It’s hard to root for a story where boy meets girl and they live happily ever after in a time when that is happening less in real life.
- Professor of French and Screen Studies, University of Warwick
Bridget Jones is single again and having to contend with the world of modern dating
A sex comedy that’s more like a buddy film than a romance
Is sex the meaning of life? Books, TV and films certainly make it seem that way.
The hit film about a lesbian Queen Anne is the latest in a wave of films, TV series and books which make woman on woman sexuality a central theme.
Many prominent women are concerned that France’s long history of ‘libertinage’ is threatened by what they see as a witchhunt against men.
As the series draws to a close, it will leave in its wake controversy and debate.
The recently released Les Combattants is just the latest addition to a fast-expanding body of Hollywood-style rom-coms to come out of France.
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