The New Girlfriend

Original title: Une nouvelle amie

2014
R
1h 48m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

9.2K

YOUR RATING

Romain Duris and Anaïs Demoustier in The New Girlfriend (2014)

Claire discovers a secret about the husband of her late best friend, Laura. Following Laura's death, Claire reaches out to comfort bereaved David, only to discover his secret: he enjoys dressing as a woman.

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Comedy Drama Romance

A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

9.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations

Trivia
Matthias Schoenaerts was François Ozon's original choice for the role of David/Virginia, but the actor turned it down. Schoenaerts was filming Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) at the same time that "The New Girlfriend" was being filmed. Romain Duris was cast instead.

Goofs
At the start, when Laura had her eyes closed; her appeared to be natural looking blue color. In reality, her eyes would had been discolored to a lighter blue.

Connections
Features Waterloo Bridge (1940)

Soundtracks
Hot N Cold
Written by Katy Perry, Dr. Luke and Max Martin
Performed by Katy Perry
(p) 2008 When I'm rich You'll be my bitch/ Kasz Money Publishing / MXM Music AB, Administered by Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd
© 2008 Capitol Music Group, a division of Capitol Records LLC

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Featured review

9/10

From a dull beginning, to a great film!

i am surprised to see negative reviews on this film. 1 star? I wonder what could have been so bad in the movie to deserve 1 star...

The first 20 minutes of the film are rather dull but as the film develops, the mystery unveils and the clichés disappear. Isild Le Besco (Laura) is fairly bad which is why the movie is so difficult to watch in the beginning, unfortunately.

Roman Duris (David) and Anais Demoustier (Claire) are excellent together. I could feel every line, every movement, every thought.

I felt deeply overwhelmed when the film ended. The trailer is perfect, as it doesn't reveal too much. Please do not read reviews of the movie with spoilers, you will certainly lose the surprise effect of the plot.

9/10

9 stars because of the beginning, otherwise WELL DONE Francois Ozon!