Portraits Chinois

Director: Martine Dugowson
Producer: Georges Benayoun
Screenwriter: Peter Chase, Martine Dugowson
Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Romane Bohringer, Marie Trintignant, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Elsa Zylberstein, Yvan Attal
MPAA Rating: NR

Think of it as French Friends, the movie. A gaggle of Parisians, led by Carter and Bohringer as two fashion designers, experience love, loss, and raucous comedy -- at least when the subtitles are legible. The characters are too difficult to distinguish from one another, as well, and only Carter stands out as any different from her companions. Rather droll, but very Frahnch, oui oui!