The Passengers of the Night
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Make no mistake, the central character of this film is Paris. The characters and their narrative are layered against its sweeping backdrop. Beautiful camera work slightly grainy in parts, sometimes a blur. French write/director Mikhael Hers, is in love with this city of dreams and as a city lover myself I get it. Elisabeth, Mother of a teenage boy and girl is grieving the collapse of her marriage. Suddenly thrust into the position of breadwinner she finds work at a radio station. Set in the 80's, an era that seems so near (to me) yet so far. A time that pre dates the internet and all that entails, mobile phones, laptops, the strange ways we now communicate with each other. The lost and lonely listen to late night radio, they call up and tell their stories to the night. One caller, Talulah a teenage girl living on the streets touches Elisabeth and she invites Talulah into her home and her family. The views from the wide windows of Elizabeth's apartment are stunning,