The film tells the story of Violette, a forty-something Parisian workaholic with a career in the fashion industry who surprises herself by falling for Jean-René, a simple computer analyst newly-divorced.
Lolo is fun and fresh to look at: Violette's habitat is fashion-world, Centre-Pompidou new Paris, blessedly free of the Louvre-and-Seine shorthand that sells French movies to American audiences.
Perhaps Delpy and Boon are so popular in France that audiences will go to see them in an improbable rom-com with a tired premise; but even if you are a fan, you won't enjoy them in this movie.
Delpy's portrayal - high-strung, neurotic, prone to mild hysterics - is so reminiscent of some of the actress's previous roles that it's hard to forget that you're watching Delpy, not Violette.
Delpy offers full and troubling rein with the complications of her light-to-dark comedy, with a son who can turn from sunshine to sonofab----on a centime.
