This has been one of my favourite films since it was released ten years ago. It's a relatively unknown classic love story that brings together a chance encounter of two former lovers who are both visiting Paris for business. Yves is a photographer who has lost the vision of his craft and Sophia is a journalist no longer able to find happiness in the monotony of her day to day life. When they serendipitously meet in the middle of Paris, they are both stunned and speechless as a flood of memories and emotions spring back to life. And here, the story begins in earnest - with the voyeuristic delight that made Before Sunset such a good sequel to Before Sunrise, we are able to experience the intense emotions these two former lovers feel for each other. They bring us along on an intensely romantic road trip and travel from Paris, through Normandy, Monte Saint Michel and down to the South of France in a convertible, on a motorcycle and even a boat - all the while reconnecting with each other, remembering the love of their lives, why things didn't work out and exploring both joy and heartbreak. Ultimately they must decide whether they have a future together or if their newly rekindled love is just this one small moment in time. After all, France is for Lovers Only.
Review of For Lovers Only
