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Cast
- Romain DurisDavid / Virginia
- Anaïs DemoustierClaire
- Raphaël PersonnazGilles
- Isild Le BescoLaura
- Aurore ClémentLiz, la mère de Laura
- Jean-Claude Bolle-ReddatRobert, le père de Laura
- Claudine ChatelNounou
- Anita GillierInfirmière
- Alex FondjaAide soignant
- Zita HanrotServeuse restaurant
Recommendations
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Variety
This delectable entertainment is as surprising for its continually evolving (and involving) dynamics of desire as for its slow-building emotional power. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
A delectable riff on transformation, desire and sexuality that blends the heightened reality of melodrama with mischievous humor and an understated strain of Hitchcockian suspense. - 80
Empire
The filmmaking is exemplary but most impressive of all is the tone that mixes comedy, melodrama and darkness. - 80
Time Out London
What makes The New Girlfriend special is that is has something to say about sexuality (feminine, masculine, gay, straight, and everything in between – it’s complicated). - 60
The Guardian
The tone wavers between psychological thriller and absurdist melodrama, and perhaps suffers for not settling on either, but it’s grounded by two terrific leads. - 60
The Telegraph
François Ozon and the late Ruth Rendell is a great match of sensibilities: it promises the French director’s winking subversion, wedded to the late crime writer’s slippery command of psychological twists. - 60
Total Film
With his trademark subversive playfulness and delight in human foibles, Ozon weaves together comedy, suspense and occasional intimations of darker emotional themes, aided by subtly gauged performances from his two principals. - 50
Village Voice
Ozon sacrifices his sharp portrayal of grief and rebirth to clumsy convention.
