greeting again from the darkness . 18 director of 18 seemingly unrelated vignette about love in the city of light . a very unusual format that take a couple of segment to adjust to a a viewer . we be so accustomed to character development over a 2 hour movie and it be a bit disarm for that to occur in an 8 minute segment . the idea be 18 love or relationship story in 18 different neighborhood of this magnificent city . of course and some stand up good than others and some go for comedy and while others focus on dramatic emotion . some very know director be involve and include represent the coen brother and wes craven and alfonso cuaron and alexander payne and gu van sant and gurinda chadha . many familiar face make appearance as well represent steve buscemi and barbet schroeder and catalina sandino moreno and ben gazzara and gena rowlands and gerard depardieu and juliette binoche and willem dafoe and nick nolte and maggie gyllenhaal and bob hoskins . one of the best segment involve a mime and and then another mime and the nerdy and yet happy young son of the two mime . also play key role be a red trench coat and cancer and divorce and sexual fantasy and the death of a child and many other topic . don not miss alexander payne ( director of sideways ) a oscar wilde . the diversity of the segment make this interesting to watch and but a a film and it can not be term great . still it be very watchable and a nice change of pace for the frequent movie goer .