Julie Delpy (pictured here, left) is best known in America for the Before movies with Ethan Hawke: Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight. I wonder if her sequel interest started when Krzysztof Kieślowski starred her in White of The Three Colors Trilogy two decades ago. Delpy wrote, directed, and starred in 2 Days in Paris, and 2 Days in New York. I watched the New York sequel last night, partly for her but mainly to see Chris Rock. Rock plays her boyfriend who endures a couple days' visit with her unbearable relatives and ex from France. Delpy's character is an artist who is trying to make a splash at the Susan Kellner Gallery where she has an opening that features pictures of her in bed with a range of men. Nothing sells until an earlier lie she tells that she is dying from a brain tumor spreads, and the entire show is compassionately bought. Before that happens Delpy sells her soul as a performance piece. She hopes it will go for at least $10,000 but Vincent Gallo is the highest bidder and gets it for $5,000. Delpy tries to get it back when she feels her life has come undone. In an off-screen moment she wrestles it from Gallo's groin (where he keeps it) but during their struggle he swallows it, and she returns soulless to a bewildered Rock.
Click here to watch a trailer for 2 Days in New York.
Click here to watch a young Delpy in Kieślowski's White.
Click here to watch a trailer for 2 Days in New York.
Click here to watch a young Delpy in Kieślowski's White.