In French with English subtitles.
Francois Ozon’s humorous psychological drama The New Girlfriend stars Anais Demoustier as Claire, a young woman whose closest friend since childhood, Lea, passes away leaving behind a husband, David (Romain Duris) and a newborn baby. One day she drops by David’s house unexpectedly, and finds him dressed in his dead wife’s clothes and feeding their baby with a bottle. He explains that Lea was well aware of his predilection, and eventually, so relieved that he has someone to share his secret with, David and Claire create a female persona for him named Virginia. As David begins to identify more strongly as Virginia, this leads to confusing and conflicting feelings in Claire, and causes a rift between Claire and her husband (Raphael Personnaz).
“Ozon’s psychosexual comedy slips with Freudian playfulness between ripe Hollywood melodrama, uptight English intrigue, gay Gallic romance and ecstatic Almodóvarian exploration.”–Mark Kermode, Observer [UK]
“Anais Demoustier and Romain Duris give beautifully controlled performances in Francois Ozon’s delectably entertaining new film.”–Justin Chang, Variety
