The New Girlfriend

‘The New Girlfriend’ Fails to Live Up to François Ozon’s Best Work
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‘The New Girlfriend’ Fails to Live Up to François Ozon’s Best Work

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 / 14 September 2015
Ozon continues to shift genre and bend gender with The New Girlfriend, but the results feel clumsy and calculated when compared with the director’s best work.
London Film Festival 2014 Day 4: ‘The New Girlfriend’ and ‘Something Must Break’
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London Film Festival 2014 Day 4: ‘The New Girlfriend’ and ‘Something Must Break’

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 / 13 October 2014
Issues of gender identity and sexuality come under scrutiny in today’s reviewed films: the latest genre-hopper from François Ozon, and Ester Martin Bergsmark’s explicit teen love story.