(M) Water Drops On Burning Rocks (Ozon, French)
Grade: B

I happened to get two movies by the same director and both movies happened to star Ludivine Sagnier (Swimming Pool).

Synopsis: Young redhead Franz is picked up by older Leopold. Leopold is out of a failed Male/Female relationship. Franz is in a dull Male/Female relationship, so the two males hook up. Everything is lovely in the beginning. As time goes on the relationship deteriorates. Franz's ex-girl Anna comes to him, Lepold's ex-girl Vera comes back for him. They all dance to Samba Samba (GREAT!!!) and then run off for a roll in the hay. Franz instead decides to kill himself, Vera reveals to Franz she used to be a man and had a sex change for Leopold. Franz calls his mother to tell her he's dying, she says Bon Voyage. Anna is upset by Franz's death, Leopold tells her to go back to the bedroom where he'll make everything better. Vera wants to jump out the window but can't. This movie is a mix of things... but I'll call it amusing and comical.


(M) 8 Women (Ozon, French)
Grade: C

8 women are trapped in a house and somebody has murdered the man of the house. You have the wife, the wife's sister, the dead man's sister, the dead man's two daughters, the two maids, and the dead man's mother-in-law. Through out the two hour movie all the dirt comes out as they try to discover who has murdered the man of the house and why. For money? For sex? For revenge? For jealousy? For infidelity? For incest? Who knows... but hey, it's a MUSICAL!!!