Even though it is set during an unspecified war, Sid Zanforlin’s short Black Paris begins with an attempted strangulation of a person pushing a buggy.
I know wartime makes people do crazy things but this is next level.
It turns out that everything isn’t what it seems, and the soldier about to attack is actually hunting something far more dangerous.
She is left to attend to the baby in the pushchair, but is she there to care or kill the infant?
Initially a period piece, Black Paris provides us with a dystopian future where the Eiffel Tower only partially stands.
While slickly shot it does feel like it ends a bit abruptly with audiences no doubt still having questions about the narrative.
Black Paris screens as part of Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2023.
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