Paris, France is a 1993 Canadian comedy-drama film

Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...

 directed by Jerry Ciccoritti

Jerry Ciccoritti

Jerry Ciccoritti is a Canadian film, television and theatre director. His ability to work in a number of genres and for many mediums has made him one of the most successful directors in the country.- Biography :...

 and written by Tom Walmsley

Tom Walmsley

Tom Walmsley is a Canadian playwright, novelist, poet and screenwriter.Born in Liverpool, Walmsley came to Canada with his family in 1952, and was raised in Oshawa, Ontario and Lorraine, Quebec...

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Plot

Lucy (Leslie Hope

Leslie Hope

Leslie Ann Hope is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Teri Bauer in the Fox show 24 where she played the wife of the main character Jack Bauer.-Life and career:...

) is a frustrated erotic novelist exploring whether a weekend of sexual passion with Sloan (Peter Outerbridge

Peter Outerbridge

Peter Outerbridge is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Dr. David Sandstrom in the TMN series ReGenesis, as William in Saw VI and his role as Dan Farmer in Happy Town.-Life and career:...

), a bisexual poet, can liberate her from writer's block.

Cast

• Leslie Hope
  Leslie Hope
  Leslie Ann Hope is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Teri Bauer in the Fox show 24 where she played the wife of the main character Jack Bauer.-Life and career:...
  
   as Lucy
• Peter Outerbridge
  Peter Outerbridge
  Peter Outerbridge is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Dr. David Sandstrom in the TMN series ReGenesis, as William in Saw VI and his role as Dan Farmer in Happy Town.-Life and career:...
  
   as Sloan
• Victor Ertmanis as Michael
• Dan Lett
  Dan Lett
  Daniel Frederick Lett is a Canadian actor. He attended White Oaks Secondary School in nearby Oakville, Ontario. He has acted in films, theatre and television. His principal roles have been in the series F/X, The X-Files, E.N.G., Street Legal, and Wind at My Back.He has a brother and a sister...
  
   as William
• Raoul Trujillo
  Raoul Trujillo
  Born Jose Raoul TrujilloAlso known as Raul Trujillo and Max Cheblon|parents= Luis and Lorraine TrujilloHis official website is raoultrujilloinfo.com, created by Charmaine deValois in London....
  
   as Minter
• Patricia Ciccoritti as Voice of Lucy's mother

Reviews

The film was reviewed by Variety

Variety (magazine)

Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...

, and described as "a silly farce with few amusing moments and many more boring ones". And the San Francisco Chronicle noted that "the film goes as far as a non-pornographic film can go in depicting sexuality" but "Eventually you catch on that the film isn't really making fun of itself so much as making fun of the audience for watching."

Awards

The film was nominated for two Genie Award

Genie Award

Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949-1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards...

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• Best Achievement in Cinematography: Barry Stone
• Best Achievement in Film Editing: Roushell Goldstein