Christophe Barratier's
Paris 36 (originally issued in France as
Faubourg 36) is a remarkable homage to filmmakers past, most notably Marcel Carne, and to a multitude of styles and looks out of 1930s French cinema. But it's also more than engaging enough on its own terms, so that someone who knows or cares nothing about 1930s cinema can fully enjoy it. The tendency in Hollywood homages to past styles and eras is to remake specific films and plots -- Barratier has gone for something more subtle, in a look more than a plot, and a cast of characters, and just happens to have seized upon a period (the mid-'30s political and economic upheavals besetting Franc...
Released:
2008
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
120 mins