The New Girlfriend (2014)

A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.

Director:

François Ozon

Writers:

Ruth Rendell (novel), François Ozon (screenplay)

Stars:

Romain Duris, Anaïs Demoustier, Raphaël Personnaz

1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Romain Duris	...	David / Virginia
Anaïs Demoustier	...	Claire
Raphaël Personnaz	...	Gilles
Isild Le Besco	...	Laura
Aurore Clément	...	Liz, la mère de Laura
Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat	...	Robert, le père de Laura
Bruno Pérard	...	Eva Carlton
Claudine Chatel	...	La nounou
Anita Gillier	...	Infirmière
Alex Fondja	...	Aide-soignant
Zita Hanrot	...	Serveuse restaurant
Pierre Fabiani	...	Homme salon de thé
Mayline Dubois	...	Laura 7 ans
Anna Monedière	...	Claire 7 ans
Brune Kalnykow	...	Lucie 7 ans

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...

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Plot Keywords:

man dressed as a woman | transvestism | mistaken for gay | pantyhose | high heels | 

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Taglines:

Ozon's farce on the French Farce of comedy.

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some strong sexual content and graphic nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

When baby Lucie is being fed by bottle, a kind of little toy radio is playing. The attentive listener will recognize a fragment of the Goldberg Variations (BWV 988) by J.S. Bach.

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Connections

References Angel (2007)

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Soundtracks

Enfance
Orchestrated & Conducted By Philippe Rombi
(p) 2014 Cristal Records

User Reviews

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.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

18 September 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

The New Girlfriend

Filming Locations:

Studios de Paris, La Cité du Cinéma, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$39,035, 20 September 2015

Gross USA:

$146,754

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,215,796

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mandarin Films, FOZ, Mars Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1