Paris je t'aime

Saw a movie called Paris je t'aime Friday night. It's a French movie that consists of 18 short films (about 5 minutes each) featuring famous international directors and actors.

The title has the word Paris in it and it has the word love in it so I guess you know more or less what to expect.

Nonono, this has nothing to do with Paris Hilton's sex tape! The 18 short stories revolve around Paris' 20 or so arrondissements (neighbourhoods, from what I understand) and the directors use them as the settings to tell the audience what their idea on the subject of love is.

I mainly wanted to see one particular story about hijab.

So how did it go? Most people in the cinema were couples who must've thought they were in for a lovey-dovey time. Which they were. But they also saw a young woman in a hijab and her grandfather in a skullcap extolling the virtues of covering up. And they were both speaking the Language of Love. And it's a movie that has Hollywood actors in it. It must've been surreal.

Overall however, Paris je t'aime is an entertaining movie. Some funny parts, some sad parts. Some of the stories I didn't quite understand so I'll try to catch it again if I'm permitted by the twists and turns of next week.