The movie opens with glimpses into the architecture and scenery of Paris. The instrumental that plays as the audience watches creates a very romantic feeling of the city. One can clearly get the feeling that Paris is a beautiful city that the film loves, and the audience should love too. Gil exclaims, “There’s no city like this in the world!” which shows his extreme infatuation with the city. However, Gil’s fiancé, Inez, says that Gil is in …show more content…
Movies such as this one – romantic comedies – have a goal of making the audience come out happy. Although Paris is beautiful and thriving, that does not mean that the lives of all Parisians are easy. Life is very tough for the immigrants and their children in Paris, according to the article from New York Times, “In the Paris slums, no jobs, no sun,” which talks about the difficulties plaguing these first-generation French. Djamila, a woman interviewed for the article, talked about how hard it was for her sons to make something out of themselves. "There is no exit, no factories, [and] no jobs for them. They see too much injustice, too, too, too much. Society no longer offers them anything, no values, no morality, no place." (Sciolino). This is the part of Paris left out of