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Claire Keim, Ronald Guttman, Pascal Cervo, Agathe De La Boulaye, Cyril Lecomte ... see more see more... , Sandra N'Kake , Cyrille Hertel , Franck Prevost

Two women discover new love while trying to resolve their old relationships in this stylized drama. The Girl (Claire Keim) is a beautiful, bisexual cabaret singer who one night meets The Painter (Agat... read more read more...he de la Boulaye), an artist who is immediately and intensely attracted to her. The Girl and The Painter spend the night together, and are soon involved in an ongoing relationship, with The Painter spending most of her time at The Girl's flat in Paris. Meanwhile, The Painter finds it's not easy to break off her relationship with Bu Save (Sandra N'Kake), while The Girl is trying to keep her boyfriend, The Man (Cyril Lecomte), from finding out to much about her new romance, since she needs to maintain their relationship for the sake of her career. The Girl is the first feature film from Sandee Zeig, who helped to open the independent distribution firm Artistic License; it's based on a novella by Monique Wittig, who wrote the screenplay with Zeig. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 23 min.

Directed by: Sande Zeig

Release Date: April 20, 2001

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DVD Release Date: February 19, 2002

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  • freakshowsweetie
    June 6, 2006
    freakshowsweetie
    This is the worst movie ever. Worse than Showgirls. Worse than Glitter. Just mind-numblingly boring and fucking pretentious. STAY AWAY!!

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Derek Elley
June 3, 2008
Derek Elley, Variety

Pretentious dialogue is matched by equally uninvolving performances in this debut feature by Sande Zeig. Full Review

Terry Lawson
October 12, 2001
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

Forces you to endure endless streams of badly written paragraphs of pseudo-poetic existentialism to get to the sex parts. Full Review

Loren King
September 28, 2001
Loren King, Boston Globe

Its ambition and beauty ultimately triumph over pretense.

Philip Wuntch
September 20, 2001
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News

Celebrates the emotional and physical liberation that comes with lovemaking, while also recognizing that such exhilaration sometimes carries a price. Full Review

Carla Meyer
September 14, 2001
Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle

Numbingly dull and repetitive. Full Review

Bruce Westbrook
August 31, 2001
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle

This may be a slow film, but there are worse settings for aimlessness. Full Review

Carrie Rickey
August 23, 2001
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

One senses more intensity in the female-male power dynamic than in the female-on-female couplings, which are stylishly shot but emotionally detached.

Geoff Pevere
August 17, 2001
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

The kind of chic, academically minded art movie in which pose replaces performance, archetype pinch-hits for character, and that nothing much of interest happens is presumably deliberate. Full Review

Kevin Courrier
August 17, 2001
Kevin Courrier, Globe and Mail

Instead of providing alluring personalities, Zeig and Wittig create vague archetypes to make their glib ideological points. Full Review

Joe Baltake
July 2, 2001
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

Finally too languid and silly for its own good, with dialogue that could make you wince. Full Review

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