DVD of the Week: The Russian Dolls

I remember seeing The Russian Dolls for the first time in a Spanish class during my senior year. I obviously did not pay much attention to the film, between all the chatting, laughing, and micro-napping. It was only a few months later that I was finally able to fully appreciate it from beginning to end.

Xavier is a writer approaching 30. As he often says throughout the film, his life is a big mess. Like many people who write, his work helps him try to restore order in his life - or at least navigate through the mess. We follow Xavier during the months preceding the marriage of Wendy 's brother, the English girl he met when studying in Barcelona in L'Auberge Espagnole (The Russian Dolls is the sequel to that film)

Special mention to Cecile de France who does a great job here playing a lesbian financial analyst who "usually likes black girls".

Directed by Cedric Klapisch.With Romain Duris et Cécile de France.