An Evening in Paris

Saw a French movie at the Alliance Francaise de Bangalore yesterday. The movie titled 'Fauteuils_d'orchestre' depicts the tale of a young small-town girl, Jessica, who comes to Paris and finds a job as a waitress in a smalll cafe. She is the sort of a narrator of the whole movie, as we often see the other characters expressing themselves to her; we see her amused and bewildered at some of the plots that enact out before her. For instance, the pianist Jean-Francois expresses his frustration at the world of formal music concerts when she is serving him his order. And she cannot understand why such a great pianist would want to run away from it all! The plot of the movie can be found on the movie's Wiki page. The movie is a nice, gripping narration of the incidents in the lives of the five lead characters of the movie. The characters themselves are nicely portrayed, and all the actors have done full justice to capture the nuances of the characters. Cecile de France as Jessica is superb, portraying the curiosity of a small town girl nicely. Overall, a nice evening, with Cinnamon and Butter Croissants, Banana and Coffee cake (at the canteen in the Alliance Francaise), and Fauteuils_d'orchestre!