No. 54 (2018) Lost in Paris June 26th.

Film No 54 (2018) June 26th.  11:10 PM  LUNA PALACE Leederville . 

"Help, after 48 years of living in Paris they want me to live in an old people's home. This is ridiculous, I'm only 88".(Marta's letter to Fiona in Canada contains this sentence which convinces Fiona to travel to France).

Jaques Tati is a legend of French cinema. His unique visual big screen comedy brought people flocking to cinema's world wide in the 50's and 60's. Lost in Paris plays as a tribute to Tati, and nearly pulls it off. Three clowns in the form of Fiona (Fiona Gordon), Dom Dominique Abel) and Martha (Emmanuelle Riva) play out a silly journey of coincidental encounters based around Fiona's visit to Paris to help her aunt Marta with a domestic crisis. The journey revolves around the silly premise that even the disaffected can find connection in a big city; you don't even have to try very hard. Lost is laced with whimsey, played out with silliness and all the time remains slightly affecting. Gordon and Abel have risked finance and artistic integrity in making this film. Both virtues remain intact on the back of one or two festival audience awards along the way. I have nothing but admiration for the risks they have taken in this 83 minutes (yes, 83 minutes!) of inoffensive fun. 8GUMS.