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After her brother was caught up in the Bataclan siege, Winocour wanted to address the events that had scarred France. She explains why she focused on the aftermath, not the violence

Director Alice Winocour's brother was in the 2015 Paris attacks, and this film tries to show how survivors cope

Cannes delves into the traumatic aftermath of the November 13, 2015, terrorist attacks in Paris with French movies “November” and “Paris Memories” – one charting the hunt for the perpetrators, the other exploring survivors’ efforts to overcome the trauma.

Memories are an important ingredient in the scriptwriter’s repertoire when building characters and plots. The French film "Revoir Paris" uses subtle flashbacks to tell the intimate accounts of survivors of a terrorist attack and shows how they collectively learn to heal.