The New Girlfriend

2014 [FRENCH]

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 62% · 85 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 9497 9.5K

cross dressing transvestite gender confusion trans woman death of best friend

Plot summary

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

Director

François Ozon Photo
François Ozon

Top cast

Audrey Quoturi Photo
Audrey Quoturi as Cliente boutique M.A.C.
Anaïs Demoustier Photo
Anaïs Demoustier as Claire
Isild Le Besco Photo
Isild Le Besco as Laura
Zita Hanrot Photo
Zita Hanrot as Serveuse restaurant
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
994.41 MB
1280*682
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 2
2 GB
1920*1024
French 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ian-39125 7 / 10

Rainbow colored grieving leads to the happier days ahead.

This film is better than it sounded when I read the synopsis in the guide. It's not overly salacious or politically correct but it does put another nail in the coffin for boring white straight guys. It's a story about grief perhaps but it seems to celebrate people accepting who they are even if that's a little left of Centre, like cross dressing. The lead actress is fantastic at her role. It's a meaty premise, lightly handled with French charm. You don't have to be a rainbow warrior to enjoy it. Sure it's a little too neatly wrapped up, but it's like a little pomegranate in your salad. It kinda wakes you up.
Reviewed by Red-125 9 / 10

Can your BFF be a man?

The French film Une nouvelle amie was shown in the U.S. with the title The New Girlfriend. It was written and directed by François Ozon. Claire and Laura were best friends for life. Tragically, Laura dies suddenly, leaving her husband David and their infant daughter bereft of wife and mother. Claire (Anaïs Demoustier) visits David (Romain Duris) unannounced, and she is amazed that he is wearing Laura's clothes. We learn that David enjoys cross-dressing, and he (as Virginia) and Claire become BFF's. That means there's a triangle, or quadrangle, depending on your point of view. We have Clare and her husband, and David, and/or Virginia. The rest of the movie plays out around these relationships.As I write this review, the film has an IMDb rating of only 6.6. I think it's much better than that, and I hope potential viewers won't be turned away by the underrating of this film. We saw Une nouvelle amie on the large screen as part of the great ImageOut, the Rochester LGBTQ Film Festival. It will work very well on the small screen. Find it and see it!
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