Though she has some seventeen films under her directorial belt Catherine Corsini lacked - until she made 'Leaving' - the cachet of other French female directors with far less movies to their credit, people like Toni Marchall, Ann Fontaine, Danielle Thompson, Nicole Garcia, Agnes Jaoui, etc. Nevertheless she has a sure touch both as scriptwriter and director and La Nouvelle Eve is a fine example of her style. She has, of course, in Karin Viard, a wonderful actress and if that weren't enough there is if anything a slightly finer actress, Catherine Frot, wasted in a supporting role. Sergio Lopez, whose truck driver character is briefly married to Eve before beating her up, was in the early stages of his career and though everyone is in good form it is Viard's movie and she makes the most of it.
Review of The New Eve
