ROSE C EST PARIS, BETTINA RHEIMS ET SERGE BRAMLY

Ceci n'est pas un livre, ceci n'est pas un film...Surrealist visions, confused identities, obsession, fetish and seethingdesireBettina Rheims and Serge Bramly's Rose, c'est Paris is both a photographicmonograph and a feature-length film on DVD. This extraordinary work of art,in two different but interlocking and complementary formats, defies easycategorization. For in this multi-layered opus of poeticsymbolism, photographer Bettina Rheims and writer Serge Bramly evoke theCity of Light in a completely novel way: this is a Paris of surrealistvisions, confused identities, artistic phantoms, unseen manipulation,obsession, fetish, and seething desire.Equal parts erotica, fashion shoot, art monograph, metaphysical mystery,social and cultural archaeology of the French capital, and neo-noirart-house film—Rose, c'est Paris is the steamy tale of twin sisters,known only as B and Rose, and a third principal—the city itself. Anabduction leads to a detective story that unfolds in the streets, cafeas,cabarets, museums, abandoned factories, and grand hotels of Paris. Whathappened to the missing sister? Was there a plot? Was she really kidnapped?Is she alive or dead? Is it in fact a case of mistaken identity? Rheims andBramly create a series of extraordinary tableaux suggesting all thesepossibilities and many more, featuring a host of celebrity figures,including Naomi Campbell, Michelle Yeoh, Monica Bellucci, CharlotteRampling, Valearie Lemercier, Inčs Sastre, Anna Mouglalis, Audrey Marnay,Anthony Delon, Rona Hartner, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Azzedine Alaďa, LouiseBourgoin, and Healčna Noguerra.