Music Box Films Has Flashback to Alice Winocour’s “Paris Memories”

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Another feature that was in the final five possible contenders for France’s Oscar selection, Alice Winocours fifth feature film, Revoir Paris (Paris Memories) was warmly received at this year’s Directors’ Fortnight screening and will be eventually released stateside. Premiering at this year’s TIFF, Music Box Films’ second French cinema grab in just as many days stars Virginie Efira – a role that was supposedly going to an American actress but the pandemic had other plans for Winocour. We had been tracking the Bataclan, memory project for some time. We were at the world premiere screening (see below).

This is about a survivor of a terrorist attack similar to the one that hit Paris venues, including the Bataclan concert hall and several bistros, in November 2015. Three months after the tragedy, Mia still feels unable to pick her life back up so she sets off to investigate her memories, hoping to find a way back to happiness.

Eric Lavallée
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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