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Russian Dolls

Country: France, Language: French, 125 mins

Original Title

Les Poupées Russes
  • Director: Cédric Klapisch
  • Writer: Cédric Klapisch
  • Producer: Matthew Justice; Bruno Levy

CGiii Comment

An unwelcome and thoroughly undeserving sequel...

There's no improvement from the vile original - if anything, all the original characters have devolved into Nethanderals.

The same mind-blowing gimmicks, the same moronic characterisations - polluted with trivial dialogue...

An unwelcome and thoroughly undeserving sequel...


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The(ir) Blurb...

Xavier is now thirty. No longer a student, he is not yet a well-balanced, fulfilled adult either. His career is unsatisfying: Far from being the renowned novelist he aimed to be he must be content with little jobs such as reporter or ghost writer. His greatest "achievement" in "literature" is his collaboration to the script of a corny TV soap! His sentimental life is not much better, rhythmed by one night stands and unfinished romances. It looks as if when he seduces a woman beautiful outside and inside such as Kassia or Wendy he can't keep them. Will he ever bring his life into focus?

Cast & Characters

Romain Duris as Xavier Rousseau;
Kelly Reilly as Wendy;
Audrey Tautou as Martine;
Cecile De France as Isabelle;
Kevin Bishop as William;
Evguenya Obraztsova as Natacha;
Irene Montala as Neus;
Gary Love as Edward;
Lucy Gordon as Celia Shelburn;
Aissa Maiga as Kassia;
Martine Demaret as Xavier's Mother;
Pierre Cassignard as Platane;
Olivier Saladin as Gerard;
Pierre Gerald as Xavier's Grandfather;
Zinedine Soualem as Mr. Boubaker