Colours of Time – Thursday 4th September 2025

I was in Paris, by myself. It was a Thursday and I was browsing online for things to do in the evening. I figured I’d go to a ‘Meet-Up’ or hang out in some bar and people watch…

I discovered an event called ‘Lost in Frenchlation’, where they screened French movies with English subtitles, for the ‘ex-pat’ community in Paris, usually followed by a Q+A with people involved with the making of the film. That night, they were screening the new film by Cedric Kaplisch, ‘Colours of Time’ (I appreciate the correct, English spelling of ‘Colours’) followed by a Q+A with cast members Suzanne Lindon and Paul Kircher.

Awesome!

I decide to go, and absolutely loved the fact that I was in France, watching a French movie! The experience was so good! Before the film, I got chatting to some people in the foyer, and afterwards, I got chatting to the pretty American girl sat next to me (I never chat to randoms in the cinema when I’m at home in London), so it was a social experience, as well as a cinematic one!
If you’re ever in Paris when ‘Lost in Frenchlation’ are hosting an event, I highly recommend attending; it only costs the normal price of a cinema ticket too!

On to the film itself: it was good.
The story follows the lives of characters in our present, as they learn about their ancestors, whose lives we also get to see (Paris in a period setting was far more interesting). The parallel narrative concept, whilst novel, wasn’t really necessary. The story set in the past had more weight to it, and was more enjoyable to watch that than the story set in the present, which seemed like nothing more than a story-telling device.

Was it an amazing film? No.

But it was good, and definitely the perfect film to watch when you’re in Paris by yourself! I mean, the film was set in modern Paris, as well as in Paris from a hundred years ago, so just from a tourist perspective, you get to see a lot. Then you step outside, and you’re in that world!

A brilliant experience, and one which I’ll treasure!