A Second Life

Olympic Games, we meet Elisabeth as she performs the thankless job of taking rich tourists to their apartment rentals across Paris. In one such tourist, she meets her foil, a free spirit who threatens to find fault in her jaded worldview.

Elisabeth (Agathe Rousselle) is barely holding it together under the weight of a deep depression. She finds solace losing herself in Monet’s Waterlilies at the Musée de l'Orangerie, but as tourists flock to Paris, her oasis turns foul. Her last respite from the chaos and overwhelming noise of the city is removing her hearing aids and retreating into silence and herself, but when a rental gets double-booked,and she has to babysit the anything but quiet Elijah (Alex Lawther) until his room is ready, that too, is now out of reach. While at first glance this appears to be just another obstacle, the brief encounter turns into an unexpected, but vital, connection. Shot almost exclusively on location during the 2024 Olympics, A Second Life captures the vibrancy of Paris in full bloom.

Content Advisory: This film explores mental health struggles, including suicidal ideation.