Paper Heart Page #8

Synopsis: Charlyne Yi embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn't fully understand: Love. Michael Cera becomes the object of her affection. Weaving together reality and fantasy, Paper Heart combines elements of documentary and traditional storytelling to get at modern romance.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Nicholas Jasenovec
Production: Overture Films
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
59%
PG-13
Year:
2009
88 min
$1,149,350
Website
108 Views


That's gross. Give me that.

A dinner and a movie.

But before that

you'll watch the sunset

on the beach.

And the restaurant

that you will go to

is a French Riviera restaurant

that only sells seafood.

That's a good date.

On the count of three

you gotta act like a chicken.

One, two, three!

- Do you have a boyfriend?

- No, ma'am.

- Have you had a boyfriend?

- No, ma'am.

You like Tory?

Yow!

What's your ideal husband?

Masculine and cute.

- Do you want to get married?

- No.

- Why not?

- Because.

- It's gross?

- Yes.

Do you want to get married?

- Say yes.

- Say no.

- To me?

- No.

Why don't you guys ask her

about her boyfriend Mike?

What?

You had a boyfriend all this time

and you didn't tell us?

How cruel.

Have you ever smooched

at the movies?

Not at the movies

'cause it's gross.

Okay, where have you?

Argh!

Sit in the tickle chair,

young lady.

All right, so you're in love.

I'm not in love.

You're in love

with Chris Brown.

At least I admitted it.

She got you on that one, Chuck.

What would your advice be

for someone who isn't sure

if they're in love

and will find love?

Well, I would say

take a minute

and look at your life.

Look at the person

that you think likes you.

Find out for yourself.

All right.

I think we're like

an hour away now.

Do you want me to drive

the rest of the way?

No, it's okay.

I can drive.

- Are you sure?

- Mm-hmm.

- You look tired.

- No, I'm not tired.

It's gonna be fun.

I'm excited.

I've never been to a drive-in before.

What should we talk about?

What do you mean?

I never know what to say

when the cameras are here.

You don't have to say anything.

I just feel more comfortable

when they're not around.

It's a given.

I think everyone feels that way.

Well, I mean, why are we

being taped then?

You knew from the beginning, like,

everywhere I go the cameras go too.

That's the way it's been

since we met.

I mean, I don't mean

to make you uncomfortable,

but that's just

the situation right now.

I know.

I just, you know...

it might have been more fun

if we could just go together.

Yeah, it would have been,

but I don't really have a choice,

at least right now.

Mm-hmm.

Try to have fun?

Yeah.

- What's with the globe?

- Well, it's for my announcement.

First of all, thank you guys

for coming over.

And the production has decided

to pay for a trip to...

France.

Paris.

We're going to Paris

in four and a half weeks.

We leave on a Thursday night.

We come back on a Sunday night.

So we have a whole weekend in Paris

to do whatever we want.

- So it's gonna be filmed?

- Yeah, well, the whole crew's coming.

- What are we doing?

- Whatever you guys want.

I think we could get, like,

for the end of the documentary...

that we can get a nice shot

of you two guys in Paris

just doing whatever

you guys are gonna do.

It's like you guys

in this magical city of love.

So why am I going?

It's kind of just...

Well, 'cause you guys

are dating.

So it's kind of me and Charlyne

hanging out in Paris?

- That's exactly what it is.

- That's all...

That's all it is.

That's the only plan.

I think it's a real great,

natural end

of, like, you guys

just exactly where you guys are at

in your relationship...

nothing's forced...

but just in Paris.

- And that's the ending?

- Yeah.

I mean, what do you think

people will get from that?

What are you trying to show?

L...

If we're being sent there, it's

different than ifjust the two of us went

and you guys filmed it.

You know, it seems like

we're being sent there

so that you can get some kind of footage.

I don't think I thought

about it that much.

I just kind of thought it would be

a nice location to end it...

you guys kind of walking around

in what I consider

the most beautiful city in the world.

I just... I don't understand

what the point of us

going there is.

It's just kind of like a sweet,

hopeful ending to the movie.

Hoping that...

Just that you have

what you have in real life,

that you're happy...

that, like, you found love.

But I didn't.

A free trip?

- I've never been to Paris.

- Yeah, me neither.

Me either.

So let's go to Paris.

Charlyne called saying to come by,

so we'll see what it is.

Well, we're here.

I brought the crew.

All right.

Well, you got us out here, Chuck.

What's up?

Uh, so...

Michael called me afterwards

and we talked for a long time

and he basically said

that he didn't want

to do this anymore.

He didn't want to do what anymore?

This?

We already kind of shot so much.

He didn't want to be with me anymore.

What did he say?

I don't know.

He didn't give a reason?

No, he gave reasons,

but I just don't understand.

I'm sorry to hear that, Charlyne.

I mean it.

Yeah, me too.

You know, let's have fun.

You want to order a pizza

and hang out, make a night of it?

Okay. Play video games?

Let's play every video game

and every instrument you have.

You don't know

how to play anything.

I will just strum on anything

and make an ass of myself.

Okay.

# See, it's real love #

# Real love #

# If I knew what I know now #

# Back then. #

I mainly write about love

and I've been in a long-distance

relationship

for the last two years.

My girlfriend lives in Taiwan, in Taipei.

And she came here

for three weeks

and, I don't know,

I guess I thought

that she was gonna come here

and stay here.

I thought that

up until she was gone.

And I don't think

I'm ever gonna see her again.

If you knew that by her leaving...

you loved her.

If you knew it before she left,

what would you have done

differently?

I would have asked her to stay.

I would have, you know.

I would have, you know,

stopped thinking

about all the details of it,

you know.

Why can't you just go after her

if you still feel as passionate

as you did then?

I don't know, you know.

Maybe because I'm still

the same person that let her go then.

And that song is about

how I totally blew it, you know.

Chuck. Hey, Chuck.

Hey, Charlyne

we've got work to do.

We got hot chocolate for you.

It's a nice enough room.

All right, Chuck,

check this out.

Wow.

It's gorgeous.

Wow.

Man, that is incredible.

Unbelievable.

Dude, I could live here.

This is amazing.

You should.

I'd consider it...

hang out in cafs all the time,

drink cappuccinos, work on my novel.

You're stupid.

Are you feeling okay, Chuck?

Eh...

I mean, it's not ideal, but I figure

we'll just go around,

shoot some footage.

We're in Paris.

You know, it is gorgeous.

Let's get to it, Chuck.

What do you say?

I would say "Shower up" and stuff,

but I know you.

Maybe throw some pants on.

Trois.

Interview that guy.

Merci.

Nick, can we just go to the hotel?

Please just keep walking, Chuck,

and we can cut this together.

I don't feel good.

I feel sick.

Okay, I'm actually begging you

just to keep going.

No no, we have to go now.

I'm cold. I'm tired.

We've been doing this

for 12 hours.

It's not about cold and tired. I understand...

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