Casse-tête chinois (2014)

	Also Known As: Beziehungsweise New-York, Chinese puzzle
	Year of first release: 2014
	Director: Cédric Klapisch
	Actors: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France, Kelly Reilly
	Country: F, B
	Genre: Comedy, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 14.05.2014, Schauburg, OV
Synopsis: Xavier (Duris) is a  40-year-old father. His life is complicated when the mother Wendy (Reilly) of his two children moves to New York. Since he can't bear them growing up far away from him, he decides to move there as well. His lesbian friend Isabelle (de France) is living there already.
Review: We follow some of the characters of  the Erasmus student comedy L'auberge espagnole and Poupées russes. But it is not necessary to know the previous movies. It is a quite good picture of the people having been 40 in the years 2000. The trend being different now. So not so modern, but still touching as everybody has friends having kids, getting divorced, educating her/his kids alone. I found it very modern in the question of lesbian having a baby and of asking a friend to donate for that.  "-Life is complicated. -But it's life." This dialogue comes at the perfect time in the movie and depicts the whole story. Even if you think your life is complicated, everyone's life is complicated. So just take it! The story telling alternating real life and explaining life to the editor gives a good rythm. And indeed the chassé-croisé of people, ex-wife and ex-girlfriend and all the kids, gives a lot of rythm on top. There are lot of ideas and thoughts about what makes maturity of being 40, about giving a second chance after a long time, about tricks to achieve one's goals in the modern society, about tolerance and intolerance.
Rating: 6 /10