Jérémie Elkaïm
- Cast Marina Foïs, Laetitia Dosch, Seear Kohi, Jan Hammenecker, Mira Rogliano, Catherine Salée
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Haute Couture
(Haute couture)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2021
- Director Sylvie Ohayon
- Cast Nathalie Baye, Lyna Khoudri, Pascale Arbillot, Soumaye Bocoum, Claude Perron, Adam Bessa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Eventive
Knock, Knock, It's Mom!
(Un tour chez ma fille)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2021
- Director Eric Lavaine
- Cast Josiane Balasko, Mathilde Seigner, Jérôme Commandeur, Philippe Lefebvre, Didier Flamand, Jean-François Cayrey
- Genre Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Diary of a Fleeting Affair
(Chronique d'une liaison passagère)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2022
- Director Emmanuel Mouret
- Cast Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Macaigne, Georgia Scalliet, Maxence Tual, Stéphane Mercoyrol
- Genre Romance, Drama, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Other People's Children
(Les Enfants des autres)
When a woman falls in love with a single father, she starts to develop a bond with his daughter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2022
- Director Rebecca Zlotowski
- Cast Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira-Goncalves, Yamée Couture, Henri-Noël Tabary
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Waiting for Bojangles
(En attendant Bojangles)
A young boy struggles with his mother's mental health.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2022
- Director Régis Roinsard
- Cast Virginie Efira, Romain Duris, Grégory Gadebois, Éliza Maillot, Bénédicte Charton, Morgane Lombard
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Driving Madeleine
(Une belle course)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2022
- Director Christian Carion
- Cast Line Renaud, Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz, Gwendoline Hamon, Hadriel Roure, Elie Kaempfen
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Citoyen d'honneur
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2022
- Director Mohamed Hamidi
- Cast Kad Merad, Fatsah Bouyahmed, Oulaya Amamra, Brahim Bouhlel, Zinedine Soualem, Soumaya Akaaboune
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Green Perfume
(Le parfum vert)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2022
- Director Nicolas Pariser
- Cast Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Lacoste, Léonie Simaga, Rüdiger Vogler, Jenna Thiam, Arieh Worthalter
- Genre Comedy, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Film Movement Plus, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads