Gil Pender, a successful but creatively unfulfilled Hollywood screenwriter, and his fiancée, Inez, are in Paris, vacationing with Inez's wealthy, conservative parents.

Because they are fundamentally different, Gil has taken to touring the city alone.

Gil is struggling to finish his first novel, centered around a man who works in a nostalgia shop, but Inez dismisses his ambition as a romantic daydream and encourages him to stick with the more lucrative screenwriting. Who does this remind you of??

Inez’s parents, John and Helen

They run into… Paul and Carol

The tour guide calls Paul “pedantic.”

Pedantic means "like a pedant," someone who's too concerned with literal accuracy or formality. It's a negative term that implies someone is showing off book learning or trivia, especially in a tiresome way. www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/pedantic

Paul, a pseudo-intellectual, speaks with great authority but questionable accuracy on the history and art of Paris.

One night, Gil gets drunk and becomes lost in the back streets of Paris. At midnight, a 1920s car draws up beside him, and the passengers—dressed in 1920s clothing—urge him to join them. At once strange -- yet familiar – these revelers, sweep him along, apparently back in time, for a night with some of the Jazz Age's icons of art and literature. The more time Gil spends with these cultural heroes of the past, the more dissatisfied he becomes with the present.

The Lost Generation

Ernest Hemingway Born and raised in Oak Park, IL (1899-1961) Produced most of his work between the mid 1920s and mid 1950s Won Nobel Prize in 1954 His works are considered classics of American Literature Ernest Hemingway

His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Ambulance driver in WWI Part of the “Lost Generation” with Fitz Journalist- reported on many wars Big game hunter Survived two plane crashes Committed suicide

Exhibited “machismo” A strong or exaggerated sense of masculinity stressing attributes such as physical courage, virility, domination of women, and aggressiveness

After the French-German war in 1870/71, Europe enjoyed a period of interior peace for more than forty years until the start of the First World War in 1914. During this period, many important developments took place especially in those countries with a considerable influence such as England, France, Austria and Germany. La Belle Epoque

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK0gYi1YEZ8&list=PLB2211E0AE8AC6C11