Russian Dolls
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Audrey Tautou, Cécile De France, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Bishop, Romain Duris Director: Cédric Klapisch Brand: Genius Cinematographer: Dominique Colin Writer: Cédric Klapisch Editor: Francine Sandberg Producer: Bruno Levy Producer: Matthew Justice Producer: Yelena Yatsura DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Italian (Original Language); Russian (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 125 minutes DVD Release Date: 2006-09-26 Audience Rating: Unrated Model: 79541 Studio: Ifc Product features:
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Movie Reviews of Russian Dolls
Movie Review: (2.5 STARS) Xavier, 30 Years-old, Still Searching for True Love: Some Magical Moments, But Overlong and Whimsical
Summary: 3 Stars
Cédric Klapisch reassembled most of the cast of `L'Auberge espagnole' (`Spanish Apartment'), but it is Xavier (Roman Duris), French wannabe writer who holds the center of `Russian Dolls,' its sequel. That means, you don't have to watch `Spanish Apartment' to see it: what you see in `Russian Dolls' is the life of a struggling author who finds it very hard to find a true love after flirting with women around Europe.
Roman Duris plays again Xavier, no longer a student studying abroad, but working as a writer for magazines. He has been writing love stories, even ghost-writing for someone else and recently got a job as writer for a TV drama. Xavier, who is going to be 30, is aware that he is getting recognized professionally ... but of course not in the way he wanted. Still he has a good job, and he knows it, too, and he is ready to tell a lie or two before the executives if he can get another job that would bring him money.
But Klapisch's meandering script is more concerned with Xavier's love life which seems endless and pointless. It seems as if Xavier must go out with anyone around him in order to find a true love for him. That does not mean he is a Don Juan. It is more like he wants to really settle down, but just does not know with whom. Thus Xavier is seen sleeping with ladies, sometimes cheating on someone else. You may say (and director may say) he is just confused; I would say he is just irresponsible, only repeating the clichéd image of certain types of males.
There are supports from two famous players: Audrey Tautou and Cécile De France. Not much can be said about their small roles except that Tautou plays a mother for the first time in her career.
There are good things in `Russian Dolls' I admit. The story about Russian ballet dancer is a sweet one, perhaps a better story than the main one; Xavier's attitudes to his profession have a ring of truth (and I personally experienced similar things). All the episodes about the marriage in Russia have humor and pathos, which Xavier's lengthy and sometimes boring story needs more. Xavier's indecisiveness about life is understandable, but his confused idea about love is just incomprehensible. I think I know the film's title refers to Russian toy; I understand the `doll-within-doll-within doll' image, but to understand someone deeper is one thing, to keep looking for another girl is absolutely another.