Nathalie... Review
Awash in juicy, erotic melodrama but bearing one all-too-obvious plot twist, Anne_Fontaine's psychological drama nonetheless provides a glimpse of two generations of French actresses at the top of their game. To think of Nathalie... as 8_Women divided by four would be somewhat misleading: Though it stars two of the duplicitous principals from François_Ozon's campy 2002 mystery, the tone of this pairing is deathly serious, which makes the script's erotic element all the more believable, but makes its so-what conclusion even more apparent. Writer Philippe_Blasband keeps his plot as simple as that of his breakthrough feature, the teasing, enigmatic Une_Liason_Pornographique, but the questions left unanswered in that film are mostly spelled out here; and although the dynamic between Fanny_Ardant and Emmanuelle_Béart is never less than fascinating, it does grow repetitive and increasingly less mysterious as Nathalie... progresses. It's rare that a film can generate carnal heat solely through its dialogue, and Ardant and Béart are more than up to the challenge of performing it -- but a breather or two of humor would've gone a long way in making Fontaine's film more believable. Michael Hastings, Rovi
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