So this week in the Double Feature recommendation I take on the Selena Gomez feature film, which I’m sure none of you have seen, that’s hit theatres this week.

The film talks about a young woman who finds her doppelganger in Monte Carlo. The odd bit is that her twin from another mother happens to be like some celebrity who wants to get away from it all. Sick of staying in crappy hotels and not being able to do all the teenage girl awesome stuff from her dreams in France she decides to take over this girl’s life and have some fun. Obviously something more than she expected comes along with the package, blah blah blah.

So I have the French angle of the film as well as the “Prince and the Pauper” style tale to pick on in this movie. I think that might just be it. France is a particularly special location for films to take place. While Monte Carlo is the place of this film I really think that you can’t take away from the magic of Paris. At least the magic that it holds for certain films.

I’ll also keep typing hoping I’ve written enough to pass the poster image to my right. Ok:

Before Sunset

I don’t know a movie less French than this. There are many movies where their location influences how much you believe it. This film’s story of two former lovers, who were only together for one day in Vienna, meet up again (by chance) and revisit all their old emotions. Love at first sight is very hard to believe in these days, people are becoming more and more cynical and the idea of the casual relationship becoming more and more popular. However, somehow when you enter the world of Paris love just comes alive and people will just fall head over heels for the smallest reason. This movie is one of those emotional roller coasters that I love to sit through over and over again. Nothing beats the taxi ride, the coffee shop or even the final scene in Celine’s apartment. It’s all beautiful, and very French.

An American in Paris

The film’s plot stands only second hand to the comedic timing and general musical and dancing talents of the one and only Gene Kelly. He is able to take a scene that would be unforgettable with almost any comedy actor and make it even more special through the addition of his feet. Also it’s another film which could only happen in Paris, or at least the idealized version of Paris that we see in films. The American in Paris meets a girl and falls in love and all while trying to keep his financier, a woman, off the scent of the other. Art and love all come together fondly in Paris, and in classic Hollywood.

What do you think would work well here?