Garance Clavel

  • Cédric Klapisch – Chacun cherche son chat aka When the cats away (1996)

    1991-2000Cédric KlapischComedyFranceRomance

    Chloe, a young woman, is going on holidays. She entrusts her beloved cat to Madame Renée’s care. But one day Madame Renée (an old lady of the neighborhood) can not find the cat. Chloe starts searching the neighborhood… This is the pretext for the exploration of a quarter of Paris and his inhabitants.Read More »

  • Isabelle Broué – Tout le plaisir est pour moi AKA The Pleasure Is All Mine (2004)

    Isabelle Broué2001-2010ComedyDramaFrance
    Tout le plaisir est pour moi (2004)
    Tout le plaisir est pour moi (2004)

    After lecturing her sister on the evils of fake orgasms, Louise, a self-obsessed twenty-something, gets her come-uppance the next morning when she discovers that she has “lost her clitoris”, a misfortune she doesn’t hesitate to communicate, loudly and explicitly, to anyone who’ll listen.

    It’s a shame that so many of the characters and situations in this movie, from the gay best-friend to the sex guru with his herbs to the celibate neighbour to the old ladies discussing orgasms, feel like a parade of comedy stereotypes. The falseness and banality of these sketch-like scenes conflict awkwardly with the pseudo-documentary discussions of female sexuality that the director inserts with great earnestness throughout the film.Read More »

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