The Russian Dolls

The Russian Dolls: Audrey Tautou

The Russian Dolls

Cast: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile De France, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Bishop

This film is a romantic comedy and the sequel to The Spanish Apartment (2002) where a struggling writer (Romain Duris) becomes involved with two women while juggling assignments in Paris.

Les Poupées russes begins with friends from "L'Auberge espagnole"in Saint Petersburg for the wedding of Wendy's brother William. Xavier begins to reminisce about the past several years. He and Martine split up, and Martine has had a child and become a committed environmental activist. For financial reasons, Xavier becomes a writer for pulp romantic novels and a ghostwriter for celebrities who can't write their own biographies. Martine criticizes his pulp novel work as being unrealistic and corny. Xavier feels just the same about this, but only replies to her that he earns good money. In Paris, Xavier has a brief affair with Kassia, a sales clerk from Senegal. When Xavier's grandfather asks about Xavier's fiancée, he asks his lesbian friend Isabelle (L'Auberge Espagnole) to pose as his fiancée...