Julie Delpy, 37, has worked steadily in film since she was a teenager in Paris, beginning with her first role in “Detective” for French New Wave pioneer Jean-Luc Godard. American audiences know Delpy best for her work opposite Ethan Hawke in “Before Sunrise” and the Oscar-nominated follow-up, “Before Sunset.”

Today, Delpy is using everything she has learned from working in front of the camera to test her skills behind it.

The fresh and funny romantic comedy “2 Days In Paris” is not just Delpy’s directorial debut, she is also the film’s writer, producer, editor and composer, and she stars as a Frenchwoman on vacation with her neurotic American boyfriend. He is played by the hilarious Adam Goldberg, a former off-screen flame of Delpy’s. On the way back from Italy to New York, the couple stops off for “2 Days In Paris” to visit her family, and their relationship unravels. Delpy’s real-life mother and father (both of whom are professional film and stage actors) co-star as her parents in the movie.

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“I don’t audition much, because people don’t really call me for anything,” says actor Julie Delpy with a laugh. The statement is hard to believe. Sharp intelligence and edgy humor permeate Delpy’s performances, the most impressive of which are in roles she has written for herself. Her screenwriting landed her an Academy Award nomination, for co-writing (with her co-star Ethan Hawke and director Richard Linklater) 2004’s Before Sunset, the follow-up to 1995’s Before Sunrise. The sequel also featured songs from her self-written and self-produced album.

As an actor she has worked with some of the past century’s legendary directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Agnieszka Holland. Yet, Delpy insists, “My agent hasn’t found me a job for a long time. But I don’t really care so much, because I’m already shooting my next film as a director.”

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Lumino Magazine was lucky enough to sit down with writer, director and actress Julie Delpy. A star of both French and American cinema Delpy is best known for her role beside Ethan Hawke in the 90’s romance Before Sunrise and its more recent sequel Before Sunset.

Delpy has been hard at work creating a film of her own, 2 Days in Paris. The film tells the story of Jack and Marion, a fairly well established couple just coming back from a long stay in Italy. Jack is an interior designer from America and Marion is a photographer from Paris. Before they return home to New York they decide to spend a few days in Paris visiting Marion’s old family and friends. This of course is not as simple as it sounds and many complications, both funny and serious, take place over the course of 48 hours.

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Julie Delpy would be the first to admit that she used to take herself far too seriously. But now, the still beautiful French actress is an acclaimed writer/director with early buzz generating from her delightful and all-too-real romantic comedy/drama, ”2 Days in Paris”. She and real-life ex-boyfriend Adam Golberg shine as a couple visting her home city, a 2 days that shows off the darker side of humanity. Delpy talked exclusively to PAUL FISCHER about Paris, Hollywood and filmmasking.

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With the title 2 Days in Paris, Julie Delpy’s film sounds like another lovely romance. Instead, it’s an acerbic, often-crude comedy that’s so harsh on France, senators may toast it with freedom fries (for David Edelstein’s take, click here). Delpy spoke with Logan Hill.

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