- Actors: Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou, Cécile De France, Kevin Bishop
- Directors: Cédric Klapisch
- Writers: Cédric Klapisch
- Producers: Bruno Levy, Matthew Justice, Yelena Yatsura
- Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish
- Subtitles: English, Spanish
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Ifc
- DVD Release Date: 26 Sep 2006
- Run Time: 125 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000GBEWP2
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 155,500 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I went to see this film at a film society. I was pleasantly surprised to find it a very good film indeed. The story is about a Parisian writer, who goes between jobs and can't seem to settle down with a girl. His old grandfather keeps asking to meet his fiancee (who does not exist)
The idea of the story is he wonders if this next girl will be "the" girl (comparing it to Russian Dolls, is there another one inside?!) very cleverly done.
The plot is quite fast going and doesn't drag as I had expected it too. We see his life unravel and with flashbacks we see how he has got to where he is now.
I do recommend this film to anyone who likes a bit of a love story with humour. Its the type of film I wouldnt venture out to see diliberately but is well worth it if you come across it.
The idea of the story is he wonders if this next girl will be "the" girl (comparing it to Russian Dolls, is there another one inside?!) very cleverly done.
The plot is quite fast going and doesn't drag as I had expected it too. We see his life unravel and with flashbacks we see how he has got to where he is now.
I do recommend this film to anyone who likes a bit of a love story with humour. Its the type of film I wouldnt venture out to see diliberately but is well worth it if you come across it.
Format:DVD
This bright and breezy relationship drama (not a comedy, as some seem to think it is) is about the young French Xavier (Romain Duris), a student in economics in Cedric Klapisch's previous 'Pot Luck', and now a writer.
Basically, we follow him as he travels around Europe and in and out of girl's beds and their lives. From the gorgeous Audrey Tatou's single mother's life in Paris (she was an ex, and for a short time, is no longer) and via some other lovely young ladies, gets to write a screenplay for the BBC, necessitating him to travel to London. Two of the most memorable characters in 'Pot Luck' were Wendy (Kelly Reilly) who had her obnoxious brother, William (Kevin Bishop) come stay at the apartment in Barcelona where they all stayed as young students.
Well, Wendy, he meets up with again, who is having severe boyfriend trouble and he helps her rid of him. Is this now a relationship? Then, brother William, who has miraculously netted himself a Russian ballet dancer, goes off to Moscow to meet her parents and maybe, arrange their wedding. Xavier goes too, with Wendy.
As always with Xavier, distractions somehow, gently, always fall at his feet and as he's always looking for that perfect mate, he's often looking elsewhere - as if there's always something - and someone - better, to fall in love with. If I make this sound as if Xavier is some kind of sex maniac, who is always breaking girl's hearts, no. He is gentle, considerate but also cool and savvy, without being a jerk.
This is quite a long film and quite a lot happens and we meet a lot of people. It's easy to forget some of them by the end, but that's life. Kaplisch is always painting a rich kaleidoscope of life and its antics, sexual and emotional. This is not heavy drama and whilst not a comedy, it often has lighter edges. There's always the nice scenery of several capital cities (Paris, London and Moscow) to enjoy, too.
The bustle of human bonding is better explored in 'Pot Luck' and that is marginally a better film, but I give four stars to each, anyhow. If you enjoy 'Russian Dolls', I'd urge you explore its sister film as this one is a kind of an extension of the first one, but stand alone enough for it not to matter, narratively if you don't.
I watched both films on the excellent French cinema satellite channel 'Cinemoi', which really does show some gems, some known, like these and others, not. I see here on Amazon that both these titles are available as a two disc set and I'd strongly suggest that being a better option to those interested.
Basically, we follow him as he travels around Europe and in and out of girl's beds and their lives. From the gorgeous Audrey Tatou's single mother's life in Paris (she was an ex, and for a short time, is no longer) and via some other lovely young ladies, gets to write a screenplay for the BBC, necessitating him to travel to London. Two of the most memorable characters in 'Pot Luck' were Wendy (Kelly Reilly) who had her obnoxious brother, William (Kevin Bishop) come stay at the apartment in Barcelona where they all stayed as young students.
Well, Wendy, he meets up with again, who is having severe boyfriend trouble and he helps her rid of him. Is this now a relationship? Then, brother William, who has miraculously netted himself a Russian ballet dancer, goes off to Moscow to meet her parents and maybe, arrange their wedding. Xavier goes too, with Wendy.
As always with Xavier, distractions somehow, gently, always fall at his feet and as he's always looking for that perfect mate, he's often looking elsewhere - as if there's always something - and someone - better, to fall in love with. If I make this sound as if Xavier is some kind of sex maniac, who is always breaking girl's hearts, no. He is gentle, considerate but also cool and savvy, without being a jerk.
This is quite a long film and quite a lot happens and we meet a lot of people. It's easy to forget some of them by the end, but that's life. Kaplisch is always painting a rich kaleidoscope of life and its antics, sexual and emotional. This is not heavy drama and whilst not a comedy, it often has lighter edges. There's always the nice scenery of several capital cities (Paris, London and Moscow) to enjoy, too.
The bustle of human bonding is better explored in 'Pot Luck' and that is marginally a better film, but I give four stars to each, anyhow. If you enjoy 'Russian Dolls', I'd urge you explore its sister film as this one is a kind of an extension of the first one, but stand alone enough for it not to matter, narratively if you don't.
I watched both films on the excellent French cinema satellite channel 'Cinemoi', which really does show some gems, some known, like these and others, not. I see here on Amazon that both these titles are available as a two disc set and I'd strongly suggest that being a better option to those interested.
Format:DVD
The only gripe I have about this product is that it only has English subtitles, and not French subtitles...but the film is great and the delivery was prompt :)
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