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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 01/16/2001 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 30 mins Studio: Image Entertainment Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy, Romance, Romantic Comedy

La Nouvelle Eve is a bittersweet comedy about an independent woman, thirty-ish and single, and her unexpected need for the affections of a forty-ish balding family man with no interest in acquiring a mistress. Camille (Karin Viard) works as a lifeguard at an indoor swimming pool in Paris. The idea of domesticity bores her to tears; she would rather see herself having kinky sex in elevators or restrooms than carrying a baby in her arms. But something has been missing in her life, and she's absent-minded and irritable. When she trips on the street and falls, Alexis (Pierre-Loup Rajot) offers her his handkerchief. Camille is self-destructive in her obsession to possess Alexis. But Alexis is not totally indifferent, either. Acting is quite remarkable, particularly the performance of Karin Viard as a modern woman who is completely confused with her old-fashioned emotions. The film pokes fun at the bourgeois family life as well as the singles scene. La Nouvelle Eve, which was produced by Paolo Bronco, was screened as part of the Panorama section of the 49th International Berlin Film Festival, 1999. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, All Movie Guide

Karin Viard - Camille
Pierre-Loup Rajot - Alexis
Catherine Frot - Isabelle
Sergi López - Ben
Mireille Roussel - Louise

This French drama gets a streamlined presentation for its release on North American DVD. La Nouvelle Eve (aka The New Eve) has been given a letterboxed transfer at the original widescreen aspect ratio of 1.78:1, which has been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The audio, in French, has been mastered in Dolby Digital Surround and the disc features optional English subtitles. No bonus materials have been included. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide