Former video director Michael Shamberg’s complex first feature has something for everyone: computer graphics by Chris Marker (Sans Soleil), the voice of indie favorite Christina Ricci, French heartthrob Melvil Poupaud, a sound track made up of direct sound, music and voice-over, and nary a hint of a straightforward story. Best known as a producer of music videos for the likes of New Order and Patti Smith, Shamberg advances the stature of digital filmmaking with this haunting presentation of a few distracted days in the life of Orlando, an American sports journalist in Paris. "What makes the film extraordinary is the stream-of-consciousness editing, which seamlessly integrates episodes from Orlando’s life with an imagined conversation with her brother (voiced by Christina Ricci and Adam Hann-Byrd) and larger reflections on the family, the city, the impact of leaving home and the gap between dreaming something up and actually making it." Tony Rayns, Time Out