Strange Birds

[Machine Translation] Carce Latin, 5th arrondissement, Paris. She meets an older man who runs an antiquarian bookshop in Paris. This is a story about love and life spun by these two eccentric characters. The role of Mavie is played by Lolita Chama, Isabelle Huppert's daughter and a remarkable actress active on stage and screen. The role of Georges is played by legendary actor Jean Sorel. Virginie Ledoyen also stars as Mavie's friend. The film is directed by Elise Girard, an up-and-coming French director. The film was actually shot in a rented bookstore in Paris' Carce Latin. Veteran cinematographer Renato Berta's cinematography beautifully captures the light and darkness of modern Paris in this somewhat fantastical story. --Mavi is 27 years old and has recently moved to Paris. One day, she visits a small antiquarian bookshop in the Quartier Latin, where she meets a mysterious shopkeeper who is looking for a new employee. There she meets the enigmatic owner, Georges, who is as old as her grandfather and grandson. Despite the age difference between grandfather and grandson, they gradually become attracted to each other as they exchange words about books and share their loneliness. It is an eccentric, quiet, yet passionate love. But Georges has a darker past than that of an antiquarian bookshop owner. As Mavie comes into contact with his past, she herself takes a step forward into a new life...

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パリ5区、カルチェ・ラタン。不器用な彼女が出会ったのは、パリで古書店を営む年おいた男。風変りなふたりが紡ぐ愛と人生についての物語。 マヴィ役は、イザベル・ユペールの娘で舞台や映画で活躍する注目の女優ロリータ・シャマ。ジョルジュ役は伝説の演技派俳優ジャン・ソレル。またマヴィの友人役で、ヴィルジニー・ルドワイヤンも出演。監督は、フランスの期待の新鋭エリーズ・ジラール。実際にパリ、カルチェ・ラタンにある書店を借りて撮影された本作。ベテラン撮影監督レナート・ベルタによる映像は、光と闇に満ちた現代のパリの風景を見事に捉え、どこか幻想的なこの物語を美しく彩る。 ――27歳のマヴィは、最近パリへ引っ越してきたばかり。不器用な彼女は気ぜわしい都会生活に馴染めずにいるが、ある日、従業員募集の貼り紙を頼りにカルチェ・ラタンの小さな古書店を訪ねる。そこで出会ったのは、謎めいた店主ジョルジュ。祖父と孫ほどの年齢差にもかかわらず、書物について言葉を交わし互いの孤独さを共有するうち、ふたりは徐々に惹かれあう。それは、風変わりで、静かで、けれど情熱的な愛。だがジョルジュには古書店店主とは別の、闇に包まれた過去があった。マヴィは彼の過去に触れるうち、自らもまた新たな人生へと一歩踏み出していく・・・。

映像特典: 予告編