Paris Can Wait

Alec Baldwin is one of the stars of this movie. Given the publicity he’s garnered sending up an American president, the timing of this film may even trump his impersonations. Diane Lane, who played Martha Kent in

Batman v Superman, and French actor Arnaud Viard star in this romance/comedy along with Baldwin.

Lane’s character, Anne, is at a crossroads in her life. Married to a successful but inattentive movie producer played by Baldwin, she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car trip from Cannes to Paris with her husband’s business associate.

What should be a seven-hour drive turns into a carefree two-day adventure with an over-sized suitcase load of diversions involving sightseeing at places of renown, food and wine, humour, wisdom and romance.

For Anne, the journey with her husband’s colleague has significant consequences. The trip reawakens her more than caffeine ever will, and she finds a new lust for life.

Director Eleanor Coppola, a documentary film-maker, artist, and writer, is the wife of director Francis Ford Coppola.