IMDb RATING
6.5/10
8.5K
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A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
8.5K
YOUR RATING
- Director
- Writers
- Ruth Rendell(novel The New Girlfriend)
- François Ozon(screenplay)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Ruth Rendell(novel The New Girlfriend)
- François Ozon(screenplay)
- Stars
- Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations
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- Director
- Writers
- Ruth Rendell(novel The New Girlfriend)
- François Ozon(screenplay)
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Storyline
Claire and Laura have been friends since primary school. Now, in their adult lives, with each happily married, to Gilles and David respectively, they are as close as ever. Then Laura dies after an illness and Claire's world is suddenly very empty. Being the godmother of Laura's child, Lucie, Claire visits David and Lucie, only to discover he has a startling secret... —grantss
- Taglines
- Ozon's farce on the French Farce of comedy.
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for some strong sexual content and graphic nudity
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaMatthias Schoenaerts was François Ozon's original choice for the role of David/Virginia, but the actor turned it down. Schoenaerts was filming Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) at the same time that "The New Girlfriend" was being filmed. Romain Duris was cast instead.
- GoofsAt the start, when Laura had her eyes closed; her appeared to be natural looking blue color. In reality, her eyes would had been discolored to a lighter blue.
- ConnectionsFeatures Waterloo Bridge (1940)
- SoundtracksHot N Cold
Composed by Katy Perry/ Dr. Luke /Max Martin)
Performed by Katy Perry
(p) 2008 When I'm rich You'll be my bitch/ Kasz Money Publishing / MXM Music AB, Administered by Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd
© 2008 Capitol Music Group, a division of Capitol Records LLC
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A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend
In the summary, I'm only quoting IMDb's storyline for this film. This is all you need to know about its plot.
I just like Ozon's films. I have my favourites, but in all of them I find what I found on Une nouvelle amie: Good story, provocative, even thrilling; good script; well filmed; very nice cinematography; excellent performances. Both Romain Duris and Anaïs Demoustier fit perfectly in their roles. I'd already seen Duris in a couple of films where he provided very good and convincing performances (I now recall De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté; very nice), thus I was happy to find him again (I watched the film only knowing it was by Ozon; that's all I needed to know) and, at the same time, quite surprised about his role. I knew nothing about Anaïs Demoustier and just loved her. Not only she gave a very nice performance but she is also beautiful.
If you are a Ozon fan, like myself, you cannot miss this film.
If you just like plain good cinema, give this film a try. You will enjoy it.
I just like Ozon's films. I have my favourites, but in all of them I find what I found on Une nouvelle amie: Good story, provocative, even thrilling; good script; well filmed; very nice cinematography; excellent performances. Both Romain Duris and Anaïs Demoustier fit perfectly in their roles. I'd already seen Duris in a couple of films where he provided very good and convincing performances (I now recall De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté; very nice), thus I was happy to find him again (I watched the film only knowing it was by Ozon; that's all I needed to know) and, at the same time, quite surprised about his role. I knew nothing about Anaïs Demoustier and just loved her. Not only she gave a very nice performance but she is also beautiful.
If you are a Ozon fan, like myself, you cannot miss this film.
If you just like plain good cinema, give this film a try. You will enjoy it.
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- emepe
- Jul 13, 2015
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Box office
- Budget
- €8,946,323 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $146,754
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $39,035
- Sep 20, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $5,215,796
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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