Novelist/filmmaker Ilan Duran Cohen has come up with one of the most talked-about French films of the year. Actor Pascal Greggory - already known here for his work with Rohmer, Chereau and Ruiz - incarnates the role of Alain, a fortyish, bisexual attorney considering settling down with his long-time law partner and sometime lover Laurence. But the beautiful young Christophe appears on the scene, promising an extended run of life on the wild side; there's also Babette, the enigmatic girlfriend of one of his clients, Marc - who himself is also kind of cute. A graduate of NYU's film school, Duran Cohen keeps the myriad plotlines and romantic entanglements superbly controlled, showing how each character deals with the conflicting demands of heads, heart and libido.

France, 2000. 94 min. A Picture This! Release.